Kosei Kamo Explained

Kosei Kamo
Birth Date:10 May 1932
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Death Place:Tokyo, Japan
Plays:Right-handed
Wimbledonresult:3R (1957)
Usopenresult:3R (1954)
Usopendoublesresult:W (1955)

was a Japanese tennis player.

Career

In 1955 he won the U.S. National Championships men's doubles title at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston with compatriot Atsushi Miyagi after a five-set victory over Americans Gerald Moss and Bill Quillian. Hurricane Diane roared through New England in August 1955, flooding the tennis courts and delaying the tournament for a week. When the tournament resumed many of the leading players such as Ken Rosewall, Tony Trabert, Lew Hoad and Vic Seixas had already left which devalued the men's doubles draw.[1]

In 1954 he reached the final of the Canadian National Championships but lost in straight sets to Bernard Bartzen.

Kamo won the Japanese tennis championships in 1953 and 1956.

From 1953 to 1959 he played in the Japanese Davis Cup team.[2] He died after a heart attack on January 6, 2017.[3]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 title)

References

  1. Web site: Earl Flops, Tournament Moves On . September 3, 2010 . Bud Collins Tennis . 29 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010180849/http://www.budcollinstennis.com/?p=1536 . 10 October 2012 .
  2. Web site: Davis Cup - Player Profile. ITF. 28 May 2012.
  3. http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/1764374.html 加茂公成氏死去、84歳 全米選手権ダブルス覇者