Residence: Rome, Italy Single
Year-by-Year Highlights:
1989- Third at Italian Sat. #2 (w/19 ATP pts.); Semifinalist at Messina Ch.;
Quarterfinalist at Verona Ch., Genova Ch.; Doubles Winner at Parioli Ch.;
Doubles Runner-up at St. Vincent, Messina Ch. (w/Cierro).
1988- S & D Quarterfinalist at Vienna Ch. (w/Buffington); Doubles Runner-up
at Graz Ch. (w/Birner); Quarterfinalist at Verona Ch.
1987- Runner-up at Florence (l. Chesnokov); Doubles Runner-up at St. Vincent,
Parioli Ch., Casablanca Ch. (w/M. Cierro).
1986- Quarterfinalist at Enugu Ch., Lagos-1 Ch., Tampere Ch.; Doubles Semi-
finalist at Metz (w/Masso); Doubles Runner-up at Lisbon Ch. (w/Ostoja),
Tampere Ch. (w/Kalovelonis).
1985- Runner-up at Vienna Ch.; Semifinalist at Curitiba Ch., Parioli Ch.,
Tampere Ch.; Quarterfinalist at Bastad, Bergen-1 Ch.; Doubles Runner-up at
Agadir Ch. (w/Rahnasto), Vienna Ch. (w/Cihak), Tampere Ch. (w/Campos).
1984- Runner-up, Doubles Semifinalist at Benin City Ch. (w/Kalovelonis).
The Italian appeared in his first two Grand Prix finals in 1987, both in
his native Italy. He qualified and was runner-up to Andrei Chesnokov at Flor
ence in May and teamed with Massimo Cierro to reach the final at St. Vincent
in August.
As a junior, he won the international tournament at Livorno in 1980, the
Brescia tournament in 1979 and the doubles title at Catania in 1980.
Earned a career-high $28,342 in 1987 and finished No. 235 on the ATP
computer rankings. Ranked No. 196 on the ATP computer in 1989.
