Claudio Panatta
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Claudio Panatta is a former Italian tennis
Tennis
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 player and younger brother of 1976 French Open
1976 French Open
List of the 1976 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Adriano Panatta def. Harold Solomon, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6*It was Panatta's 1st career Grand Slam title.- Women's singles : Susan Barker def...

 champion Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1976, and for being the only player to ever defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, which he did on two occasions.-Career:...

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

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

Singles titles (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1985 Bari
Hypo Group Tennis International
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, Italy
Clay   Lawson Duncan
Lawson Duncan
Lawson Duncan is a retired American tennis player. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking on May 20, 1985, when he became World No. 47...

6–2, 1–6, 7–6

Doubles titles (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1985 Nice
ATP Nice
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, France
Clay   Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil
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  Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau is a former French tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, and has been the coach of Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams, since 2002. He reached a career high ranking of World No. 159 on 22 November 1982...

 
  Guy Forget
Guy Forget
Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...

3–6, 6–3, 8–6
2. 1985 Bari
Hypo Group Tennis International
The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual tennis tournament held in Pörtschach, Austria. The event was part of the ATP Tour's ATP International Series. The tournament had been held since 1981, on clay courts.-List of singles winners:...

, Italy
Clay   Alejandro Ganzabal   Marcel Freeman
Marcel Freeman
Marcel Freeman , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Singles results:Freeman's career high singles ranking was World No. 46, which he reached in November, 1986...

 
  Laurie Warder
Laurie Warder
Laurie Warder is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

6–4, 6–2
3. 1987 Palermo, Italy Clay   Leonardo Lavalle
Leonardo Lavalle
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  Petr Korda
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...

 
  Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...

3–6, 6–4, 6–4
4. 1988 Bordeaux
ATP Bordeaux
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, France
Clay   Joakim Nyström
Joakim Nyström
Joakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No...

  Christian Miniussi
Christian Miniussi
Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira is a former tennis player from Argentina.Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in...

 
  Diego Nargiso
Diego Nargiso
Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte...

6–1, 6–4
5. 1988 Bari
Hypo Group Tennis International
The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual tennis tournament held in Pörtschach, Austria. The event was part of the ATP Tour's ATP International Series. The tournament had been held since 1981, on clay courts.-List of singles winners:...

, Italy
Clay   Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...

  Francesco Cancellotti
Francesco Cancellotti
Francesco Cancellotti is a former tennis player from Italy.Cancellotti won two single titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 15, 1985, when he became World Number 21.-External links:...

 
  Simone Colombo
Simone Colombo
Simone Colombo is a former professional tennis player from Italy.During his career Colombo won five doubles titles and one singles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 68 in 1989, and a career high singles ranking of World No...

6–3, 6–1
6. 1989 Athens, Greece Clay   Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...

  Gustavo Giussani 
  Gerardo Mirad
6–3, 6–2

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