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Corrado Barazzutti

Corrado Barazzutti
Corrado Barazzutti (Dutch Open).jpg
Barazzutti playing Australian David Carter in the third round of the 1978 Dutch Open in Hilversum.
Country (sports)  Italy
Residence Rome, Italy
Born (1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 (age 63)
Udine, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 1971
Retired 1984
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $775,783
Singles
Career record 307–222
Career titles 5
Highest ranking No. 7 (21 August 1978)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open SF (1978)
Wimbledon 2R (1980)
US Open SF (1977)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals RR (1978)
WCT Finals SF (1978)
Doubles
Career record 57–111
Career titles 1
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (1976)

Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former Italian tennis player.

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.


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