Nicola Pietrangeli
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| Full name | Nicola Chirinsky Pietrangeli | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1933 Tunis, then French Tunisia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 December 2025 (aged 92) Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1968 (amateur from 1953) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1986 (member page) | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 687–278 (71.4%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1959, Lance Tingay) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF (1957) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1959, 1960) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1960) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | 3R (1955, 1965) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 21–20 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1959) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1956) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1958) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (1955, 1959) | ||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | F (1960Ch, 1961Ch) | ||||||||||||||
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Nicola Chirinsky Pietrangeli (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla pjeˈtrandʒeli]; born Chirinsky; 11 September 1933 – 1 December 2025) was an Italian tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be one of Italy's greatest tennis champions.