Corrado Barazzutti

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978.

Corrado Barazzutti

Barazzutti playing Australian David Carter in the third round of the 1978 Dutch Open in Hilversum.
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Rome, Italy
Born	(1953-02-19) 19 February 1953 (age 71) Udine, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1971
Retired	1984
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$775,783
Singles
Career record	317–231
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 7 (21 August 1978)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1978)
Wimbledon	2R (1980)
US Open	SF (1977)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1978)
WCT Finals	SF (1978)
Doubles
Career record	57–111
Career titles	1
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1976)

After the end of his player career Barazzutti was a non-playing captain of the Italy Davis Cup team and the Italy Fed Cup team. Since he has been captain, the Italian Fed Cup team have won the Fed Cup (now known as Billie Jean King Cup) four times: 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013.

As player

Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl and the French Open Boys' Singles, and he turned professional in the same year. He had been called to the Italy Davis Cup team the previous year, an event which he played a total of 44 matches. In 1976, Barazzutti was a member of the Italian Davis Cup team who won the Davis Cup in Chile.

In Grand Slam tournaments, his best results are the semifinals in 1977 at the US Open and in 1978 at the French Open; he was beaten in straight sets by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg respectively. Barazzutti won five career ATP tournaments.

Singles finals (5 titles, 8 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1975	Philippine International, Manila	Hard	Ross Case	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 1976	ATP Nice, Nice	Clay	Jan Kodeš	6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 1976	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Tonino Zugarelli	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 1976	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 1977	Monte Carlo Open, Monte-Carlo	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 5–7, 0–6
Win	2–4	Apr 1977	Charlotte WCT, Charlotte	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–0
Win	3–4	Jul 1977	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Win	4–4	Nov 1977	Paris Open, Paris	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	4–5	Apr 1978	Alan King Tennis Classic, Las Vegas	Hard	Harold Solomon	1–6, 0–3, ret.
Loss	4–6	Jul 1978	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Björn Borg	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4–7	Sep 1979	Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo	Clay	Björn Borg	4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Loss	4–8	Nov 1979	Paris Open, Paris	Hard (i)	Harold Solomon	3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–8	Mar 1980	Egyptian Open, Cairo	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–4, 6–0

As coach

In 2002 Barazzutti was appointed coach and, until 2017, non-player captain of the Fed Cup women's team. Under Barazzutti's guidance, the team has won the Fed Cup four times (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013). Until 2020 Barazzutti coached the men's Davis Cup too. In 2020 he coached for a brief period of time Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini.

• Tennis in Italy