Ichizo Konishi (born 15 March 1939) is a Japanese former

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. A left-handed player, Konishi was born in

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and grew up in

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. He attended Tokyo's Rikkyo University and in 1961 became their first student athlete to win the intercollegiate championships. Konishi, who reached the singles third round of the

1965 French Championships The 1965 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 17 May until 29 May. It was the 69th staging of th ...

, debuted for 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 Davis Cup in 1921, where they finished as runners-up. They were an inaugural me ...

in 1965 and featured in 12 singles rubbers across four campaigns during his career. In 1966 he was All Japan champion for the only time (over

Koji Watanabe is a Japanese former international tennis player. He won four career singles titles (1966-1969). Career Watanabe played his first tournament at the Miami Invitational in 1961. He won his first title on clay at Gruneweld, West Germany in Augus ...

in the final) and finished runner-up to Davis Cup teammate

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at the

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in Bangkok.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Konishi, Ichizo 1939 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1966 Asian Games Sportspeople from Osaka

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