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jiro sato in 1932 at central station , sydney empire of japan 5 april 1934 strait of malacca gunma prefecture , japan sf -lrb- 1932 -rrb- sf -lrb- 1932 , 1933 -rrb- 4r -lrb- 1933 -rrb- sf -lrb- 1931 , 1933 -rrb- right-handed 5 january 1908 jiro sato 1932.jpg jiro sato
 jiro sato 1929 f -lrb- 1933 -rrb-
jiro sato

he received worldwide fame in wimbledon 1932 , when he beat the defending champion sidney wood at the quarterfinal .
in the semifinal , he lost to bunny austin .
his peak came in 1933 , when he beat fred perry in the french open quarterfinal .
he was ranked world no. 3 by a. wallis myers of `` the daily telegraph '' , behind jack crawford and fred perry .
however , it got more and more difficult for him to endure the enormous pressure from japan .
it is believed that pressure drove him to throw himself overboard into the strait of malacca on april 5 , 1934 , at 26 years of age .
