Luca Bottazzi

Luca Bottazzi
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	1 April 1963; Milan, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$52,945
Singles
Career record	5–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 133 (29 April 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	1R (1985)
Doubles
Career record	6–18
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 203 (13 May 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (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	Peter Svensson	6–2, 6–3
2.	1987	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Paul Wekesa	6–2, 7–6

Doubles: (1)

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

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References

ITF Pro Circuit Profile
ITF Junior Profile
Misspelled ITF Junior Profile
ATP World Tour Profile
R.I.T.A.
"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.

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[1] ITF Pro Circuit Profile

[2] ITF Junior Profile

[ITF-3] Misspelled ITF Junior Profile

[ATP-4] 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.