Hideki Kaneko (born 6 March 1974) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Japan.
Biography
Kaneko, a left-handed player from Tokyo, began playing tennis at the age of eight.
Most of his ATP Tour main draw appearances were as a wildcard at his home events, the
Japan Open and
Tokyo Indoor
The Tokyo Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played in Tokyo, Japan on indoor carpet courts from 1966 to 1995.
History
The event was established in 1966 but had periods when it was not staged. It was played as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour ...
. The only exception was the
1996 Indonesia Open, which he entered as a qualifier. He made the second round of the Japan Open on three occasions.
His four
Davis Cup
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ties for Japan included a five-set loss to
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster with the Nine Network.
Woodbridge is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (n ...
in 1996 and a decisive fifth rubber win over Uzbekistan in Tashkent in 1997.
He was a member of the silver medal winning Japanese team at
1998 Asian Games
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in Bangkok.
See also
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List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Japan Davis Cup team
The Japan men's national tennis team represents Japan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Japan Tennis Association.
Japan first competed at the D ...
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1974 births
Living people
Japanese male tennis players
Tennis players from Tokyo
Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
20th-century Japanese people