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Gianni Ocleppo
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Gianni Ocleppo is a retired professional tennis
player from Italy
.
Ocleppo won one ATP Tour singles title and two doubles titles in his career. He played for Italy
in the final of the 1980 Davis Cup
, losing in a dead rubber to Ivan Lendl
.
Ocleppo reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 30 on December 7, 1979. His career high doubles ranking was World No. 53, reached on May 25, 1987.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Ocleppo won one ATP Tour singles title and two doubles titles in his career. He played for Italy
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...
in the final of the 1980 Davis Cup
1980 Davis Cup
The 1980 Davis Cup was the 69th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 30 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone....
, losing in a dead rubber to Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
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Ocleppo reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 30 on December 7, 1979. His career high doubles ranking was World No. 53, reached on May 25, 1987.
Singles titles (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | March 30, 1981 | Linz ATP Linz The ATP Linz is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1979-1982. The event was held in Linz, Austria and was played on various surfaces.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*ATP Linz 1981*ATP Linz 1982... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Hard | ![]() Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player.... |
7–5, 6–1 |