Patrizia Murgo
{{Short description|Italian tennis player (born 1962)}}
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| careerprizemoney = $21,713
| singlesrecord = 11–13
| FrenchOpenresult = Q2 (1980)
| USOpenresult = Q3 (1982)
| Wimbledonresult = Q1 (1980, 1981)
| doublesrecord = 21–8
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1985)
| USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1982)
| FrenchOpenMixedresult = 2R (1983)
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{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1979 Split|Women's doubles}}
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Patrizia Murgo (born 26 March 1962) is an Italian former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Murgo, a native of Florence, was the first Italian to reach an Orange Bowl final when she finished runner-up to Kathy Horvath in 1979.{{cite news |title=Miss Horvath Gains Final In Orange Bowl Tennis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/23/archives/miss-horvath-gains-final-in-orange-bowl-tennis.html |work=The New York Times |date=23 December 1979}} She was also a women's doubles bronze medalist at that year's Mediterranean Games in Split, with Antonella Rosa as her partner.
In 1981 and 1982, Murgo was a member of the Italy Federation Cup team as a doubles specialist, usually partnering Sabina Simmonds. She won six of her eight Federation Cup doubles rubbers.
While competing on the WTA circuit her best result in a singles tournament came at the 1981 Italian Open, where she reached the round of 16. As a doubles player she had a runner-up finish at the 1985 Italian Open.{{cite web |last1=Rio |first1=Francesco |title=Roma 2016: tutti i numeri degli Internazionali d’Italia |url=https://www.ubitennis.com/blog/2016/05/06/numeri-degli-internazionali-ditalia/ |website=Ubitennis |language=Italian |date=6 May 2016}}
WTA Tour finals
=Doubles: 1 (0-1)=
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!Result !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
style="background:#FFA07A;" |Loss
| Taranto, Italy | $50,000 | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Barbara Romanò | {{flagicon|ITA}} Sandra Cecchini | 6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WTA}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
- {{ITF}}
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Category:Italian female tennis players
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Category:Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Category:Tennis players from Florence