Rolando Del Bello | |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1925 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Death Place: | Nerviano, Italy |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Frenchopenresult: | 4R (1952) |
Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1949) |
Rolando Del Bello (26 October 1925 — 1 January 2002) was an Italian tennis player.
Born in Rome, Del Bello and his elder brother Marcello were trained by their father Oberdan, who ran a tennis club in the city.[1] His career was hampered by a childhood injury he received when a construction wagon ran over and severed his right ankle. This permanently affected his gait and movement.[2]
Del Bello became Italian junior champion in 1942 and after the war steadily improved his national rankings before earning a Davis Cup call up in 1950, the year he defeated his brother in the national championship final.[2]
A Davis Cup player from 1950 to 1953, Del Bello registered 14 singles wins and in 1952 featured in the Inter-Zonal final against the U.S. in Sydney, where he was beaten in four sets by Ham Richardson as the Americans swept the tie.[3]