Corrado Barazzutti is an Italian

Italian people

The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 former tennis

Tennis

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 player.

Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl

Orange Bowl (tennis)

The Orange Bowl is an annual college football bowl game. Orange Bowl may also refer to:* Miami Orange Bowl, a demolished stadium formerly in Miami, Florida* One of two tennis tournaments, one for juniors and the other for youth...

. The previous year he had been called to the Italy Davis Cup team

Italy Davis Cup team

The Italy Davis Cup team represents Italy in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis.Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times . They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I...

, for which he would play a total of 44 matches. In 1976

1976 Davis Cup

The 1976 Davis Cup was the 65th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 56 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone....

 he played for the only victorious Italian Davis Cup team.

In Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

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 tournaments, his best results are the semi-finals he reached in 1977 at the US Open

U.S. Open (tennis)

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 and in 1978 at the French Open; in both occasions he was beaten in straight sets, by Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors

James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....

 and Björn Borg

Björn Borg

Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...

 respectively. His best ranking was world number 7 in 1978. He won five career ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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 tournaments.

Barazzutti is currently non-playing captain of the Italy Davis Cup team

Italy Davis Cup team

The Italy Davis Cup team represents Italy in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis.Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up 6 times . They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I...

 and the Italy Fed Cup team

Italy Fed Cup team

The Italy Fed Cup team represents Italy in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current Team:* Francesca Schiavone * Flavia Pennetta...

. Since Corrado Barazzutti is captain, the Fed Cup team of Italy won three times 2006, 2009 and 2010 this trophy.

External links

Officina del Tennis by Corrado Barazzutti