Gianni Ocleppo (born 6 April 1957) is a retired Italian

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player. He has two children: one of them,

Julian Ocleppo Julian Ocleppo (born 1 August 1997) is an Italian tennis player. Ocleppo has a career high ATP singles ranking of 309 achieved on 24 February 2020. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 167 achieved on 23 July 2018. Ocleppo has won 3 AT ...

(born 1997), is a professional tennis player, by former wife Dee Ocleppo.

Career

Ocleppo won one

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singles title (

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, 1981) and two doubles titles in his career. He played for

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in the final of the 1980 Davis Cup, losing in a

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. Ocleppo reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 30 in December 1979. His career-high doubles ranking is world No. 53, achieved in May 1987.

Career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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