Kazuko Sawamatsu

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Kazuko Sawamatsu
Kazuko Yoshida.jpg
Kazuko Yoshida
Country (sports)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Born (1951-01-05) 5 January 1951 (age 73)
Nishinomiya, Japan
Singles
Career titles14
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open SF (1973)
French Open QF (1975)
Wimbledon 3R (1970, 1971, 1974, 1975)
US Open QF (1975)
Doubles
Career titles6
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1974)
French Open SF (1975)
Wimbledon W (1975)
US Open 2R (1973, 1975)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open QF (1973)
Wimbledon QF (1969)

Kazuko Sawamatsu (Japanese : 沢松和子, born 5 January 1951) is a retired tennis player from Japan.

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She competed in a number of major LTA tournaments in the 1970s on the world circuit. At the 1975 Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals as well as reached the quarterfinals of the French Open and U.S. Open the same year. She also reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1973, and won the 1975 Wimbledon ladies doubles title with partner Ann Kiyomura.

In November 1975, she won the singles title at the Japan Open Tennis Championships, defeating Kiyomura in the final in three sets, and together they won the doubles title. [1]

Sawamatsu is the sister of tennis player Junko Sawamatsu and the aunt of Naoko Sawamatsu.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 1975 Wimbledon Grass Flag of the United States.svg Ann Kiyomura Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve
7–5, 1–6, 7–5

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References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1976). World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 111, 112. ISBN   9780362002768. OCLC   650229036.