Paolo Bertolucci 
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Nation:
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Italy Italy
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Birthday:
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August 3, 1951
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Size:
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175 cm
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Weight:
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82 kg
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1st professional season:
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1972
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Resignation:
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1983
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Playing hand:
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Right
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| singles
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Career record:
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192: 145
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Career title:
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6th
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Highest ranking:
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12 (23 August 1973)
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| Grand Slam record
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Grand Slam title: 00000 0
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| Double
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Career record:
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187: 120
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Career title:
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12
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Highest ranking:
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27 (March 24 1980)
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Grand Slam title: 00000 0
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
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Paolo Bertolucci (born August 3, 1951 in Forte dei Marmi ) is a former Italian tennis player .
With Italy he won the Davis Cup in 1976 . His biggest single success was winning the international German championships in Hamburg in 1977 , when he defeated Manuel Orantes in four sets. From 1997 to 2001 he was the captain of the Italian Davis Cup team.
Since the end of his active career he has been working as a sports commentator for the Italian television channel Sky TV .
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