Pietro Pennisi Explained

Pietro Pennisi
Birth Date:11 April 1970
Birth Place:Florence, Italy
Plays:Left-handed
Turnedpro:1990
Careerprizemoney:$63,092
Singlesrecord:1–3
Highestsinglesranking:No. 217 (16 May 1994)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (1996)
Usopenresult:Q2 (1992)
Doublesrecord:3–6
Highestdoublesranking:No. 238 (20 April 1992)

Pietro Pennisi (born 11 April 1970) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He is now a lawyer.

Born in Florence, Pennisi is the son of Alessandra Gobbò, a tennis player of the 1960s who won a Universiade gold medal for Italy. His brother Lorenzo was also a tennis player.[1]

Pennisi, a left-handed player, was a doubles runner-up at the 1989 Torneo Internazionali Citta di Firenze. His best performance in singles was a second round appearance at the Bologna Outdoor in 1995.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1994Bristol, EnglandGrass Alex Rădulescu Massimo Bertolini
Dick Norman
6–4, 7–5
2.1995Goa, IndiaClay Davide Sanguinetti Ivan Baron
João Cunha e Silva
7–6, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scanagatta . Ubaldo . Ha lasciato questa terra Alessandra Gobbò-Pennisi, ex campionessa italiana . Ubitennis . Italian . 28 October 2019.
  2. News: Filippini downs American in Italy . . 25 May 1995 . 25.