Corrado Aprili (born 13 November 1964) is a former professional

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player from Italy.

Biography

Aprili, a right-handed player from

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, played on the professional circuit in the 1980s. He made the quarter-finals of a

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event in

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in 1986, with wins over

Henrik Sundström Henrik Sundström (born 29 February 1964) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He is nicknamed Henke. Sundström was at his best on clay and achieved his strongest results on this surface, with his solid and heavy topspin ...

and

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, to reach his career best ranking of 108. In 1987 he defeated the top seeded Andrés Gómez at a tournament in

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. He retired from professional tennis in 1990. Now a tennis coach, Aprili runs a tennis school in Castel d’Azzano, a town in Verona.

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* * 1964 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Verona 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub