Piero Antonio Luisi (born 13 March 1987) is a Venezuelan former professional

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player.

Biography

The son of an Italian-born father, Luisi was raised in

Valencia, Carabobo Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay ...

. A notable performer in

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, he was the 2004

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doubles champion and was ranked as high as 12th in the ITF world rankings for singles. In 2005 he reached the third round of the boys' singles at both

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and the US Open. While competing on the professional tour he reached a career best singles ranking of 471. During his career he appeared in a total of 12

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ties for Venezuela, debuting in 2006. He won his only ITF Futures singles tournament in 2009 and featured in the qualifying draw for the 2010 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. In doubles he won 22 Futures events and had a career best ranking of 393 in the world. Luisi was a doubles gold medalist for Venezuela at the

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and also represented his country at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luisi, Piero 1987 births Living people Venezuelan male tennis players Sportspeople from Valencia, Venezuela Venezuelan people of Italian descent Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen