Claudio Panatta

Claudio Panatta

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Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1960-02-02) 2 February 1960 Rome, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$455,711
Singles
Career record	105–143
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 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 record	115–135
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1982	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Brad Drewett	3–6, 3–6
Win	1.	1985	Bari, Italy	Clay	Lawson Duncan	6–2, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	2.	1985	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	2–6, 0–6
Loss	3.	1988	Florence, Italy	Clay	Massimiliano Narducci	6–3, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1985	Nice, France	Clay	Pavel Složil	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Win	2.	1985	Bari, Italy	Clay	Alejandro Ganzábal	Marcel Freeman Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Paolo Canè	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	2.	1986	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Paolo Canè Simone Colombo	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	1986	Athens, Greece	Clay	Carlos di Laura	Libor Pimek Blaine Willenborg	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	1986	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos di Laura	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 2–6
Win	3.	1987	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	1988	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Joakim Nyström	Christian Miniussi Diego Nargiso	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6.	1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Joakim Nyström	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 6–7
Win	5.	1988	Bari, Italy	Clay	Thomas Muster	Francesco Cancellotti Simone Colombo	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Giussani Gerardo Mirad	6–3, 6–2

External links

• Claudio Panatta at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Claudio Panatta at the International Tennis Federation
• Claudio Panatta at the Davis Cup