Isao Watanabe
Isao Watanabe (born 23 November 1941) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.Born in Tokyo, Watanabe competed on the international circuit in the 1960s, featuring in the main draws of the French Open and Wimbledon. He was Manuel Santana's first round opponent when the Spaniard won the 1966 Wimbledon Championships and took the opening set off him, before having to retire hurt while trailing in the second.
Watanabe was the men's singles champion at the 1967 University Games in Tokyo, defeating Jun Kamiwazumi for the gold medal. He also won a silver medal in the men's doubles event.
Between 1967 and 1970 he played Davis Cup tennis for Japan, mostly in doubles. In all seven of his doubles rubbers he partnered Koji Watanabe, who despite sharing the same name was not his brother. They won four of their doubles rubbers as a pairing. His only singles rubber was a win over Hong Kong's Kenneth Tsui in 1970. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Komei Iwai, Isao Watanabe, Toshiro Yamamoto, Nagato Kuriyama, Daisuke Matsui, Ryota Nomura, Yuko Ogaya, Fumishige Oseko, Keiji Adachi, Shigeta Takizawa, Etsuko Ozaki, Teruhide Koyama, Kazuhiko Nakano, Narisato Kanamura, Ritei Uehara, Yoshiyuki WatanabeGet full text
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5by Hiroki Yamauchi, Dita Puspita Sari, Isao Watanabe, Yukio Yasui, Lieh-Jeng Chang, Keietsu Kondo, Takashi U. Ito, Motoyuki Ishikado, Masato Hagihara, Matthias D. Frontzek, Songxue Chi, Jaime A. Fernandez-Baca, James S. Lord, Adam Berlie, Atsuhiro Kotani, Shigeo Mori, Shin-ichi ShamotoGet full text
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6by Yoshiaki Usui, Keitaro Matsuo, Isao Oze, Tomotaka Ugai, Yuriko Koyanagi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Hidemi Ito, Asahi Hishida, Kenji Takeuchi, Takashi Tamura, Mineko Tsukamoto, Yuka Kadomatsu, Megumi Hara, Yuichiro Nishida, Ippei Shimoshikiryo, Toshiro Takezaki, Etsuko Ozaki, Daisuke Matsui, Isao Watanabe, Sadao Suzuki, Miki Watanabe, Hiroko Nakagawa-Senda, Haruo Mikami, Yohko Nakamura, Kokichi Arisawa, Hirokazu Uemura, Kiyonori Kuriki, Naoyuki Takashima, Aya Kadota, Hiroaki Ikezaki, Masayuki Murata, Masahiro Nakatochi, Yukihide Momozawa, Michiaki Kubo, Kenji WakaiGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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