Toru Yonezawa
{{short description|Japanese tennis player (born 1958)}}
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| singlesrecord = 3–7
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| doublesrecord = 5–8
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{{Nihongo|Toru Yonezawa|米沢 徹|Yonezawa Tōru|born 31 October 1958}} is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
Biography
Born in Osaka, Yonezawa attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now known as UL Lafayette.
From 1981 to 1985 he competed in nine Davis Cup ties for Japan, including World Group relegation play-offs against France and Spain. All but one of his 10 Davis Cup matches came in doubles.
As a professional player he had his best performance at the Tokyo Outdoor in 1982, making the round of 16 of the Grand Prix tournament, with wins over Larry Stefanki and Morris Strode.{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010003355|title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tokyo Outdoor - 18 October - 24 October 1982|publisher=ITF|accessdate=26 September 2018}} He won a Sapporo Challenger event in 1986.
Yonezawa now works as a tennis coach and helped train Kei Nishikori when he was a junior.{{cite web|url=https://www.japanbullet.com/sport/tennis-budding-star-naito-eyes-junior-grand-slam-title|title=Budding star Naito eyes Junior Grand Slam title|date=25 November 2015|publisher=Japan Bullet|accessdate=26 September 2018}}
Challenger titles
=Singles: (1)=
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|1986 |Sapporo, Japan |Hard |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsuyoshi Fukui |6–0, 7–5 |
See also
References
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External links
- {{ATP|y001}}
- {{Davis Cup player|800177256}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:Japanese male tennis players
Category:Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis players