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Paolo Bertolucci

ITA Born Aug 3, 1951 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1983

Paolo Bertolucci represented Italy on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 12. TennisDB's records show a 194–144 record in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1968 through 1983 and 6 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

12 (Aug 27, 1973)

Elo peak

1935 (86th percentile)

Singles record

194–144 (57.4%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Paolo Bertolucci's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jairo Velasco	2-6 1-6	L	—	Match data	Jun 9, 1983*	R32	Venice	ATP 250	Clay
Paul Mcnamee #38	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 19, 1983*	R32	Italian Open	ATP 500	Clay
Gianluca Rinaldini	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1983*	R64	Italian Open	ATP 500	Clay
Stefan Simonsson #70	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1983*	R32	Florence	ATP 250	Clay
Carlos Castellan	6-4 2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1982*	R32	Venice	ATP 250	Clay

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Paolo Bertolucci's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Patrick Proisy	4	4	8	Mar 7, 1980	H2H
Patrice Dominguez	7	0	7	May 17, 1979	H2H
Manuel Orantes	3	4	7	Aug 25, 1978	H2H
Paul Mcnamee	2	4	6	May 19, 1983	H2H
Guillermo Vilas	0	6	6	May 27, 1981	H2H

Singles Titles (6)

Paolo Bertolucci singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1975	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Florence
1976	24	2	—	—	—	2	—	Barcelona, Florence
1977	25	3	—	—	—	3	—	Berlin, Florence, Hamburg Open
Total		6	—	—	—	6	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Paolo Bertolucci career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	16	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1969	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1971	19	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
1972	20	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—
1973	21	30	18	48	62.5%	12	20
1974	22	14	6	20	70.0%	21	50
1975	23	18	20	38	47.4%	50	57
1976	24	33	17	50	66.0%	70	33
1977	25	30	14	44	68.2%	35	29
1978	26	24	17	41	58.5%	29	44
1979	27	6	10	16	37.5%	34	158
1980	28	16	13	29	55.2%	99	72
1981	29	8	10	18	44.4%	69	93
1982	30	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—
1983	31	1	3	4	25.0%	285	285
Career		194	144	338	57.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Paolo Bertolucci career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	16	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1969	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1971	19	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
1972	20	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	7	14	50.0%
1973	21	1	1	2	50.0%	28	14	42	66.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	30	18	48	62.5%
1974	22	—	—	—	—	14	6	20	70.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	6	20	70.0%
1975	23	0	2	2	0.0%	16	11	27	59.3%	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%	18	20	38	47.4%
1976	24	2	2	4	50.0%	30	14	44	68.2%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	33	17	50	66.0%
1977	25	0	1	1	0.0%	30	12	42	71.4%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	30	14	44	68.2%
1978	26	—	—	—	—	24	15	39	61.5%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	24	17	41	58.5%
1979	27	1	1	2	50.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1980	28	0	1	1	0.0%	10	9	19	52.6%	—	—	—	—	6	3	9	66.7%	16	13	29	55.2%
1981	29	1	1	2	50.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	8	10	18	44.4%
1982	30	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1983	31	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	5	10	15	33.3%	177	111	288	61.5%	3	5	8	37.5%	9	18	27	33.3%	194	144	338	57.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Paolo Bertolucci career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1974	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%
1975	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	7	5	12	58.3%
1976	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	25	2	0	2	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	13	4	17	76.5%	0	0	—	—	15	6	21	71.4%
1978	26	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	3	9	66.7%	0	0	—	—	8	8	16	50.0%
1979	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
1980	28	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	0	—	—	8	11	19	42.1%
1981	29	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1982	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1983	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		3	9	12	25.0%	1	17	18	5.6%	40	24	64	62.5%	7	4	11	63.6%	51	54	105	48.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 105/338 (31.1%) of Paolo Bertolucci's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Paolo Bertolucci advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	16	1475	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.20	0–1	—	—	+0.05
1969	17	1459	97.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.03
1971	19	1518	114.4	—	—	—	—	—	+43	—	75.0%	+1.83	1–1	1–0	—	+1.17
1972	20	1543	115.6	—	—	—	—	—	+52	+5	48.5%	-0.76	0–3 (0%)	1–1	—	+0.09
1973	21	1797	137.1	—	—	—	—	—	+77	-289	53.8%	+0.13	15–3 (83%)	3–4 (43%)	110.3	-1.48
1974	22	1781	125.5	—	—	—	—	—	+68	—	56.6%	+0.40	9–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	107.0	+2.63
1975	23	1676	126.8	—	—	—	—	-135	+64	—	47.8%	-0.28	9–6 (60%)	5–4 (56%)	100.2	+0.42
1976	24	1836	147.2	—	—	—	—	-269	+47	—	57.6%	+0.55	19–8 (70%)	11–11 (50%)	109.7	-0.72
1977	25	1813	140.9	—	—	—	—	—	+77	—	62.8%	+1.08	11–3 (79%)	2–4 (33%)	102.6	+3.71
1978	26	1804	143.4	—	—	—	—	—	+48	—	57.3%	+0.24	7–9 (44%)	5–5 (50%)	94.7	-0.53
1979	27	1716	128.8	—	—	—	—	-228	+90	—	38.9%	-0.97	4–2 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	—	-0.45
1980	28	1755	132.3	—	—	—	—	-161	-23	—	51.4%	0.00	6–3 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	102.8	+1.70
1981	29	1687	132.0	—	—	—	—	-106	+26	—	42.9%	-0.24	3–4 (43%)	1–0	—	+0.70
1982	30	1656	116.3	—	—	—	—	—	+35	—	35.0%	-1.60	2–1 (67%)	0–1	—	+0.08
1983	31	1629	106.2	—	—	—	—	—	+23	—	25.0%	-1.50	—	—	—	0.00
Career		1935	142.6	—	—	—	—	-175	+55	-142	53.3%	+0.15	86–44 (66%)	40–35 (53%)	108.4	+2.22

