Tennis in Italy


Tennis in Italy is the 6th sport, with 1,298,000 people, by number of practitioners.

History

The five successes of Italian tennis player in the Grand Slam tournament regards Nicola Pietrangeli, Adriano Panatta, Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta.
Also the Italy Davis Cup team won 1976 Davis Cup and Italy Fed Cup team four times the Fed Cup.
Women's tennis in particular has seen tremendous successes in the 21st century, with the advent of Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. All these four women reached the Top 10 of the WTA rankings in both singles and doubles and reached Grand Slam finals in both disciplines. Schiavone and Pennetta won singles Grand Slam titles, while Pennetta, Errani and Vinci won doubles Grand Slam titles, with Errani and Vinci achieving the Career Grand Slam in doubles as a pair. They were also responsible for Italy's 4 Fed Cup victories as members of the national Fed Cup team.

Players best ranking

In this table only those who have reached the top 20 in the world ranking.
Updated to 4 November 2019. Data refer to the Open Era.

Men

Women

Grand slam best results

Men

Eight Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.
PlayerTournamentResult
Umberto De MorpurgoRoland Garros 1930Semifinal
Giorgio De StefaniRoland Garros 1932Final
Giorgio De StefaniRoland Garros 1934Semifinal
Giuseppe MerloRoland Garros 1955Semifinal
Giuseppe MerloRoland Garros 1956Semifinal
Nicola PietrangeliRoland Garros 1959Win
Nicola PietrangeliRoland Garros 1960Win
Nicola PietrangeliRoland Garros 1961Final
Nicola PietrangeliRoland Garros 1964Final
Nicola PietrangeliWimbledon 1960Semifinal
Orlando SirolaRoland Garros 1960Semifinal
Adriano PanattaRoland Garros 1973Semifinal
Adriano PanattaRoland Garros 1975Semifinal
Adriano PanattaRoland Garros 1976Win
Corrado BarazzuttiUs Open 1977Semifinal
Corrado BarazzuttiRoland Garros 1978Semifinal
Marco CecchinatoRoland Garros 2018Semifinal
Matteo BerrettiniUS Open 2019Semifinal

Women

Seven Italian female tennis players have reached at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament.
PlayerTournamentResult
Maud Rosenbaum Levi1930 U. S. National ChampionshipsSemifinalist
Annalisa Ullstein Bossi Bellani1949 French International ChampionshipsSemifinalist
Silvana Lazzarino1954 French International ChampionshipsSemifinalist
Francesca Schiavone2010 French OpenWon
Francesca Schiavone2011 French OpenRunner-up
Sara Errani2012 French OpenRunner-up
Sara Errani2012 US OpenSemifinalist
Sara Errani2013 French OpenSemifinalist
Flavia Pennetta2013 US OpenSemifinalist
Flavia Pennetta2015 US OpenWon
Roberta Vinci2015 US OpenRunner-up