Corrado Barazzutti

Corrado Barazzutti
	Barazzutti playing Australian David Carter in the third round of the 1978 Dutch Open in Hilversum.
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Rome, Italy
Born	February 19, 1953 (age 71); Udine, Italy
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Turned pro	1971
Retired	1984
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$775,783
Singles
Career record	307–222
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (21 August 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1978)
Wimbledon	2R (1980)
US Open	SF (1977)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1978)
WCT Finals	SF (1978)
Doubles
Career record	57–111
Career titles	1
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1976)

Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former Italian tennis player.

Tennis career

Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl and the French Open Boys' Singles, and he turned professional in the same year. He had already been called to the Italy Davis Cup team the previous year, an event for which he would play a total of 44 matches. In 1976, Barazzutti played for the only victorious Italian Davis Cup team.

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978.

In Grand Slam tournaments, his best results are the semi-finals he reached in 1977 at the US Open and in 1978 at the French Open; in both occasions he was beaten in straight sets, by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg respectively. Barazzutti won five career ATP tournaments.

Barazzutti is currently non-playing captain of the Italy Davis Cup team and the Italy Fed Cup team. Since he has been captain, the Italian Fed Cup team have won four times: 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013.

Career finals

Singles (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Grand Prix Masters (0–0)
Grand Prix Super Series (0–2)
Grand Prix Regular Series (5–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	2 November 1975	Philippine International, Manila	Hard	Ross Case	3–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	11 April 1976	ATP Nice, Nice	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
Runner-up	2.	10 July 1976	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Antonio Zugarelli	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	7 November 1976	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	10 April 1977	Monte Carlo Open, Monte-Carlo	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 5–7, 0–6
Winner	2.	25 April 1977	Charlotte WCT, Charlotte	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–0
Winner	3.	9 July 1977	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	4.	6 November 1977	Paris Open, Paris	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	30 April 1978	Alan King Tennis Classic, Las Vegas	Hard	Harold Solomon	1–6, 0–3, ret.
Runner-up	6.	23 July 1978	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	23 September 1979	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo	Clay	Björn Borg	4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	4 November 1979	Paris Open, Paris	Hard (i)	Harold Solomon	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	9 March 1980	Cairo Open, Cairo	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–4, 6–0