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Pietro Pennisi (born 11 April 1970) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He is now a lawyer.

Pietro Pennisi

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1970-04-11) 11 April 1970 (age 52) Florence, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$63,092
Singles
Career record	1–3
Highest ranking	No. 217 (16 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1996)
US Open	Q2 (1992)
Doubles
Career record	3–6
Highest ranking	No. 238 (20 April 1992)

Born in Florence, Pennisi is the son of Alessandra Gobbò, a tennis player of the 1960s who won a Universiade gold medal for Italy. His brother Lorenzo was also a tennis player.[1]

Pennisi, a left-handed player, was a doubles runner-up at the 1989 Torneo Internazionali Citta di Firenze. His best performance in singles was a second round appearance at the Bologna Outdoor in 1995.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1989	Florence, Italy	Clay	Simone Restelli	Mike De Palmer Blaine Willenborg	6–4, 4–6, 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1994	Bristol, England	Grass	Alex Rădulescu	Massimo Bertolini Dick Norman	6–4, 7–5
2.	1995	Goa, India	Clay	Davide Sanguinetti	Ivan Baron João Cunha e Silva	7–6, 6–4

References

External links

• Pietro Pennisi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Pietro Pennisi at the International Tennis Federation

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