:Fumiteru Nakano
{{short description|Japanese tennis player}}
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{{nihongo|Fumiteru Nakano|中野文照|Nakanō Fumiteru|{{IPA|ja|nakano ɸɯmiteɾɯ}}; 13 January 1915 – 30 December 1989}} was a male tennis player from Japan who was active from the 1930s until the 1950s.
Career
Nakano reached the fourth round of the men's singles at the 1938 French Championships, a feat that would not be achieved again by a Japanese man until 2013. {{efn|note=nishikori|In 2013 Kei Nishikori equalled Nakano's achievement of a Japanese male player reaching the fourth round in the singles at Roland Garros.{{cite web|title=Nishikori: Japan's 1st man in French 4th since '38|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nishikori-japans-1st-man-french-122113631--ten.html|publisher=Yahoo}} }} In July he was eliminated in the semifinals of the Queen's Club Championships by eventual winner Don Budge.{{cite web|title=London|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/abilene-reporter-news/1937-06-18/page-2|publisher=Abilene Reporter News}} In the fourth round he lost in three straight sets to Frantisek Cejnar from Czechoslovakia. In September of the same year he also reached the fourth round of the U.S National Championships in which he was defeated in four sets by Bobby Riggs. Together with his countryman Jiro Yamagishi he reached the quarterfinal of the men's doubles at the 1937 Wimbledon Championships.{{cite web|title=The Championships 1937 – Gentlemen's Doubles|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/pdfs/1937_MD_A4.pdf|publisher=AELTC}} The two won the Maidstone Club's invitational tournament later the same month. They also clinched the doubles title of the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.{{cite web|title=Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship; Roll of Champions|url=http://www.ljbtc.com/files/RollChampions.pdf|publisher=La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club|access-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109135526/http://www.ljbtc.com/files/RollChampions.pdf|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}} In August he reached the quarterfinal of the Newport Casino Invitational falling to Frank Parker.{{cite web|title=Newport|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/abilene-reporter-news/1937-08-20/page-7|publisher=Abilene Reporter News}} As a result, he became the third ranked player of Japan that year.{{cite web|title=Yamagishi's Play Outstanding as He and Nakano Defeat Wood-Hall Combination|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/07/26/archives/maidstone-tennis-won-by-japanese-yamagishis-play-outstanding-as-he.html|work=The New York Times}}
In 1947 and 1948 he won the singles title at the All Japan Championships and he was ranked the No.1 player in Japan in 1939, 1947 and 1948.{{cite web|title=JTA – Nakano|url=http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/players/ex/nakano_fumiteru.html|publisher=Japanese Tennis Association|access-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607183117/http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/players/ex/nakano_fumiteru.html|archive-date=7 June 2013|url-status=dead}} In 1951 he was still active and reached the semifinals of the Calcutta international tournament{{cite web|title=Nakano outplays Dilip Bose|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19511229.2.161.aspx|work=The Straits Times}} and the quarterfinal of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships.{{cite web|title=J rabert, Flam Oust Jap Davis Cup Stars in Claycourt Tennis|url=http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1951/di1951-07-14.pdf|publisher=The Daily Iowan}}
Between 1937 and 1952 he played in five ties for the Japanese Davis Cup team. The best team result during that period was reaching the final of the Americas Zone in 1938 against Australia. Nakano had a Davis Cup match record of three wins, 10 losses and one unfinished match against John Bromwich.{{cite web|title=Davis Cup Players – Fumiteru Nakano |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800171810|publisher=International Tennis Federation (ITF)}} He also represented Japan in the 1940 International Athletic Meet in Tokyo, which was a substitute for the 1940 Summer Olympics originally scheduled to take place in Japan.{{cite web|title=A hospital for the poor|url=http://www.philstar.com/opinion/103345/hospital-poor|work=The Philippine Star}}
Personal life
See also
Notes
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External links
- {{ATP}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{Davis Cup player}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130607183117/http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/players/ex/nakano_fumiteru.html Japanese Tennis Association – Player profile] (Japanese)
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