Zenzo
Shimidzu
Male
Japan
1891-03-25
Tokyo, Japan
1977-04-12
Amagaski city, Japan
Shimizu graduated from the Tokyo Higher Commerce School (now Hitotsubashi University). 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 United States 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.
Shimizu was mainly a baseline player. His forehand grip was described as 'faulty' but nevertheless his passing shots, which he hit low and with topspin, were judged as excellent. Shimizu's backhand was orthodox and played with force from the baseline. His service was hit at shoulder height with precision and reverse twist but without great speed. His forehand volleys were comparatively weak but his backhand volleys and his smash were first-class.[2] In his book The Art of Lawn Tennis Bill Tilden describes Shimuzu as a baseline player and marvelous court coverer with an uncanny accuracy in his shots. In comparing Shimuzu to his countryman Kumagae he states that Shimizu had a superior backhand and low volleying skills but lacked Kumagae's forehand drive and had a weaker service. Their high volleying skills and overheads were judged equal.[3]
1914 - 1924
10
67
53
1922 - Greenwich Tennis Club Invitation (Amateur)
1921 - Queens Club Tournament (ATP)
1920 - Gipsy (Amateur)
1920 - Bengal Championships (Amateur)
1920 - Sheffield (Amateur)
1919 - Bengal Championships (Amateur)
1918 - Bengal Championships (Amateur)
1918 - Western India Championships (Amateur)
1916 - Bengal Championships (Amateur)
1913 - Bengal Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Masanosuke Fukuda 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
w.o.
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Claude Marsh Butlin
w.o.
Round 2
Dick Williams jr 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
w.o.
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Walter Kenneth Wesbrook
6-4
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Herman F. Dornheim
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
William Potter Wear
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 4
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Wallace Johnson
8-6
4-6
6-4
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
A.B. Lynn
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Clarence Sanders
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Philip Albert (Phil) Bettens
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Theodore Raymond (Ted) Drewes Sr.
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Charles Stedman (Chuck) Garland
6-2
6-1
6-2
Final
Bill Tilden 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
7-5
6-3
6-1
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Frank Hunter
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
6-1
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Antoine de Bousies
6-0
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Oswald Graham Noel Turnbull
6-3
7-5
6-1
Round 4
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Herbert Roper Barrett
6-3
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Randolph Lycett
6-3
9-11
3-6
6-2
10-8
Semifinals
Manuel Alonso 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
3-6
7-5
3-6
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Arthur Charles Nielsen sr
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Howard Marshall (Marshall) Allen
6-3
6-0
12-10
Round 3
Bill Tilden 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-4
6-4
6-1
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Mohammed Sleem
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Arthur Cyril Belgrave
6-2
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-2
6-2
6-8
6-2
Round 3
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
André Gobert
6-4
10-8
4-6
2-6
6-4
Round 4
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Augustos G. Zerlendis
6-3
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Neville Willford
6-0
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
3-6
6-4
6-0
6-2
Final
Bill Tilden 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-4
6-4
13-11
Round 4
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Salvador Michael Lahey Bean
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Jacques (Toto) Brugnon
6-3
6-3
6-7
6-1
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Nicolae Mishu
7-5
3-6
6-1
5-3
ret.
Quarterfinals
Manuel Alonso 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-4
7-5
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Alfred Beamish
4-6
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Gordon Lowe
6-0
6-2
Final
Algernon Kingscote 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
7-5
3-2
ret.
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Sunao Okamoto
6-2
6-2
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
N.S. Iyer
6-2
6-3
8-6
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
R.G. Dixon
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Arthur Gore
6-0
6-3
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Arthur Lowe
6-3
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
J.E. Dexter
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
C. Miller
6-1
6-0
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Randolph Lycett
4-6
6-2
6-2
4-6
7-5
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
M.G. Botham
6-1
6-0
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Lewis Deane
6-4
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
S.V. Mody
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
M.R. Vyas
6-2
6-0
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Major Ashton
6-1
7-5
Final
John Rendall 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
10-8
4-6
6-2
9-7
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
N.B. Deane
6-1
6-2
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Lewis Deane
6-4
0-6
4-6
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Sunder Rao
6-0
6-1
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
J. Newton
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Edmund Mowbray Paton Atkinson
4-6
6-3
6-3
Final
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
S.C. Macadam
?
Final
Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
0-6
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Lewis Deane 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
Lewis Deane
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Zenzo Shimidzu 1 *
A.D. Cox
?
Final
Algernon Kingscote 1 *
Zenzo Shimidzu
6-4
3-6
6-0
6-1