Claudio Panatta

Claudio Panatta (born 2 February 1960) is an Italian former tennis player and younger brother of 1976 French Open champion Adriano Panatta.

Panatta won 6 doubles titles and 1 singles title during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 18 June 1984, when he became the number 46 in the world.

Panatta participated in eight Davis Cup ties for Italy from 1983 to 1987, posting a 5–8 record in singles and a 2–4 record in doubles.

During his career he beat Jimmy Arias, José Luis Clerc, Andre Agassi, Johan Kriek, José Higueras, Kim Warwick, Victor Pecci, Guillermo Pérez Roldán, Emilio Sánchez, Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Antonio Zugarelli, Francesco Cancellotti, and Paolo Canè.

Career ATP finals

Singles (1 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 1982 Cairo, Egypt Clay Brad Drewett 3–6, 3–6Win 1. 1985 Bari, Italy Clay Lawson Duncan 6–2, 1–6, 7–6Loss 2. 1985 Bologna, Italy Clay Thierry Tulasne 2–6, 0–6Loss 3. 1988 Florence, Italy Clay Massimiliano Narducci 6–3, 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 1985 Nice, France Clay Pavel Složil Loïc Courteau Guy Forget 3–6, 6–3, 8–6Win 2. 1985 Bari, Italy Clay Alejandro Ganzábal Marcel Freeman Laurie Warder 6–4, 6–2Loss 1. 1985 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Paolo Canè Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss 2. 1986 Bologna, Italy Clay Blaine Willenborg Paolo Canè Simone Colombo 1–6, 2–6Loss 3. 1986 Athens, Greece Clay Carlos di Laura Libor Pimek Blaine Willenborg 7–5, 4–6, 2–6Loss 4. 1986 Barcelona, Spain Clay Carlos di Laura Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström 3–6, 4–6Loss 5. 1987 Bologna, Italy Clay Blaine Willenborg Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 2–6Win 3. 1987 Palermo, Italy Clay Leonardo Lavalle Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 4. 1988 Bordeaux, France Clay Joakim Nyström Christian Miniussi Diego Nargiso 6–1, 6–4Loss 6. 1988 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Joakim Nyström Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 4–6, 6–7Win 5. 1988 Bari, Italy Clay Thomas Muster Francesco Cancellotti Simone Colombo 6–3, 6–1Win 6. 1989 Athens, Greece Clay Tomáš Šmíd Gustavo Giussani Gerardo Mirad 6–3, 6–2