was a Japanese tennis player. In 1955 he and Atsushi Miyagi became the first Japanese players to win a Grand Slam tournament.

Career

In 1955 he won the U.S. National Championships men's doubles title at the

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with compatriot Atsushi Miyagi after a five-set victory over Americans Gerald Moss and Bill Quillian.

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roared through New England in August 1955, flooding the tennis courts and delaying the tournament for a week. When the tournament resumed many of the leading players such as

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and

Vic Seixas Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (; pronounced SAY-shus; born August 30, 1923)

had already left which devalued the men's doubles draw. In 1954 he reached the final of the Canadian National Championships but lost in straight sets to Bernard Bartzen. Kamo won the Japanese tennis championships in 1953 and 1956. From 1953 to 1959 he played in the Japanese Davis Cup team. He died after a heart attack on January 6, 2017.加茂公成氏死去、84歳　全米選手権ダブルス覇者

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamo, Kosei 1932 births 2017 deaths Japanese male tennis players Sportspeople from Tokyo Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles United States National champions (tennis) 20th-century Japanese people