Claudio Panatta (born 2 February 1960) is an Italian former
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player and younger brother of
1976 French Open champion
Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He won the French Open in 1976, and was the only player ever to defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, doing so on two occasions. He is also the only Italian man ...
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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 1983–87, 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 Perez Roldan, Emilio Sanchez, Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Antonio Zugarelli, Francesco Cancellotti, and Paolo Canè.
Career ATP finals
Singles (1 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Doubles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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Living people
1960 births
Italian male tennis players
Tennis players from Rome