Nicola Bruno

Nicola Bruno
Country (sports)Italy Italy
Born (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971 (age 53)
Lodi, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1991
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$171,486
Singles
Career record1–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 169 (11 May 1992)
Doubles
Career record4–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 133 (16 September 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1996)

Nicole Bruno (born 26 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.[1]

Career

Bruno, with countryman Massimo Ardinghi, competed in the men's doubles at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships.[2] They defeated Scott Draper and Javier Sánchez in the opening round, before losing to the Dutch pairing of Tom Kempers and Tom Nijssen in the second round.[2]

He was a doubles quarter-finalist, with Gianluca Pozzi, at the 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships.[2] This was his best result on the ATP Tour, but he did win four Challenger doubles titles.[2]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1992 Gramado, Brazil Hard United States Richard Matuszewski 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: (4)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1989 Salerno, Italy Clay Italy Federico Mordegan Switzerland Stefano Mezzadri
Italy Ugo Pigato
2. 1996 Olbia, Sardinia Hard France Stephane Simian United States Geoff Grant
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
7–5, 6–4
3. 1997 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet Italy Laurence Tieleman Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Nils Holm
7–6, 6–4
4. 2001 Milan, Italy Carpet Italy Gianluca Pozzi Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Federico Luzzi
2–6, 7–6(2), 6–3

References