Tennis in Italy

Tennis in Italy is the 6th sport, with 1,298,000 persons, by number of practitioners.[1]

History

The five successes of Italian tennis player in the Grand Slam tournament regards Nicola Pietrangeli (1959 French Championships and 1960 French Championships), Adriano Panatta (1976 French Open), Francesca Schiavone (2010 French Open) and Flavia Pennetta (2015 US Open).

Also the Italy Davis Cup team won 1976 Davis Cup and Italy Fed Cup team four times the Fed Cup (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013).

Women's tennis in particular has seen tremendous successes in the 21st century, with the advent of Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. All these four women reached the Top 10 of the WTA rankings in both singles and doubles (with Schiavone and Errani reaching the top 5 in singles and Pennetta, Errani and Vinci reaching No 1 in doubles) and reached Grand Slam finals in both disciplines. Schiavone and Pennetta won singles Grand Slam titles, while Pennetta, Errani and Vinci won doubles Grand Slam titles, with Errani and Vinci achieving the Career Grand Slam in doubles as a pair. They were also responsible for Italy's 4 Fed Cup victories as members of the national Fed Cup team.

Players best ranking

In this table only those who have reached the top 20 in the world ranking.

  Still active

Updated to 22 August 2018. Data refer to the Open Era (from 1968).[2]

Men

#PlayerRank PeriodGrand Slam bestATP wins
1 Adriano Panatta424 August 1976 Win 1976 French Open9
2 Corrado Barazzutti721 August 1978 SF 1977 US Open, 1978 French Open5
3 Paolo Bertolucci1223 August 1973 QF 1973 French Open6
4 Fabio Fognini1331 March 2014 QF 2011 French Open8
5 Andreas Seppi1828 January 2013 4R 2012 French Open, Australian Open (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018). 2013 Wimbledon3
Omar Camporese1810 February 1992 4R 1992 Australian Open3
Andrea Gaudenzi1827 February 1995 4R 1994 French Open2
8 Renzo Furlan1915 April 1996 QF 1995 French Open2
Marco Cecchinato1915 October 2018 SF 2018 French Open2

Women

#PlayerRank PeriodGrand Slam bestWTA wins
1 Francesca Schiavone4January 2011 Win 2010 French Open8
2 Sara Errani5May 2013 F 2012 French Open9
3 Flavia Pennetta6September 2015 Win 2015 US Open11
4 Roberta Vinci7May 2016 F 2015 US Open10
5 Silvia Farina11May 2002 QF 2003 Wimbledon3
6 Raffaella Reggi13April 1988 QF 1987 French Open5
7 Sandra Cecchini15March 1988 QF 1985 French Open9

Grand slam best results

Men

Eight Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.[3]

PlayerTournamentResult
Umberto De MorpurgoRoland Garros 1930Semifinal
Giorgio De StefaniRoland Garros 1932Final
Roland Garros 1934Semifinal
Giuseppe MerloRoland Garros 1955Semifinal
Roland Garros 1956Semifinal
Nicola PietrangeliRoland Garros 1959Win
Roland Garros 1960Win
Roland Garros 1961Final
Roland Garros 1964Final
Wimbledon 1960Semifinal
Orlando SirolaRoland Garros 1960Semifinal
Adriano PanattaRoland Garros 1973Semifinal
Roland Garros 1975Semifinal
Roland Garros 1976Win
Corrado BarazzuttiUs Open 1977Semifinal
Roland Garros 1978Semifinal
Marco CecchinatoRoland Garros 2018Semifinal

Women

Seven Italian female tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.[4][5]

PlayerTournamentResult
Maud Rosenbaum Levi US Open 1930Semifinal
Anneliese Ullstein Bossi Bellani Roland Garros 1949Semifinal
Silvana Lazzarino Roland Garros 1954Semifinal
Francesca Schiavone Roland Garros 2010Win
Roland Garros 2011Final
Sara Errani Roland Garros 2012Final
US Open 2012Semifinal
Roland Garros 2013Semifinal
Flavia Pennetta US Open 2013Semifinal
US Open 2015Win
Roberta Vinci US Open 2015Final

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Graduatoria degli sport più praticati in Italia" (PDF) (in Italian). coni.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "QUANTI ITALIANI SONO ENTRATI NEI TOP 50? RISPONDE L'ESPERTO" (in Italian). supertennis.tv. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Marco Cecchinato è l'ottavo giocatore nella storia del tennis italiano ad approdare in una semifinale Slam" (in Italian). superlivetennis.it. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "I migliori risultati delle azzurre nei tornei dello Slam" (in Italian). federtennis.it. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "VINCI-PENNETTA Tutti i numeri di un'impresa" (in Italian). federtennis.it. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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