Tetsuya Sato (born 26 March 1969) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | (1969-03-26) 26 March 1969 (age 53) Kanagawa, Japan |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $10,890 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 515 (9 August 1993) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–6 (ATP Tour) |
Highest ranking | No. 510 (10 July 1995) |
Born in Kanagawa, Sato played on the professional tour in the 1990s and represented Japan in a total of three Davis Cup ties during his career.[1]
At home he was a five-time national champion as a doubles player, winning his first All Japan Tennis Championships title in mixed doubles in 1990. From 1991 to 1995 he featured in five successive men's doubles finals, of which he won four.
Sato studied at Nihon University and won a silver medal for Japan at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield.[2]