Orlando Sirola
{{Short description|Italian tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
|name= Orlando Sirola
|fullname=
|image= Orlando Sirola Coppa Davis Milano 1959.jpg
|country= {{ITA}}
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|birth_date= {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|4|30}}
|birth_place= Fiume, Kingdom of Italy
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1995|11|13|1928|4|30}}
|death_place= Bologna, Italy
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|turnedpro= 1952 (amateur tour)
|retired= 1963
|plays= Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
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|singlestitles= 6
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|AustralianOpenresult=
|FrenchOpenresult= SF (1960)
|Wimbledonresult= 4R (1959, 1962)
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|doublestitles= 6
|highestdoublesranking=
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult= W (1959)
|WimbledonDoublesresult= F (1956)
|Mixed = yes
|WimbledonMixedresult= QF (1955)
|Team = yes
|DavisCupresult = F (1955, 1958, 1960Ch, 1961Ch)
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Orlando Sirola (30 April 1928 – 13 November 1995) was an Italian tennis player.
Biography
Sirola was born in Fiume, today the Croatian city of Rijeka. He only began playing tennis at the age of 22.
In 1958 he won the singles title at the Bavarian Tennis Championships in Munich after a five-set victory in the final against Luis Ayala.
Sirola's best result in a Grand Slam singles event was at Roland Garros in 1960, where he beat #1 seed, Barry MacKay in the Quarterfinals to reach the Semifinals. He also won the Roland Garros doubles title in 1959, partnering Nicola Pietrangeli. He was a member of the Italian teams which finished runners-up to Australia in the Davis Cup in 1960 and 1961.
Grand Slam finals
=Doubles (1 title, 2 runners-up)=
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!Result !Year !style="width:160px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:135px"|Partner !style="width:135px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score | ||||||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1955 | style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Pietrangeli | {{flagicon|USA}} Vic Seixas {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Trabert | 1–6, 6–4, 2–6, 4–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1956 | style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon | Grass | {{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Pietrangeli | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lew Hoad {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Rosewall | 5–7, 2–6, 1–6 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1959 | style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Championships | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Nicola Pietrangeli | {{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson {{flagicon|AUS}} Neale Fraser | 6–3, 6–2, 14–12 |
External links
- {{Davis Cup player}}
- {{ITF}}
- {{ATP}}
{{French Open men's doubles champions}}
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Category:Italian male tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Rijeka
Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Category:Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
Category:French Championships (tennis) champions
Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen
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