Corrado Barazzutti
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Corrado Barazzutti (born February 19, 1953) is an Italian former tennis player.
Born in Udine, he gained a fame in 1971 winning Orange Bowl. The former year was called to Italy's Davis Cup team, for which he would play a total of 44 matches. In 1976 he participated to the first and sole victory of a Davis Cup of his country.
In Grand Slam tournaments, his best result is the semi-final he reached in 1977 at US Open and 1978 at French Open, both times beat in three set by Jimmy Connors and Björn Borg, respectively. He was Italian champion from 1976 to 1981 and won one ATP tournament (Cairo, 1980).
Barazzutti is currently non-playing captain of Italy's Davis Cup team.