Fernando Dalla Fontana | |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1958 |
Birth Place: | Santa Fe, Argentina |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 11–28 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 134 (26 Dec 1979) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1981) |
Wimbledonresult: | Q1 (1977) |
Doublesrecord: | 10–23 |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1978, 1981) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | Q1 (1977) |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | 1R (1978) |
Fernando Dalla Fontana (born 10 April 1958) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He is known by his nickname "Dalla"[1]
Born and raised in Santa Fe, Dalla Fontana was a 1976 French Open junior semi-finalist and won a Galea Cup with the national team in 1977.[2]
Dalla Fontana featured in two Davis Cup ties for Argentina, debuting as an 18-year old. Both of his two career ties were against Ecuador and he had singles wins over Miguel Olvera and Raúl Viver.
On the professional circuit he reached a best singles world ranking of 134, with a main draw appearance at the 1981 French Open and three Grand Prix quarter-finals amongst his achievements.