Sachie Ishizu ( ja, 石津幸恵, Ishizu Sachie) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.

Tennis career

She was runner-up in the girls' singles event of the

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and reached a highest ranking of No. 5 on the

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. Following her junior career, she chose to attend the

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but decided in 2013 to take a leave of absence to focus on tennis and spend time training in the United States. She was coached by her father, Yasuhiko Ishizu. Ishizu participated at the

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winning the gold medal in the

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and the team competition. Her final appearance on the ITF Circuit took place in Hamamatsu, Japan in October 2015.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (9–4)

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

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* * 1992 births Living people Japanese female tennis players People from Tsuchiura Sportspeople from Ibaraki Prefecture Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub