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Adriano Panatta

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Italian tennis player (born 1950)

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Adriano Panatta is an Italian tennis player, rally driver, and athlete born in Rome on July 9, 1950. A right-handed competitor representing Italy, he began his professional work period in 1969 and concluded it in 1983. His athletic career includes a singles record of 369–225 and a doubles record of 233–152. He won the 1976 French Open men's singles title and the 1976 Davis Cup.

Panatta is also an author with works including *Il tennis l'ha inventato il diavolo*, *Lei non sa chi eravamo noi*, and *Più dritti che rovesci*. He is a member of the Democratic Party and resides in Treviso. Standing 183 cm tall and weighing 81 kg, he has a sibling named Claudio Panatta.

Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1950
Works
2

Top works

  • Il tennis l'ha inventato il diavolo
  • Lei non sa chi eravamo noi
  • Più dritti che rovesci

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IT
Active from
1938-01-06

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Quotes

  • (About Ilie Năstase) He called me Maccarone. He knew I was superstitious. We met in doubles at Roland Garros, me with Bertolucci, him with José-Luis Clerc, the Argentine. I was about to serve, I looked up, and I saw him with a black cat in his arms. Nastase had got himself a black cat and brought it onto the court. At Roland Garros.

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Key facts

Country sports
Italy
Born
( 1950-07-09 ) 9 July 1950 (age 75) , Rome , Italy
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro
1969 (amateur from 1968)
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
$776,187
Career record
408–245 (62.5%)
Highest ranking
No. 4 (24 August 1976)
Australian open
1R ( 1969 )
French open
W ( 1976 )
Wimbledon
QF ( 1979 )
Us open
4R ( 1978 )
Tour finals
RR ( 1975 )
Wct finals
QF ( 1977 )
Davis cup
W ( 1976 )

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
Italy

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Adriano
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Occupation
rally driver
Political party
Democratic Party
Languages spoken
Italian
Sport
tennis
Country for sport
Italy
Mass
81
Image
Panatta 1976 Milano.jpg
Height
183
Number of children
3
Residence
Treviso
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date of birth
1950-07-09
doubles record
233–152
playing hand
right-handedness
singles record
369–225
Commons category
Adriano Panatta
competition won
1976 Davis Cup
end of work period
1983-00-00
start of work period
1969-00-00
social media followers
7220
name in native language
Adriano Panatta
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He won the 1976 French Open, becoming the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a major singles title. That year, Panatta also led Italy to the Davis Cup crown, and he reached his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Panatta was the only player ever to defeat Björn Borg at the French Open, doing so twice.

From 2018 to 2021, he was a regular guest of the RAI sport broadcast Quelli che... il Calcio.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adriano Panatta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.