Koji Watanabe

Koji Watanabe

Country (sports)
Born	(1942-01-19) 19 January 1942 Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan
Turned pro	1961 (amateur tour)
Retired	1971
Singles
Career record	165-21 (88.7%)
Career titles	4
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1965), (1969)
French Open	2R (1964), (1966)
Wimbledon	2R (1969)
Team competitions

Koji Watanabe (渡邊康二, Watanabe Kōji, born 19 January 1942) is a Japanese former international tennis player. He won four career singles titles (1966-1969).

Career

Watanabe played his first tournament at the Miami Invitational in 1961. In 1966 he claimed his second title again on clay at Ostend, Belgium defeating South African player Jackie Saul two sets to one. His third title came in 1968 at the Lowther Hard Court Championships, Barnes, London where he beat New Zealand player Onny Parun two sets to one. His fourth and final tile came in 1969 at the Athens International on clay where he defeated Australian player Geoff Masters three sets to one. He reached the finals of three other tournaments Andhra Pradesh Championships on hard courts in (1966), the Worcestershire Championships, on grass in (1967) and finally Bad Neuenahar on clay in (1969).

In Grand Slam tournaments he competed in the Australian Open two times, in 1965 and 1969.,

He played his last tournament at the Tokyo Indoor in 1971 losing to Ian Fletcher in the semifinals.