Takeichi Harada : Personal life Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Takeichi Harada

Japanese tennis player

Takeichi Harada
Singles
Takeichi Harada c. 1934
Country (sports)	Japan
Born	(1899-05-16)16 May 1899 Osaka, Japan^[1]
Died	12 June 1978(1978-06-12) (aged 79) Kurashiki, Japan
Turned pro	1924 (amateur tour)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (1926, A. Wallis Myers)^[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1932)
French Open	3R (1930)
Wimbledon	3R (1924, 1930)
US Open	3R (1925, 1927)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1924)
Doubles
Olympic Games	2R (1924)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1926, 1927)

Takeichi Harada (原田武一, Harada Takeichi, 16 May 1899 – 12 June 1978) was an amateur tennis player from Japan who competed in the 1920s and 1930s, including the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Harada was also ranked World No. 10 by Myers and the U.S. No. 3 in 1925.^[2] He was ranked World No. 7 in 1926 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.^[2]

In 1923 he won the All-Japan Championships singles title.^[4] Harada moved to the United States to continue his studies at the Harvard University.^[5] In 1926 he won the Jamaican International Championships. In 1929 he won the All-Japan Championships singles and doubles.^[4]

He was coached by Harry Cowles.^[5]

Personal life

Takeichi Harada was married and his first child was born in 1929.^[6] He was the head manager of a mall in Tokyo.^[6] In 1925 he was awarded the AAF World Trophy by the Amateur Athletic Foundation for his merits in tennis.^[7]

References

^ Krobat (29 January 1932). "Second tennis test in Perth tomorrow". The Advertiser. 74 (22, 871). Adelaide, Australia: The Herald and Weekly Times: 9. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Brilliant record". The Northern Star. Vol. 56. Lismore, NSW: Thomas G. Hewitt and Sons. 16 January 1932. p. 8. ISSN 1036-6768. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ "Takeichi Harada". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b 原田武一(故人) [(Deceased) Takeichi Harada]. jta-tennis.or.jp (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Japan Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Harada ranked number ten says success due to Cowles". thecrimson.com. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States: The Harvard Crimson. 1 October 1925. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b Béla Kehrling, ed. (26 April 1930). "Japán-Magyarország" [Japan-Hungary] (PDF). Tennisz és Golf (in Hungarian). II (8). Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor írod. és Nyomdai Rt: 123–125. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ "The LA84 Foundation discontinued the awarding of the World Trophy after the year 2000 awards". Olympic Review. Los Angeles, United States: LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2013.