Takeichi Harada

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{{short description|Japanese tennis player (1899–1978)}}

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{{Nihongo|Takeichi Harada|原田 武一|Harada Takeichi|16 May 1899 – 12 June 1978}} was an amateur tennis player from Japan who competed in the 1920s and 1930s, including the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/860 |title=Takeichi Harada |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 November 2021}}

Harada was also ranked World No. 10 by Myers and the U.S. No. 3 in 1925. He was ranked World No. 7 in 1926 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.

In 1923 he won the All-Japan Championships singles title. Harada moved to the United States to continue his studies at the Harvard University. In 1926 he won the Jamaican International Championships. In 1929 he won the All-Japan Championships singles and doubles.

He was coached by Harry Cowles.

Personal life

Takeichi Harada was married and his first child was born in 1929. He was the head manager of a mall in Tokyo. In 1925 he was awarded the AAF World Trophy by the Amateur Athletic Foundation for his merits in tennis.

References

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{{cite journal|author=Krobat|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73848495|volume=74|page=9|journal=The Advertiser|issue=22,871|date=29 January 1932|title=Second tennis test in Perth tomorrow|publisher=The Herald and Weekly Times|location=Adelaide, Australia|access-date=10 January 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/10/15/tennis-crown-goes-to-japanese-star/|work=thecrimson.com|date= 1 October 1925|title=Harada ranked number ten says success due to Cowles|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States|access-date=10 January 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/players/ex/harada_takeichi.html|script-title=ja:原田 武一(故人)|trans-title=(Deceased) Takeichi Harada|publisher=Japan Tennis Association|work=jta-tennis.or.jp|access-date=10 January 2013|language=ja|location=Tokyo, Japan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417053447/http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp/players/ex/harada_takeichi.html|archive-date=17 April 2013}}

{{cite journal|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/2ysp/wtlist.htm|title=The LA84 Foundation discontinued the awarding of the World Trophy after the year 2000 awards|publisher=LA84 Foundation|journal=Olympic Review|access-date=12 January 2013|location=Los Angeles, United States|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909002835/http://la84foundation.org/2ysp/wtlist.htm|archive-date=9 September 2009}}

{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94267135|title=Brilliant record|newspaper=The Northern Star |location=Lismore, NSW |volume=56|issn=1036-6768|date=16 January 1932|page=8|publisher=Thomas G. Hewitt and Sons|access-date=10 January 2013}}

{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00023/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1930_2_008.pdf|format=PDF|issue=8|volume=II|pages=123–125|journal=Tennisz és Golf|title=Japán-Magyarország|trans-title=Japan-Hungary|date=26 April 1930|publisher=Bethlen Gábor írod. és Nyomdai Rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=10 January 2013}}

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