Gianni Ocleppo

Gianni Ocleppo
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1957-04-06) 6 April 1957 (age 67)
Alba, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$325,570
Singles
Career record102–127
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 30 (7 December 1979)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1978, 1979, 1984)
Wimbledon2R (1978, 1983, 1984)
US Open3R (1978, 1980, 1983)
Doubles
Career record69–101
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 53 (5 May 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open3R (1978)
Wimbledon1R (1984, 1987)
US Open1R (1984)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1980)

Gianni Ocleppo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒanni oˈkleppo] ; born 6 April 1957) is a retired Italian tennis player.

He has two children: one of them, Julian Ocleppo (born 1997), is a professional tennis player, by former wife Dee Ocleppo.[1]

Career

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Ocleppo won one ATP Tour singles title (Linz, 1981) and two doubles titles in his career. He played for Italy in the final of the 1980 Davis Cup, losing in a dead rubber to Ivan Lendl. Ocleppo reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 30 in December 1979. His career-high doubles ranking is world No. 53, achieved in May 1987.

Career finals

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Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1979 Bologna, Italy Carpet (i) United States Butch Walts 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 1980 Metz, France Carpet (i) United States Gene Mayer 3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 1980 Bordeaux, France Carpet (i) Bolivia Mario Martínez 0–6, 5–7, 5–7
Win 1–3 Mar 1981 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Australia Mark Edmondson 7–5, 6–1

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1980 Vienna, Austria Clay France Christophe Roger-Vasselin Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
w/o
Win 2–0 Sep 1980 Sicily, Italy Clay Ecuador Ricardo Ycaza Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Sep 1980 Bordeaux, France Carpet (i) Ecuador Ricardo Ycaza United Kingdom John Feaver
France Gilles Moretton
2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Mar 1981 Cairo, Egypt Clay Italy Paolo Bertolucci Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 1986 Palermo, Italy Clay Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri Italy Paolo Canè
West Germany Simone Colombo
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 1987 Nice, France Clay Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 May 1987 Florence, Italy Clay Italy Paolo Canè West Germany Wolfgang Popp
West Germany Udo Riglewski
4–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "LO STILISTA AMERICANO TOMMY HILFIGER AL BORDIGHERA LAWN TENNIS CLUB 1878" (in Italian). tennisbordighera.it. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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