Adriano Zappa

{{Short description|Argentine tennis player}}

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|fullname = Adriano Publio Elio Zappa

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|caption=Zappa on the front page of The Graphic (September 2, 1938)

|country ={{ARG}}

|birth_date = 7 December 1908

|birth_place =Buenos Aires, Argentina

|death_date =?

|death_place = Argentina

|turnedpro =1926 (amateur tour)

|retired =1949

|plays = right handed

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|singlesrecord = 93-46 (62.41%)

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Adriano Publio Elio Zappa {{Cite web |title=Adriano Zappa Tennis Player Profile |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/adriano-zappa/800170639/arg/mt/S/overview/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=ITF}} (7 December 1908 - ? ) was an Argentine tennis player. He competed at both French Championships and Wimbledon Championships a number of times between 1928 and 1936.{{Cite web |title=Adriano Zappa: Singles Record |url=https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:50e73888-4fc6-4697-bc48-e0b76cb47635 |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Wimbledon.Com}} He was active from 1928 to 1949 and won 12 singles titles.

Career

Zappa played his first tournament in 1928 at the City of Buenos Aires Championships where he reached the final and lost to Ronaldo Boyd.{{Cite web |title=Player Profile Adriano Zappa |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Tennis Archives}}

He won his first tournament in 1932 at the Argentine Championships.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Argentine Championship: Individual Gentlemen Champions. |url=https://tenisclubargentino.com/campeonato-argentino/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Tenis Club Argentino}} He won he last title in 1939 at the Argentine International Grass Court Championships.Tennis Archives

He played his last singles event at the Argentina International Championships in 1949.Tennis Archives

His other career highlights include winning the Montevideo International in 1934, and Chile International Championships in 1935.

He represented Argentina in Davis Cup matches three times in 1931, 1933 and 1936.{{Cite web |title=Argentina: Player Profile. Adrian Zappa |url=https://www.daviscup.com/es/jugadores/jugador.aspx?id=800170639 |website=Davis Cup}} He was also team captain in 1933.{{Cite news |date=25 May 1933 |title=U .S. DAVIS CUP TEAM VIES WITH ARGENTINA TODAY |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Reading_Eagle.html?id=hI5fAAAAIBAJ#v=onepage&q=Adriano%20Zappa%20tennis&f=false |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=Reading Eagle via Google News Archive |pages=17}}

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