Paolo Bertolucci (born 3 August 1951) is an Italian former professional
tennis
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player. He is currently working as sport commentator for Italian
Sky TV.
Bertolucci won the
Davis Cup with Italy in 1976.
His greatest success on
ATP Tour
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was the victory at the 1977
Hamburg Masters
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, where he beat
Manuel Orantes in the final in four sets. In 1976, Bertolucci also won the
Grand Prix tournaments of
Florence
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and
Barcelona
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. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 12, achieved in August 1973.
Bertolucci was non-playing-captain of the
Italy Davis Cup team
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from 1985 to 2001.
He considers himself
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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.
Career finals
Singles: 12 (6–6)
Doubles: 19 (12–7)
See also
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Tennis in Italy
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca
People from Forte dei Marmi
Italian Roman Catholics