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12 april 1977 osaka , japan qf -lrb- 1920 -rrb- misato , gunma , japan yes f -lrb- 1920 -rrb- qf -lrb- 1922 -rrb- yes zenzo shimizu
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zenzo shimizu

zenzo shimizu -lrb- 清水善造 , also spelt `` zenzo shimidzu '' , 25 march 1891 -- 12 april 1977 -rrb- was a male tennis player from japan .
shimizu graduated from the tokyo higher commerce school -lrb- now hitotsubashi university -rrb- .
he reached the all-comers final of the wimbledon championships in 1920 , where he lost to bill tilden 4 -- 6 , 4 -- 6 , 11-13 .
at the 1921 wimbledon championships he reached the semifinal which he lost to manuel alonso in five sets .
he also was a member of japan 's davis cup team that finished second to usa in 1921 .
in 1921 he won the singles title at the queen 's club championships by defeating mohammed sleem in the final in straight sets .
he established the earliest period of japanese tennis together with ichiya kumagae .
shimizu was ranked world no. 4 by a. wallis myers of the daily telegraph in 1921 .
