Country (sports) Italy Career titles 5 Turned pro 1971 Name Corrado Barazzutti Spouse Barbara Barazzutti | Prize money $775,783 Role Tennis player Retired 1984 Career record 307–222 Height 1.78 m Highest ranking 7 | |
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Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Similar People Adriano Panatta, Paolo Bertolucci, Antonio Zugarelli, Nicola Pietrangeli, Simone Bolelli | ||
Corrado barazzutti jimmy connors semifinale us open 1977
Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former Italian tennis player.
Contents
- Corrado barazzutti jimmy connors semifinale us open 1977
- 1977 davis cup final john alexander vs corrado barazzutti last games
- Tennis career
- References
1977 davis cup final john alexander vs corrado barazzutti last games
Tennis career
Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl and the French Open Boys' Singles, and he turned professional in the same year. He had already been called to the Italy Davis Cup team the previous year, an event for which he would play a total of 44 matches. In 1976, Barazzutti played for the only victorious Italian Davis Cup team.
His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978.
In Grand Slam tournaments, his best results are the semi-finals he reached in 1977 at the US Open and in 1978 at the French Open; in both occasions he was beaten in straight sets, by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg respectively. Barazzutti won five career ATP tournaments.
Barazzutti is currently non-playing captain of the Italy Davis Cup team and the Italy Fed Cup team. Since he has been captain, the Italian Fed Cup team have won four times: 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013.