Paolo Bertolucci

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]

Paolo Bertolucci

Bertolucci, second from left, with the silver salad bowl in his hands.
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Born	3 August 1951 Forte dei Marmi
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	192–145
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 12 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1973)
Wimbledon	1R (1972)
US Open	1R (1973, 1976)
Doubles
Career record	187–120
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 27 (24 March 1980)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1976)

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]

Career finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	May 1974	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	May 1974	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	May 1975	Florence, Italy	Clay	Georges Goven	6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	Apr 1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jun Kuki	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	3.	May 1976	Florence, Italy	Clay	Patrick Proisy	6–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 10–8
Win	4.	Apr 1977	Florence, Italy	Clay	John Feaver	6–4, 6–1, 7–5
Win	5.	May 1977	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6.	Jun 1977	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	3.	Sep 1978	Bournemouth, England	Clay	José Higueras	2–6, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Mar 1980	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	4–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	Nov 1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	5–7, 2–6
Loss	6.	Jun 1981	Venice, Italy	Clay	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	Adriano Panatta	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	May 1974	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	May 1974	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	4–6, 2–6, 0–6
Win	3.	Jul 1974	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	2.	Jan 1975	Richmond, United States	Carpet	Adriano Panatta	Hans Kary Fred McNair	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	4.	Feb 1975	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	Feb 1975	Barcelona, Spain	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	5–7, 1–6
Win	5.	Mar 1975	London, England	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Pohmann	6–3, 6–4
Win	6.	Jul 1975	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
Win	7.	Nov 1975	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Pohmann	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	4.	Jul 1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Pohmann	5–7, 3–6, 3–6
Win	8.	May 1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Ivan Lendl Pavel Složil	6–4, 6–3
Win	9.	Oct 1979	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–4, 6–3
Win	10.	Mar 1980	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	5.	May 1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Gene Mayer Raúl Ramírez	1–6, 4–6
Win	11.	Oct 1980	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Adriano Panatta	Brian Gottfried Raymond Moore	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	Mar 1981	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Gianni Ocleppo	Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	May 1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Raúl Ramírez Pavel Složil	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	12.	May 1982	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Sammy Giammalva Tony Giammalva	7–6, 6–1

See also

• Tennis in Italy

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.

External links

• Paolo Bertolucci at ATP
• Paolo Bertolucci at ITF
• Paolo Bertolucci at Davis Cup