Paolo Bertolucci

Paolo Bertolucci

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Born	(1951-08-03) 3 August 1951 Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	192–145
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 12 (23 August 1973)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1973)
Wimbledon	1R (1972)
US Open	1R (1973, 1976)
Doubles
Career record	187–120
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 27 (24 March 1980)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1976)

Paolo Bertolucci (born 3 August 1951) is a former Italian tennis player, currently working as sport commentator for Italian Sky TV.

Born at Forte dei Marmi, Bertolucci won the Davis Cup with Italy in 1976. His greatest success on tour was the victory at the 1977 Hamburg Masters, where he beat Manuel Orantes in the final in four sets. In 1976 Bertolucci also won the Grand Prix tournaments of Florence and Barcelona. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 12, achieved in August 1973.

Paolo was non-playing-captain of Italy's Davis Cup team from 1985 to 2001.

Career finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 May 1974	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	26 May 1974	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Ilie Năstase	1–6, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	10 May 1975	Florence, Italy	Clay	Georges Goven
Winner	2.	4 April 1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jun Kuki	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Winner	3.	3 May 1976	Florence, Italy	Clay	Patrick Proisy	6–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 10–8
Winner	4.	18 April 1977	Florence, Italy	Clay	John Feaver	6–4, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	5.	9 May 1977	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	6.	13 June 1977	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	24 September 1978	Bournemouth, England	Clay	José Higueras	2–6, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	3 March 1980	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	17 November 1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	13 Jun 1981	Venice, Italy	Clay	Mario Martínez	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 Apr 1973	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	12 May 1974	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	26 May 1974	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	4–6, 2–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	8 July 1974	Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Ove Nils Bengtson Björn Borg	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	27 January 1975	Richmond, Virginia	Carpet (o)	Adriano Panatta	Hans Kary Fred McNair	6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	4.	6 February 1975	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	17 February 1975	Barcelona, Spain	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	5–7, 1–6
Winner	5.	4 March 1975	London, England	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Pohmann	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	3 July 1975	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	7.	10 November 1975	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Pohmann	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	4 July 1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Pohmann	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	14 May 1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Ivan Lendl Pavel Složil	6–4, 6–3
Winner	9.	8 October 1979	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	31 March 1980	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	12 May 1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Gene Mayer Raúl Ramírez	1–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	27 October 1980	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Brian Gottfried Raymond Moore	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	9 March 1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Gianni Ocleppo	Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	11 May 1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Raúl Ramírez Pavel Složil	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	12.	10 May 1982	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	Sammy Giammalva Tony Giammalva	7–6, 6–1

External links

• Paolo Bertolucci at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Paolo Bertolucci at the International Tennis Federation
• Paolo Bertolucci at the Davis Cup