Placido Gaslini
{{short description|Italian tennis player}}
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Biography
Gaslini, a Milanese lawyer and business man he was son of a banker,{{cite news|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2018/08/01/unamazzone-con-la-racchetta-le-vittorie-di-lucia-valerioMilano13.html|title=Un'amazzone con la racchetta le vittorie di Lucia Valerio|publisher=repubblica.it|language=it|quote= Papà Gaslini, noto banchiere, era stato anche lui un tennista, accanitissimo a frequentare i campi di Premeno, "piccola Wimbledon italiana", dove i Gaslini tenevano villa.|date=1 August 2018|accessdate=10 February 2021}} was a Davis Cup player and a tennis player, also playing the 1930 Wimbledon tournament.{{cite news|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/placido-gaslini/gh54/overview|title=Placito Gaslini Overbiew|publisher=atptour.com|accessdate=10 February 2021}}
In 1926 he had a flirtation with the legendary tennis player Suzanne Lenglen.{{cite news|url=https://www.tennisolistico.com/suzanne/|title=Suzanne|publisher=tennisolistico.com|language=it|quote=Fra i suoi amori un imprenditore milanese, Placido Gaslini, che la chiamava “mon petit arabe” a causa del turbante che spesso indossava, e la portò a giocare al Tennis Milano, da Bonacossa. Quando Suzanne appariva al fianco del suo Placido a Villa d’Este, piuttosto che al Tennis Roma, per delle esibizioni, si vedevano arrivare fiumane di gente che si litigavano i biglietti.|accessdate=10 February 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/03/12/lenglen-groviglio-di-sensi.html/|title=LENGLEN, GROVIGLIO DI SENSI|publisher=repubblica.it|language=it|date=12 March 1993|accessdate=10 February 2021}}
See also
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