Introduction
Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former Italian tennis player.
Tennis career
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 already been called to the Italy Davis Cup team the previous year, an event for which he would play a total of 44 matches. In 1976, Barazzutti played for the only victorious Italian Davis Cup team.
His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978.
In Grand Slam tournaments, his best results are the semi-finals he reached in 1977 at the US Open and in 1978 at the French Open; in both occasions he was beaten in straight sets, by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg respectively. Barazzutti won five career ATP tournaments.
Barazzutti is currently 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 four times: 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013.
Career finals
Singles (5 titles, 8 runners-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| Grand Prix Masters (0–0) |
| Grand Prix Super Series (0–2) |
| Grand Prix Regular Series (5–6) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2 November 1975 | Philippine International, Manila | Hard |  Ross Case |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 11 April 1976 | ATP Nice, Nice | Clay |  Jan Kodeš |
6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 10 July 1976 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay |  Antonio Zugarelli |
6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 7 November 1976 | Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo | Hard |  Roscoe Tanner |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 10 April 1977 | Monte Carlo Open, Monte-Carlo | Clay |  Björn Borg |
3–6, 5–7, 0–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 25 April 1977 | Charlotte WCT, Charlotte | Carpet | Eddie Dibbs |
7–6, 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 9 July 1977 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay |  Balázs Taróczy |
7–6, 6–7, 6–2 |
| Winner | 4. | 6 November 1977 | Paris Open, Paris | Hard (i) | Brian Gottfried |
7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 30 April 1978 | Alan King Tennis Classic, Las Vegas | Hard | Harold Solomon |
1–6, 0–3, ret. |
| Runner-up | 6. | 23 July 1978 | Swedish Open, Båstad | Clay | Björn Borg |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 23 September 1979 | Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Palermo | Clay | Björn Borg |
4–6, 0–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 4 November 1979 | Paris Open, Paris | Hard (i) | Harold Solomon |
3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 9 March 1980 | Cairo Open, Cairo | Clay | Paolo Bertolucci |
6–4, 6–0 |