Claudio Mezzadri

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Claudio Mezzadri Tennis player
Nation: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Birthday: June 10, 1965
Size: 180 cm
1st professional season: 1983
Resignation: Time unknown
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 797,458
singles
Career record: 116: 137
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 26 (November 2 1987)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 85:90
Career title: 4th
Highest ranking: 23 (February 22, 1988)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Claudio Mezzadri (born June 10, 1965 in Locarno ) is a former Swiss tennis player .

Life

Mezzadri became a professional tennis player in 1983. The following year he reached a quarter-finals on the ATP World Tour for the first time in Florence . With Gianni Ocleppo he was in a double final for the first time in 1986. 1987 was his most successful year in professional tennis. He won his first and only individual title in Geneva by beating Tomáš Šmíd in the final ; He was also able to win two double titles, including the Masters tournament in Paris . Two more times he was in a double final. In the following two years he won two more double titles and took part in two other finals. In 1992 he was in the singles final of Charlotte , but lost to MaliVai Washington . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1987 with position 26 in singles and 1988 with position 23 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round at the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open . In doubles he reached the second round at the US Open in 1987.

Mezzadri played 15 singles and five doubles games for the Swiss Davis Cup team between 1987 and 1991 , including defeating Henri Leconte in the first round match of the world group in 1988, which Switzerland lost 4-1 to France .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (4)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. September 14, 1987 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Šmíd 6: 4, 7: 5

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. March 23, 1987 FranceFrance Nancy Carpet (i) IndiaIndia Ramesh Krishnan CanadaCanada Grant Connell Larry Scott
United StatesUnited States
6: 4, 6: 4
2. November 2nd 1987 FranceFrance Paris Carpet (i) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jakob Hlasek United StatesUnited States Scott Davis David Godfather
United StatesUnited States
7: 6, 6: 2
3. June 19, 1989 ItalyItaly Bari sand ItalyItaly Simone Colombo SpainSpain Sergio Casal Javier Sánchez
SpainSpain
0: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
4th August 21, 1989 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino sand ItalyItaly Simone Colombo ArgentinaArgentina Pablo Albano Gustavo Luza
ArgentinaArgentina
6: 4, 6: 1

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