Eduardo Furusho
Country (sports) Brazil
 Japan
Born (1968-07-06) 6 July 1968
São Paulo, Brazil
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$43,441
Singles
Career record1–3
Highest rankingNo. 314 (10 September 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1991, 1993)
Doubles
Career record6–15
Highest rankingNo. 183 (26 August 1991)

Eduardo Furusho (born 6 July 1968) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player of Japanese descent. He is also known as Daijiro Furusho.

Born in São Paulo, Furusho began playing tennis at the age of nine and turned professional in 1987.[1]

Furusho, a left-handed player, made the second round of the 1988 Athens Open but made most of his Grand Prix/ATP Tour main draw appearances as a doubles player.[2]

In the 1990s he switched his nationality and played in three Davis Cup ties for Japan, under the name Daijiro Furusho.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1989 Genova, Italy Clay France Tarik Benhabiles Italy Emilio Marturano
Italy Fabio Melegari
6–2, 6–2

See also

References

  1. "Eduardo Furusho - Bio". ATP Tour.
  2. "Grand Prix Tournament at Athens". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 1988. p. 47.
  3. Careem, Nazvi (19 March 1993). "Japan show strength in numbers". South China Morning Post.


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