Ryosuke Nunoi
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| Country (sports) |
 Japan
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|---|---|
| Born |
18 January 1909 Kobe, Japan |
| Died | 21 July 1945 (aged 36) Burma |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1932) |
| French Open | 3R (1933) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1933) |
| US Open | 4R (1933) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | F (1933) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1933) |
Ryosuke Nunoi (布井良助 Nunoi Ryōsuke?, 18 January 1909 – 21 July 1945) was a tennis player from Japan.
Nunoi, who came from an affluent Osaka merchant family, was a student at Kobe Higher Commercial School (now called Kobe University).
Nunoi was the youngest member of the Japanese squad that toured Australia in 1932 and played in a series of "Test matches" against the home side. In one of these matches he came close to upsetting Harry Hopman, but failed to convert set points in each of the two sets. He did however have a win over Jack Crawford in Perth. At the 1932 Australian Championships, Nunoi was a quarter-finalist in the singles, along with teammate Jiro Sato. Nunoi and Sato remained the only Japanese players to reach the quarter-finals at the Championships (later Australian Open) until they were joined by Kei Nishikori in 2012.
In 1933 he spent a lot of time in Europe, where he played in four Davis Cup ties, against Hungary, Ireland, Germany and Australia. He won singles matches over Emil Gábori, Béla von Kehrling, George Lyttleton-Rogers, Edward McGuire, Gustav Jaenecke and Vivian McGrath. His two singles losses were both in five sets, to Jack Crawford and Gottfried Von Cramm. Nunoi partnered Sato in all four doubles rubbers and they were beaten only once, by the Australian pairing of Jack Crawford and Adrian Quist, in another five set match.
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