Ferrante Rocchi Lanoir (born 11 April 1956) is a former professional

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 from Italy.

Biography

A left-handed player from

San Benedetto del Tronto San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli P ...

, Rocchi played on the professional tour in the 1980s. His best performance on the Grand Prix circuit came in doubles when he partnered with

Roberto Vizcaíno Roberto Vizcaíno Mallol (25 April 1957 – 11 December 2016) was a professional tennis player from Spain. Biography Vizcaíno took part in the 1980 French Open and was beaten in the opening round by Yannick Noah. He also played in the mixed doub ...

to make the semi-finals of the

1984 Tel Aviv Open The 1984 Tel Aviv Open was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at the Israel Tennis Centers in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat HaSharon, Israel from September 10 through Se ...

. As a singles player he had a top ranking of 153 and reached the round of 16 at Saint-Vincent in 1986. Rocchi is the Director of the ''Villa Carpena'' tennis complex in

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* * 1956 births Living people Italian male tennis players People from San Benedetto del Tronto Sportspeople from the Province of Ascoli Piceno {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub