Claudio Panatta

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Claudio Panatta
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1960-02-02) 2 February 1960 (age 65)
Rome, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1979
Retired1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$455,711
Singles
Career record105–143
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 46 (18 June 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 3R (1984, 1986)
Wimbledon 2R (1982, 1983, 1987)
US Open 2R (1982, 1985)
Doubles
Career record115–135
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 45 (26 September 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1985, 1988)
Wimbledon 1R (1983, 1984, 1985)
US Open 2R (1982)

Claudio Panatta (born 2 February 1960) is an Italian former tennis player and younger brother of 1976 French Open champion Adriano Panatta.

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Panatta won 6 doubles titles and 1 singles title during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 18 June 1984, when he became the number 46 in the world.

Panatta participated in eight Davis Cup ties for Italy from 1983 to 1987, posting a 5–8 record in singles and a 2–4 record in doubles.

During his career he beat Jimmy Arias, José Luis Clerc, Andre Agassi, Johan Kriek, José Higueras, Kim Warwick, Victor Pecci, Guillermo Pérez Roldán, Emilio Sánchez, Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Antonio Zugarelli, Francesco Cancellotti, and Paolo Canè.

Career ATP finals

Singles (1 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1982 Cairo, Egypt Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Drewett 3–6, 3–6
Win1.1985 Bari, Italy Clay Flag of the United States.svg Lawson Duncan 6–2, 1–6, 7–6
Loss2.1985 Bologna, Italy Clay Flag of France.svg Thierry Tulasne 2–6, 0–6
Loss3.1988 Florence, Italy Clay Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Narducci 6–3, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1985 Nice, France Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Složil Flag of France.svg Loïc Courteau
Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Win2.1985 Bari, Italy Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro Ganzábal Flag of the United States.svg Marcel Freeman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laurie Warder
6–4, 6–2
Loss1.1985 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Canè Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss2.1986 Bologna, Italy Clay Flag of the United States.svg Blaine Willenborg Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Canè
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Colombo
1–6, 2–6
Loss3.1986 Athens, Greece Clay Flag of Peru.svg Carlos di Laura Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Pimek
Flag of the United States.svg Blaine Willenborg
7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Loss4.1986 Barcelona, Spain Clay Flag of Peru.svg Carlos di Laura Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Gunnarsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Nyström
3–6, 4–6
Loss5.1987 Bologna, Italy Clay Flag of the United States.svg Blaine Willenborg Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 2–6
Win3.1987 Palermo, Italy Clay Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win4.1988 Bordeaux, France Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Nyström Flag of Argentina.svg Christian Miniussi
Flag of Italy.svg Diego Nargiso
6–1, 6–4
Loss6.1988 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Nyström Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez
4–6, 6–7
Win5.1988 Bari, Italy Clay Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Cancellotti
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Colombo
6–3, 6–1
Win6.1989 Athens, Greece Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Šmíd Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Giussani
Flag of Argentina.svg Gerardo Mirad
6–3, 6–2