Franco Merlone
Italian tennis player
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | (1957-12-16) 16 December 1957 (age 66) Turin, Italy |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 4–4 |
Highest ranking | 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]
References
External links
- Franco Merlone at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Franco Merlone at the International Tennis Federation