Claudio Panatta

Claudio Panatta (born 2 February 1960 in Rome, Italy) is a former Italian tennis player and younger brother of 1976 French Open champion Adriano Panatta.

Panatta won 6 doubles titles and 1 singles title during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on June 18, 1984, when he became the number 46 in the world.

Panatta participated in eight Davis Cup ties for Italy from 1983–87, posting a 5-8 record in singles and a 2-4 record in doubles.

During his career he beat: Jimmy Arias, José Luis Clerc, Andre Agassi, Johan Kriek, José Higueras, Kim Warwick, Victor Pecci, Guillermo Perez Roldan, Emilio Sanchez, Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Antonio Zugarelli, Francesco Cancellotti, and Paolo Canè.

Career ATP titles

Singles titles (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1982	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Brad Drewett	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	1985	Bari, Italy	Clay	Lawson Duncan	6–2, 1–6, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	1985	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	1988	Florence, Italy	Clay	Massimiliano Narducci	6–3, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles titles (6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1985	Nice, France	Clay	Pavel Složil	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	3–6, 6–3, 8–6
Winner	2.	1985	Bari, Italy	Clay	Alejandro Ganzábal	Marcel Freeman Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Paolo Canè	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1986	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Paolo Canè Simone Colombo	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	1986	Athens, Greece	Clay	Carlos di Laura	Libor Pimek Blaine Willenborg	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	1986	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Carlos di Laura	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	1987	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	1988	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Joakim Nyström	Christian Miniussi Diego Nargiso	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Joakim Nyström	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	1988	Bari, Italy	Clay	Thomas Muster	Francesco Cancellotti Simone Colombo	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Giussani Gerardo Mirad	6–3, 6–2

External links

• Claudio Panatta at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Claudio Panatta at the International Tennis Federation
• Claudio Panatta at the Davis Cup