Teizo Toba
Country (sports) Japan
Born(1901-09-15)15 September 1901
Kyoto, Japan
Died18 January 2002(2002-01-18) (aged 100)
Shibuya, Japan
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open3R (1926)

Teizo Toba (15 September 1901 – 18 January 2002) was a Japanese tennis player.[1]

Born in Kyoto, Toba attended Kobe Commercial High School and in 1923 won the singles title at the Far Eastern Championship Games held in Osaka. He played Davis Cup for Japan from 1926 to 1928, winning four singles and three doubles rubbers.[2] In 1928 he was stand in captain for Japan's tie with Canada in Montreal, which the visiting side claimed 3–1 when Toba came two sets down against Jack Wright in the reverse singles.[3] During these years he had the opportunity to play in the U.S. National Championships, making the singles third round in 1926.[4]

Toba worked in the steel industry and was later an executive advisor for Sumitomo Corporation.[5]

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References

  1. "He Licked Us at Tennis - Can He Do It in Business". The Vancouver Sun. 6 August 1952.
  2. "プレーヤー:詳細ページ|日本テニス協会公式サイト[JTA]". www.jta-tennis.or.jp.
  3. "Teizo Toba Defeats Wright In Five-Set Singles Match". The Ottawa Citizen. 29 May 1928.
  4. "U.S. Netmen To Tackle French Invasion Today". Fresno Morning Republican. 16 September 1926.
  5. "鳥羽貞三氏死去/日本テニス協会顧問". Shikoku News (in Japanese). 18 January 2002.
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