Stefano Pescosolido (; born 13 June 1971) is a former
tennis player
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from Italy, who turned professional in 1989. Pescosolido was born in
Sora.
He represented his native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta
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, where he was defeated in the first round by Brazil's
Fernando Meligeni
Fernando Ariel Meligeni (born 12 April 1971), nicknamed ''Fininho'' (diminutive form in Portuguese for ''thin''), is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He won three singles (and 7 doubles) titles and reached the semifinals of both t ...
. The right-hander won two career titles in singles, and reached his career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 42 in March 1992.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 20 (10–10)
Doubles: 19 (10–9)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
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1971 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Italy
Sportspeople from the Province of Frosinone
People from Sora, Lazio
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Italian sportsmen