Kiyoshi "Kiyo" Tanabe (born 22 April 1948) is a Japanese former professional
tennis
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player.
Born in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...
, Tanabe represented Japan in four
Davis Cup
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ties during the 1970s.
Tanabe, who played collegiate tennis for
Oral Roberts University
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, won two first round matches at the
Australian Open
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, including in 1974 when he upset 16th seed
John Cooper.
See also
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List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1948 births
Living people
Japanese male tennis players
Tennis players from Hyōgo Prefecture
20th-century Japanese sportsmen