Corrado Barazzutti

Corrado Barazzutti

Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is an Italian former tennis player.

Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl. The previous year he had been called to the Italy Davis Cup team, for which he would play a total of 44 matches. In 1976 he played for the only victorious Italian Davis Cup team.

In Grand Slam tournaments, his best results are the semi-finals he reached in 1977 at the US Open and in 1978 at the French Open; in both occasions he was beaten in straight sets, by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg respectively. His best ranking was world number 7 in 1978. He won five career ATP tournaments.

Barazzutti is currently non-playing captain of the Italy Davis Cup team and the Italy Fed Cup team. Since Corrado Barazzutti is captain, the Fed Cup team of Italy won three times 2006, 2009 and 2010 this trophy.

External links

• Corrado Barazzutti at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Corrado Barazzutti at the Davis Cup
• (Italian) Officina del Tennis by Corrado Barazzutti

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Name	Barazzutti, Corrado
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Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	19 February 1953
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