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Franco Merlone

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Franco Merlone
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1957-12-16) 16 December 1957 (age 66)
Turin, Italy
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record4–4
Highest rankingNo. 257 (26 Dec 1979)

Franco Merlone (born 16 December 1957) is an Italian former professional tennis player.[1]

Born in Turin, Merlone was active on the professional tour in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He had his best tournament run as a main draw qualifier at the 1980 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, where he fell in the semi-finals to Guillermo Vilas, after having secured earlier wins over Rod Frawley and Phil Dent.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis, Franco Merlone nuovo maestro a Porto Torres". La Nuova Sardegna (in Italian). 6 April 2006.
  2. ^ "Vilas, McNamee to meet in final". The Straits Times. 15 September 1980. p. 29.
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