| Franco Merlone | |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Turin, Italy |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Singlesrecord: | 4–4 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 257 (26 Dec 1979) |
Franco Merlone (born 16 December 1957) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1]
Born in Turin, Merlone was active on the professional tour in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He had his best tournament run as a main draw qualifier at the 1980 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, where he fell in the semi-finals to Guillermo Vilas, after having secured earlier wins over Rod Frawley and Phil Dent.[2]