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Paolo Bertolucci Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1972	20	R64	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1973	21	QF	—	R128	4–2 (67%)
1974	22	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	23	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1976	24	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1977	25	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1978	26	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1979	27	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	28	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1981	29	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	30	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		11–11 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	11–14 (44%)

ATP 500

Paolo Bertolucci ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1973	21	SF	—	QF	8–2 (80%)
1974	22	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	23	R16	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1976	24	R64	—	QF	3–2 (60%)
1978	26	R32	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1979	27	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1980	28	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	29	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	30	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1983	31	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		13–10 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	20–14 (59%)

ATP 250

Paolo Bertolucci ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	BUE	CIN	FLR	GEN	GST	HAM	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MUN	NAP	PAR	QUE	ITA	ROT	STG	STO	VIE	AIX	BAL	BER	BIR	BOL	BOL	BOU	BRU	CAI	DUT	GEN	JOH	LAG	LON	LON	MIL	NIC	NOT	PAL	PAL	PHI	RIC	SEN	TEH	U.S	VAL	VEN	W-L Win %
1968	16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1969	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1971	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1972	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
1973	21	—	R16	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	QF	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	14–12 (54%)
1974	22	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14–4 (78%)
1975	23	—	R32	—	R32	—	W	—	—	SF	—	R16	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R128	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	14–16 (47%)
1976	24	—	W	—	SF	—	W	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	QF	R32	—	30–12 (71%)
1977	25	R32	R16	R32	SF	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	28–12 (70%)
1978	26	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	F	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	21–14 (60%)
1979	27	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–8 (33%)
1980	28	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14–10 (58%)
1981	29	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	8–8 (50%)
1982	30	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1983	31	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	15–8 (65%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	27–7 (79%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	13–2 (87%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	7–5 (58%)	3–4 (43%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	8–6 (57%)	3–2 (60%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	10–4 (71%)	4–2 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	3–3 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	159–110 (59%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 50

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 20

Aug 27, 1973

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Paolo Bertolucci ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	17	19	20	20
1974	22	—	—	21	17	14	18	27	24	40	—	46	50
1975	23	50	—	52	48	48	35	—	—	—	—	—	57
1976	24	—	—	—	—	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	33
1977	25	38	38	38	33	27	22	24	28	27	29	30	29
1978	26	34	35	32	36	47	62	64	70	68	42	40	44
1979	27	34	35	38	44	49	49	52	51	51	99	—	158
1980	28	—	—	95	94	96	93	84	92	100	—	74	72
1981	29	72	74	100	95	93	86	89	95	99	94	93	—
1983	31	285	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	32	382	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Paolo Bertolucci's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Roy Emerson	AUS	#12	2,007	449	275	174	61.2%	—	5	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Nikola Pilic	CRO	#12	1,951	550	301	249	54.7%	—	5	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Mark Cox	GBR	#12	2,022	678	406	272	59.9%	—	13	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Cliff Drysdale	RSA	#13	2,134	648	397	251	61.3%	—	6	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Roger Taylor	GBR	#11	2,003	666	369	297	55.4%	—	9	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Jaime Fillol	CHI	#14	2,063	894	531	363	59.4%	$187,169	8	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Tony Roche	AUS	#12	2,136	551	360	191	65.3%	$529,199	20	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Marty Riessen	USA	#11	2,105	845	531	314	62.8%	$465	11	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Tom Gorman	USA	#10	2,005	705	415	290	58.9%	$10,000	9	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Balazs Taroczy	HUN	#12	2,002	610	381	229	62.5%	$1,437,443	13	1972–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Buster C Mottram	GBR	#15	1,979	445	271	174	60.9%	$14,500	3	1970–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Alexander Volkov	RUS	#14	1,922	537	291	246	54.2%	$3,362,840	3	1968–1997	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Paolo Bertolucci born?: Paolo Bertolucci was born on August 3, 1951.
Which country did Paolo Bertolucci represent?: Paolo Bertolucci represented Italy in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Paolo Bertolucci?: Paolo Bertolucci is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Paolo Bertolucci left-handed or right-handed?: Paolo Bertolucci plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Paolo Bertolucci won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Paolo Bertolucci in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Paolo Bertolucci won?: TennisDB does not group any of Paolo Bertolucci's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Paolo Bertolucci won?: TennisDB records 6 ATP singles titles for Paolo Bertolucci across all categories. The latest season with a recorded title was 1977.
What is Paolo Bertolucci's highest ATP ranking?: Paolo Bertolucci's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 12, first achieved on August 27, 1973.
What is Paolo Bertolucci's career win-loss record?: Paolo Bertolucci has 194 wins and 144 losses (57.4%) in recorded ATP main-draw singles results from 1968 through 1983.
Which seasons of Paolo Bertolucci's career appear in TennisDB?: Paolo Bertolucci appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1983.
On which surface does Paolo Bertolucci have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Paolo Bertolucci's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 61.5% (177–111).
Who has Paolo Bertolucci faced most often?: Paolo Bertolucci's most frequent opponent is Patrick Proisy, with a head-to-head record of 4–4 across 8 meetings.