Adriano Panatta
Italian tennis player (born 1950) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He is a major champion, winning the French Open in 1976, and was the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a major singles title.[1] Panatta was also the only player ever to defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros,[2] doing so twice.
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Country (sports) | Italy | |||||||||||
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Residence | Treviso, Italy | |||||||||||
Born | (1950-07-09) 9 July 1950 (age 73) Rome, Italy | |||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 1969 (amateur from 1968) | |||||||||||
Retired | 1983 | |||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Prize money | $776,187 | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 395–247 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 10 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 4 (24 August 1976) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (1969) | |||||||||||
French Open | W (1976) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1979) | |||||||||||
US Open | 4R (1978) | |||||||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
Tour Finals | RR (1975) | |||||||||||
WCT Finals | QF (1977) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 233–152 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 18 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 15 (24 March 1980) | |||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||
Davis Cup | W (1976) | |||||||||||
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From 2018 to 2021, he was a regular guest of the RAI sport broadcast Quelli che... il Calcio.[3]