Luca Bottazzi

Italian tennis player
1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)PlaysRight-handedPrize money$52,945SinglesCareer record5–14Career titles0Highest rankingNo. 133 (29 April 1985)Grand Slam singles resultsFrench Open1R (1985)DoublesCareer record6–18Career titles0Highest rankingNo. 203 (13 May 1985)Grand Slam doubles resultsFrench Open2R (1982)

Luca Bottazzi (born 1 April 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.[1]

Career

Bottazzi was twice a quarter-finalist in the French Open boys' singles during his junior career, in both 1980 and 1981.[2] He reached the round of 16 in the US Open boys' singles in 1980[3] and in the Wimbledon boys' singles in 1981.[3]

When he returned to the French Open in 1982, it was in the men's draw, beside Raúl Viver in the doubles competition.[4] They defeated the Swedish combination of Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson in the first round but were then beaten by Brad Guan and Derek Tarr.[4]

In 1984, he made the quarter-finals of the Palermo Grand Prix tournament, with wins over the world's 50th ranked player Blaine Willenborg and Argentina's Alejandro Ganzábal.[4]

The Italian was beaten by Marko Ostoja in the opening round of the 1985 French Open.[4]

After his tennis career, Bottazzi co-founded the Italian Tennis Research Association (RITA).[5] He developed new scientific methods to teach tennis to young pupils, that were presented at the ITF Tennis Science and Technology Congress in 2003.[6]

Bottazzi currently works as a tennis coach and television commentator for Eurosport and Sky Italia.

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1984 Tampere, Finland Clay Sweden Peter Svensson 6–2, 6–3
2. 1987 Nairobi, Kenya Clay Kenya Paul Wekesa 6–2, 7–6

Doubles: (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1983 Bari, Italy Clay Italy Simone Colombo Italy Mario Calautti
New Zealand Bruce Derlin 		6–2, 3–6, 6–3

References

  1. ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ^ ITF Junior Profile
  3. ^ a b Misspelled ITF Junior Profile
  4. ^ a b c d ATP World Tour Profile
  5. ^ R.I.T.A.
  6. ^ "Proceedings of the 2nd ITF International Congress on Tennis Science & Technology, July 2003" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-01.