Paolo Bertolucci

Paolo Bertolucci
Bertolucci, second from left, with the silver salad bowl in his hands.
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceForte dei Marmi, Italy
Born (1951-08-03) 3 August 1951 (age 72)
Forte dei Marmi
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired1983
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record198–147
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 12 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQF (1973)
Wimbledon1R (1972)
US Open1R (1973, 1976)
Doubles
Career record187–120
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 27 (24 March 1980)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1976)

Paolo Bertolucci (born 3 August 1951) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1] He is currently working as sport commentator for Italian Sky TV.[2]

Bertolucci won the Davis Cup with Italy in 1976.[3] His greatest success on ATP Tour was the victory at the 1977 Hamburg Masters, where he beat Manuel Orantes in the final in four sets. In 1976, Bertolucci also won the Grand Prix tournaments of Florence and Barcelona.[4] His career-high singles ranking was world No. 12, achieved in August 1973.

Bertolucci was non-playing-captain of the Italy Davis Cup team from 1985 to 2001.[5]

He considers himself Roman Catholic.[6]

Career finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. May 1974 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta 3–6, 1–6
Loss 2. May 1974 Bournemouth, England Clay Romania Ilie Năstase 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win 1. May 1975 Florence, Italy Clay France Georges Goven 6–3, 6–4
Win 2. Apr 1976 Barcelona, Spain Clay Japan Jun Kuki 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win 3. May 1976 Florence, Italy Clay France Patrick Proisy 6–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 10–8
Win 4. Apr 1977 Florence, Italy Clay United Kingdom John Feaver 6–4, 6–1, 7–5
Win 5. May 1977 Hamburg, Germany Clay Spain Manuel Orantes 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 6. Jun 1977 Berlin, Germany Clay Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3. Sep 1978 Bournemouth, England Clay Spain José Higueras 2–6, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 4. Mar 1980 Cairo, Egypt Clay Italy Corrado Barazzutti 4–6, 0–6
Loss 5. Nov 1980 Bologna, Italy Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 5–7, 2–6
Loss 6. Jun 1981 Venice, Italy Clay Bolivia Mario Martínez 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Apr 1973 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta Spain Juan Gisbert
Romania Ilie Năstase 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2. May 1974 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta Hungary Róbert Machán
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 		6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 1. May 1974 Bournemouth, England Clay Italy Corrado Barazzutti Spain Juan Gisbert
Romania Ilie Năstase 		4–6, 2–6, 0–6
Win 3. Jul 1974 Båstad, Sweden Clay Italy Adriano Panatta Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
Sweden Björn Borg 		3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2. Jan 1975 Richmond, United States Carpet Italy Adriano Panatta Austria Hans Kary
United States Fred McNair 		6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Win 4. Feb 1975 Bologna, Italy Carpet (i) Italy Adriano Panatta United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker 		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 3. Feb 1975 Barcelona, Spain Carpet (i) Italy Adriano Panatta United States Arthur Ashe
Netherlands Tom Okker 		5–7, 1–6
Win 5. Mar 1975 London, England Carpet (i) Italy Adriano Panatta West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Jürgen Pohmann 		6–3, 6–4
Win 6. Jul 1975 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Italy Adriano Panatta France Patrice Dominguez
France François Jauffret 		6–2, 6–2, 7–6
Win 7. Nov 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Italy Adriano Panatta West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Jürgen Pohmann 		7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 4. Jul 1976 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Italy Adriano Panatta West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Jürgen Pohmann 		5–7, 3–6, 3–6
Win 8. May 1979 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 		6–4, 6–3
Win 9. Oct 1979 Barcelona, Spain Clay Italy Adriano Panatta Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil Cássio Motta 		6–4, 6–3
Win 10. Mar 1980 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Italy Adriano Panatta United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States John McEnroe 		6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 5. May 1980 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta United States Gene Mayer
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 		1–6, 4–6
Win 11. Oct 1980 Paris, France Hard (i) Italy Adriano Panatta United States Brian Gottfried
South Africa Raymond Moore 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 6. Mar 1981 Cairo, Egypt Clay Italy Gianni Ocleppo Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 		7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 7. May 1981 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 		3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 12. May 1982 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Panatta United States Sammy Giammalva
United States Tony Giammalva 		7–6, 6–1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Adriano Panatta". Laureus. Laureus World Sports Awards. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Paolo Bertolucci (ex giocatore e commentatore Sky Sport): "Il tennis italiano sta vivendo un ottimo momento e la nuova generazione è pronta"" (in Italian). centrosuonosport.it. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ "L'ITALIA E LE SEMIFINALI DI DAVIS. UNA LUNGA STORIA" (in Italian). tennis.it. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ^ "ATP: SINNER-TRAVAGLIA, SETTIMO DERBY AZZURRO IN FINALE. I PRECEDENTI" (in Italian). federtennis.it. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Chi è stato il miglior capitano di Davis?" (in Italian). spaziotennis.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. ^ Giordano, Lucio (30 December 2022). "Ringrazio Dio di avermi dato un fratello, Adriano Panatta". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 52. pp. 86–89.

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