Corrado Barazzutti
Corrado Barazzutti is a former tennis player from Italy.
Tennis career
Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl and the French Open Boys' Singles, and he turned professional in the same year. He had been called to the Italy Davis Cup team the previous year, an event which he played a total of 44 matches. In 1976, Barazzutti played for the only victorious Italian Davis Cup team.His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978.
In Grand Slam tournaments, his best results are the semifinals in 1977 at the US Open and in 1978 at the French Open; he was beaten in straight sets by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg respectively. Barazzutti won five career ATP tournaments.
Barazzutti is currently non-playing captain of the Italy Davis Cup team and the Italy Fed Cup team. Since he has been captain, the Italian Fed Cup team have won four times: 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013.
Career finals
Singles (5 titles, 8 runners-up)
Legend |
Grand Slam |
Grand Prix Masters |
Grand Prix Super Series |
Grand Prix Regular Series |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 1. | Nov 1975 | Philippine International, Manila | Hard | Ross Case | 2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1. | Apr 1976 | ATP Nice, Nice | Clay | Jan Kodeš | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 |
Loss | 2. | Jul 1976 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | Antonio Zugarelli | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | Nov 1976 | Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo | Hard | Roscoe Tanner | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4. | Apr 1977 | Monte Carlo Open, Monte-Carlo | Clay | Björn Borg | 3–6, 5–7, 0–6 |
Win | 2. | Apr 1977 | Charlotte WCT, Charlotte | Clay | Eddie Dibbs | 7–6, 6–0 |
Win | 3. | Jul 1977 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | Balázs Taróczy | 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | Nov 1977 | Paris Open, Paris | Hard | Brian Gottfried | 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 5. | Apr 1978 | Alan King Tennis Classic, Las Vegas | Hard | Harold Solomon | 1–6, 0–3, ret. |
Loss | 6. | Jul 1978 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | Björn Borg | 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 7. | Sep 1979 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo | Clay | Björn Borg | 4–6, 0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 8. | Nov 1979 | Paris Open, Paris | Hard | Harold Solomon | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | Mar 1980 | Cairo Open, Cairo | Clay | Paolo Bertolucci | 6–4, 6–0 |