Luca Bottazzi

Luca Bottazzi (born 1 April 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.[1]

Luca Bottazzi
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1963-04-01) 1 April 1963
Milan, Italy
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$52,945
Singles
Career record5–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (29 April 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open1R (1985)
Doubles
Career record6–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 203 (13 May 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (1982)

Career

Bottazzi was twice a quarter-finalist in the French Open boys' singles during his junior career, in both 1980 and 1981.[2] He reached the round of 16 in the US Open boys' singles in 1980[3] and in the Wimbledon boys' singles in 1981.[3]

When he returned to the French Open in 1982, it was in the men's draw, beside Raúl Viver in the doubles competition.[4] They defeated the Swedish combination of Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson in the first round but were then beaten by Brad Guan and Derek Tarr.[4]

In 1984, he made the quarter-finals of the Palermo Grand Prix tournament, with wins over the world's 50th ranked player Blaine Willenborg and Argentina's Alejandro Ganzábal.[4]

The Italian was beaten by Marko Ostoja in the opening round of the 1985 French Open.[4]

After his tennis career, Bottazzi co-founded the Italian Tennis Research Association (RITA).[5] He developed new scientific methods to teach tennis to young pupils, that were presented at the ITF Tennis Science and Technology Congress in 2003.[6]

Bottazzi currently works as a tennis coach and television commentator for Eurosport and Sky Italia.

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1984 Tampere, Finland Clay Peter Svensson 6–2, 6–3
2. 1987 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Paul Wekesa 6–2, 7–6

Doubles: (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1983 Bari, Italy Clay Simone Colombo Mario Calautti
Bruce Derlin		 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

References
  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ITF Junior Profile
  3. Misspelled ITF Junior Profile
  4. ATP World Tour Profile
  5. R.I.T.A.
  6. "Proceedings of the 2nd ITF International Congress on Tennis Science & Technology, July 2003" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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