sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Search / Calendar

Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla pjeˈtrandʒeli]; born 11 September 1933) is a former Italian tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be Italy's greatest tennis champion.[3]

Nicola Pietrangeli
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Born (1933-09-11) 11 September 1933 (age 88)
Tunis, Tunisia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur tour from 1953)
Retired1973
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1986 (member page)
Singles
Career record687-278 (71.4%) [1]
Career titles44
Highest rankingNo. 3 (1959, Lance Tingay)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1957)
French OpenW (1959, 1960)
WimbledonSF (1960)
US Open3R (1955, 1965)
Doubles
Career record21–20
Career titles8
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenW (1959)
WimbledonF (1956)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1958)
Wimbledon3R (1955, 1959)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1960Ch, 1961Ch)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
1963 NaplesSingles
1963 NaplesDoubles

Biography


Born 11 September 1933, in Tunis, Tunisia, Pietrangeli made his international debut at the 1952 Italian Open, losing in fours sets to Jacques Peten.[4] He appeared in four men's singles finals at Roland Garros – winning the title in 1959 and 1960, and finishing runner-up in 1961 and 1964. He also won the Roland Garros men's doubles title in 1959 (together with Orlando Sirola), and the mixed doubles in 1958. At Wimbledon, Pietrangeli was a single semifinalist in 1960, when he lost to Rod Laver in 5 sets. He won the Italian Open in 1957 and 1961 and was ranked World No. 3 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1959 and 1960 and also by Ned Potter in 1961.[2][5]

Pietrangeli represented Italy in the Davis Cup between 1954 and 1972. He played in a record 164 Davis Cup rubbers, winning a record 120. He was a player on the Italian teams which reached the Davis Cup final in 1960 and 1961. Both finals were played on grass courts in Australia, and the Italians were not able to overcome the strong Australian team which included Laver, Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser.[6]

After retiring as a player, Pietrangeli became Italy's Davis Cup team captain and guided them to winning their first-ever Davis Cup in 1976.[7]

Pietrangeli was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1986. On his 73rd birthday, the old tennis stadium in Foro Italico of Rome was named in his honour; he is among the very few tennis players to have received such an honour while still living (others include Laver and Margaret Court). He also played a supporting role in the movie "There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs" in 1990.


Personal life


He had a relationship with the Italian journalist Licia Colò, 30 years younger than him.[8]


Grand Slam finals



Singles (2 titles, 2 runners-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win1959French ChampionshipsClay Ian Vermaak3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Win1960French ChampionshipsClay Luis Ayala3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss1961French ChampionshipsClay Manuel Santana6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss1964French ChampionshipsClay Manuel Santana3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)


Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1955French ChampionshipsClay Orlando Sirola Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert		1–6, 6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss1956Wimbledon ChampionshipsGrass Orlando Sirola Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall		5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Win1959French ChampionshipsClay Orlando Sirola Roy Emerson
Neale Fraser		6–3, 6–2, 14–12

Mixed doubles (1 title)


Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1958French ChampionshipsClay Shirley Bloomer Lorraine Coghlan
Bob Howe		8–6, 6–2

Performance timeline


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament Amateur career Open career Career SR Career W–L Career Win%
'54'55'56'57'58'59'60'61'62'63'64'65'66'67'68'69'70'71'72'73
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A QF A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
French Open 3R 3R QF 1R 4R W W F QF QF F 4R 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R 3R 3R 1R 2 / 20 58–18 79%
Wimbledon 2R QF 4R 1R 4R 1R SF 3R 3R 3R 2R 4R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 3R 1R 0 / 19 30–18 63%
US Open A 3R A A A A A A 1R A 2R 3R A A A A A A A A 0 / 4 5–3 63%
Career 2 / 44 95–40 70%

See also



References


  1. Garcia, Gabriel. "Nicola Pietrangeli: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.
  3. "Le leggende del tennis italiano Panatta e Pietrangeli ospiti a "Che tempo che fa"". redcarpet.group (in Italian). 13 February 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. Pietrangeli, Nicola (2020). Gladiatori della terra rossa Roma e il grande tennis. Storia degli Internazionali d'Italia. Giunti. p. Preface. ISBN 9788809907089. Retrieved 9 November 2021. Fui sorteggiato con un belga, Jacques Peten. Aveva 40 anni ed ero sicuro di vincere. Persi in 4 set, una batosta che non ho mai dimenticato.
  5. "Hard Won Major U.S. Title", The Milwaukee Sentinel, 25 December 1961.
  6. "Nicola Pietrangeli, re di Francia nel 1959". tenniscircus.com (in Italian). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. "LA FOTO-STORY DI PIETRANGELI, L'AZZURRO DELLE FINALI DAVIS". supertennis.tv (in Italian). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. "Licia Colò, parla l'ex fidanzato: "Non so ancora perché ci siamo lasciati"". rumors.it (in Italian). 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.



На других языках

- [en] Nicola Pietrangeli

[es] Nicola Pietrangeli

Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli (11 de septiembre de 1933) es un jugador de tenis retirado de nacionalidad italiana, considerado por todos como el mejor jugador italiano de tenis de la historia. Se lo recuerda por sus actuaciones en Roland Garros donde logró 2 títulos y otras 2 finales. Además es el jugador con más victorias en la Copa Davis (tanto en individual como en dobles).[1]

[ru] Пьетранджели, Никола

Никола Пьетранджели (итал. Nicola Pietrangeli; род. 11 сентября 1933, Тунис) — итальянский теннисист и теннисный тренер, 3-я ракетка мира среди любителей в 1959 и 1960 годах, четырёхкратный победитель чемпионата Франции по теннису во всех разрядах, обладатель 53 титулов в одиночном разряде в любительских турнирах. Пьетранджели, игравший за сборную Италии в Кубке Дэвиса с 1954 по 1972 год, остаётся рекордсменом Кубка Дэвиса по числу побед как в одиночном, так и в парном разряде, в 1960—1961 годах становился с итальянской командой участником раунда вызова, а в 1976 году привёл её к победе в этом соревновании как неиграющий капитан. Член Международного зала теннисной славы с 1986 года.


Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии