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Italian tennis legend, two-time Roland Garros champion, dies
2025-12-01 13:51:07 / SPORT
Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis legend and two-time Roland Garros champion, has died at the age of 92, leaving behind a career of 48 titles and historic records. The Italian Tennis Federation and the sports world honored him as the greatest icon of Italian tennis.
The great Italian tennis player, Nicola Pietrangeli, a two-time Roland Garros champion, has died at the age of 92.
Pietrangeli became the first Italian to win a Grand Slam in singles with his first triumph at Roland Garros in 1959, and defended the trophy a year later.
With 48 career titles, Pietrangeli was widely considered the greatest Italian tennis player in history, until the emergence of current world number two and four-time Grand Slam winner Jannik Sinner.
"Italian tennis is mourning an icon. Nicola Pietrangeli, the only Italian inducted into the World Tennis Hall of Fame, has passed away," the Italian Tennis Federation (FITP) confirmed on Monday.
In addition to his two successes at the French Open, Pietrangeli was runner-up in Paris twice, in 1961 and 1964.
He played a record 164 matches with Italy in the Davis Cup, winning 120 of them, and led the country to its first title in 1976.
"It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to Nicola Pietrangeli, a true legend of Italian tennis...," the organizers of the Italian Open, where he was a two-time winner, said in a statement.
Tennis fans and high-ranking Italian officials and beyond paid tribute to the life and work of Nicola Pietrangeli.
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