TENNIS PLAYER

Jiro Sato

1908 - 1934

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Jiro Sato (佐藤 次郎, Satō Jirō; Japanese pronunciation: [sa.toː dʑi.ɾoː]; January 5, 1908 – April 5, 1934) was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in 1933 but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934. He received worldwide fame at Wimbledon in 1932, when he beat the defending champion Sidney Wood in the quarterfinal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiro Sato is the 288th most popular tennis player (down from 242nd in 2019), the 1,436th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,329th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Jiro Sato ranks 288 out of 1,569. Before him are Yvon Petra, Ichiya Kumagae, Betty Stöve, Daniil Medvedev, Raúl Ramírez, and Slobodan Živojinović. After him are Geraldine Beamish, Frew McMillan, Rodney Heath, Fernando Verdasco, Nikolay Davydenko, and Béla von Kehrling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jiro Sato ranks 328. Before him are Ion Lăpușneanu, Nicholas Kurti, Jill Esmond, Lya Lys, Louis L'Amour, and Knut Fridell. After him are Dee Brown, Abdulla Aliş, John Doeg, Cecilia Seghizzi, Matti Sippala, and Olaf Hoffsbakken. Among people deceased in 1934, Jiro Sato ranks 139. Before him are Mikhail Matyushin, Paul Henri Lecomte, Claudio Williman, Cecilia Grierson, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, and Davidson Black. After him are John Brinck, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Horace Lamb, Hélène Boucher, Cass Gilbert, and Frank J. Sprague.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jiro Sato ranks 1,436 out of 6,245. Before him are Akira Ishida (1967), Kei Sugimoto (1982), Tamlyn Tomita (1966), Yukihiro Matsumoto (1965), Okuro Oikawa (1896), and Atsushi Sakurai (1966). After him are Daichi Fukushima (1977), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Homare Sawa (1978), Joji (1992), and Shuji Tsurumi (1938).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Japan

Among tennis players born in Japan, Jiro Sato ranks 5. Before him are Naomi Osaka (1997), Seiichiro Kashio (1892), Kei Nishikori (1989), and Ichiya Kumagae (1890). After him are Kimiko Date (1970), Ai Sugiyama (1975), Kazuko Sawamatsu (1951), Shinobu Asagoe (1976), Akiko Morigami (1980), Yoshihito Nishioka (1995), and Shuko Aoyama (1987).

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