is a former

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from

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. In May 1988, Tsuchihashi achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 359. He proceeded to represent his native country at the

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, where he was defeated by

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Agustín Moreno Agustín Moreno (born 31 March 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico. Moreno represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by Sweden's Stefan Edberg Jan Stefan Edberg (; ...

in the first round. In October 1989, he became a quarterfinals of the 1989 ATP Challenger Series.

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* 1966 births Living people Japanese male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Japan Sportspeople from Kagoshima Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games tennis players for Japan 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub