Jiro Sato, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jiro Sato

Japanese tennis player

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1908

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1939

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jiro Sato (?? ??, Sato Jiro, Japanese pronunciation: [sa.to? d?i.?o?]; January 5, 1908 – April 5, 1934) was a Japanese tennis player.
He was ranked World No.
3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934.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.