Pietro Pennisi

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Pietro Pennisi
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1970-04-11) 11 April 1970 (age 54)
Florence, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1990
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$63,092
Singles
Career record1–3
Highest rankingNo. 217 (16 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q1 (1996)
US Open Q2 (1992)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Highest rankingNo. 238 (20 April 1992)

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

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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)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1989 Florence, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Simone Restelli Flag of the United States.svg Mike De Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg Blaine Willenborg
6–4, 4–6, 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1994 Bristol, EnglandGrass Flag of Germany.svg Alex Rădulescu Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Bertolini
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman
6–4, 7–5
2.1995 Goa, IndiaClay Flag of Italy.svg Davide Sanguinetti Flag of the United States.svg Ivan Baron
Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha e Silva
7–6, 6–4

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References

  1. Scanagatta, Ubaldo (28 October 2019). "Ha lasciato questa terra Alessandra Gobbò-Pennisi, ex campionessa italiana". Ubitennis (in Italian).
  2. "Filippini downs American in Italy". Florida Today . 25 May 1995. p. 25.