Seiichiro Kashio (柏尾 誠一郎, Kashio Seiichirō, January 2, 1892 – September 6, 1962) was a tennis player from Japan, and with Ichiya Kumagae was one of the first Japanese Olympic medalists. He won the Canadian Open by defeating United States player Walter Wesbrook 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 11–9.[1]
A native of Osaka, Kashio graduated from Tokyo Higher Commercial School (now Hitotsubashi University), and was subsequently employed by the trading company Mitsui & Co. and stationed at that company’s New York City branch office. He competed in the 1918 US Open, finishing in the third round. He also participated in the 1919 US Open, finishing in the second round.
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seiichiro, kashio, 柏尾, 誠一郎, kashio, seiichirō, january, 1892, september, 1962, tennis, player, from, japan, with, ichiya, kumagae, first, japanese, olympic, medalists, canadian, open, defeating, united, states, player, walter, wesbrook, seichiro, kashiocountry. Seiichiro Kashio 柏尾 誠一郎 Kashio Seiichirō January 2 1892 September 6 1962 was a tennis player from Japan and with Ichiya Kumagae was one of the first Japanese Olympic medalists He won the Canadian Open by defeating United States player Walter Wesbrook 3 6 6 3 6 1 11 9 1 Seichiro KashioCountry sports JapanBornJanuary 2 1892 1892 01 02 Osaka JapanDiedSeptember 6 1962 1962 09 07 aged 70 Palo Alto California USSinglesCareer titles1 ATPMedal recordMen s tennisRepresenting JapanOlympic Games1920 Antwerp DoublesBiography editA native of Osaka Kashio graduated from Tokyo Higher Commercial School now Hitotsubashi University and was subsequently employed by the trading company Mitsui amp Co and stationed at that company s New York City branch office He competed in the 1918 US Open finishing in the third round He also participated in the 1919 US Open finishing in the second round At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp Belgium Kashio was defeated in the third round of the singles competition However paired with Ichiya Kumagae he won the silver medal in the men s doubles event In the doubles final Kashio and Kumagae lost to Oswald Turnbull and Max Woosnam of Great Britain 2 6 7 5 5 7 and 5 7 Kashio was a member of the first Japan Davis Cup team which finished as runner up in the 1921 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 2 He subsequently partnered with Zenzo Shimizu in the 1923 Davis Cup reaching the semi finals He appears to have retired from competition soon thereafter and little is known of his subsequent career References edit Seiichiro Kashio Olympedia Retrieved 4 September 2021 Japan Is To Send Lawn Tennis Team PDF The New York Times 31 Dec 1922 Retrieved 7 May 2012 External links editSeiichiro Kashio at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Seiichiro Kashio at the Davis Cup nbsp Seiichiro Kashio at Olympics com Seiichiro Kashio at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived HickokSports Olympic Tennis Records at the Library of Congress Web Archives archived 2002 02 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seiichiro Kashio amp oldid 1195009981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
