Patrizia Murgo

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Patrizia Murgo
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62)
Prize money$21,713
Singles
Career record11–13
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q2 (1980)
Wimbledon Q1 (1980, 1981)
US Open Q3 (1982)
Doubles
Career record21–8
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1985)
US Open 3R (1982)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 2R (1983)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Split Women's doubles

Patrizia Murgo (born 26 March 1962) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

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Tennis career

Murgo, a native of Florence, was the first Italian to reach an Orange Bowl final when she finished runner-up to Kathy Horvath in 1979. [1] She was also a women's doubles bronze medalist at that year's Mediterranean Games in Split, with Antonella Rosa as her partner.

In 1981 and 1982, Murgo was a member of the Italy Federation Cup team as a doubles specialist, usually partnering Sabina Simmonds. She won six of her eight Federation Cup doubles rubbers.

While competing on the WTA circuit her best result in a singles tournament came at the 1981 Italian Open, where she reached the round of 16. As a doubles player she had a runner-up finish at the 1985 Italian Open. [2]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss May, 1985 Taranto, Italy$50,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Barbara Romanò Flag of Italy.svg Sandra Cecchini
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaella Reggi
6–1, 4–6, 3–6

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References

  1. "Miss Horvath Gains Final In Orange Bowl Tennis". The New York Times . 23 December 1979.
  2. Rio, Francesco (6 May 2016). "Roma 2016: tutti i numeri degli Internazionali d'Italia". Ubitennis (in Italian).