Sachiko Kamo
{{Short description|Japanese tennis player (1926–2003)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|02|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|10|28|1926|02|11|df=yes}}
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| plays = Right-handed
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| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1954)
| USOpenresult = 3R (1954)
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{{medalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|1958 Tokyo|Women's singles}}
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Sachiko Kamo (11 February 1926 – 28 October 2003) was a Japanese tennis player of the 1950s.
Born and raised in Tokyo, Kamo was the second eldest of four tennis siblings, which included Davis Cup representative Kosei Kamo. She won the singles title at the All-Japan tennis championships six times in a row immediately after the war and eight times in total.{{cite news |title=Sachiko Kamo Plays Today At Ala Moana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/270132381 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=17 July 1952}} In 1954 she made history as the first Japanese woman to compete at the Wimbledon Championships and made the singles third round.{{cite news |title=Japanese Gal Tennis Champ to Wimbledon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/883742705 |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=25 May 1954}} During the same trip she was the joint singles title winner of the Welsh Championships, with the final abandoned due to rain.{{cite news |title=Rain Interferes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/588089287 |work=The Knoxville Journal |date=18 July 1954}} She won a gold medal in singles and doubles at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, which was the first time tennis was included on the program.{{cite news |title=Japanese Stars Crack PI Tennis Juggernaut |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/608647120 |work=The Territorial Sun |date=1 June 1958}}
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{{Asian Games Champions Tennis Singles Women}}
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Category:Japanese female tennis players
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Category:Asian Games medalists in tennis
Category:Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
Category:Tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games