Yaoki Ishii ( ja, 石井弥起; born 29 April 1977) is a Japanese former professional

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player. A right-handed player from

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, Ishii won the singles title at the 1998 All Japan Tennis Championships and won a further two national championships in doubles. Ishii reached a career high ranking of 207 in the world while competing on the professional tour and featured in the qualifying draws of all four

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tournaments. In 2000 and 2001 he was a member of the

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, winning three of his five singles rubbers.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishii, Yaoki 1977 births Living people Japanese male tennis players People from Kamagaya Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people

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