Vanni_Canepele

Vanni Canepele

Vanni Canepele

Italian tennis player

Pier Giovanni "Vanni" Canepele (18 June 1916 – 8 July 1983) was an Italian tennis player.[1]

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A native of Bologna, Canepele was a three-time national singles champion. He made the singles third round at Wimbledon twice and played for the Italy Davis Cup team from 1937 to 1939, then again in 1949.[2]

During the 1950s and 1960s, Canepele served several stints as non-playing captain of Italy in the Davis Cup. This included runner-up finishes in 1960 and 1961, both times to Australia.[3]

Canepele played a season of Serie A basketball for Virtus Bologna in 1938-1939.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Correva l' anno XVI per Vanni Canepele 1938". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 25 September 1998.
  2. [2]
    "La Croazia nel club dei grandi ma ormai è una Davis tradita - la Repubblica.it". la Repubblica (in Italian). 5 December 2005.
  3. [3]
    "Davis Cup Died In Surrender". The Canberra Times. 28 December 1960. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Vanni Canepele Trionfa Agli Assoluti Di Tennis". Bologna Online (in Italian).
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