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Italian National Championships 1956

General Date0000-00-00 - 1956-10-14
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds5
CityMilan
CountryItaly

Source World Tennis

Media

Winner Player Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo

Players

Mario Belardinelli
Umberto Bergamo
Maurizio Bonaiti
Ferruccio Bonetti
Adolfo Covi
Giorgio Fachini
François Raymond Garnero

Cesare Guerci-Lena
Sergio Jacobini
Alberto Lazzarino
Remigio Lemonnier
Antonio Maggi
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
Giuseppe Morelli

Nicola Pietrangeli
G. Pirro
Michele Pirro
Carletto (Carlos) Sada
Giuliano Scribani
Orlando Sirola

Rounds
Round 1

Umberto Bergamo*
G. Pirro

5-7 7-5 6-2 6-1

Sergio Jacobini*
Giuliano Scribani

5-7 8-6 ret.

Alberto Lazzarino*
Adolfo Covi

11-9 4-6 6-2 7-5

Mario Belardinelli*
Cesare Guerci-Lena

6-4 6-4 6-3

Round 2

Nicola Pietrangeli*
Ferruccio Bonetti

6-1 6-3 6-3

Umberto Bergamo*
Maurizio Bonaiti

8-6 4-6 6-3 6-3

Giorgio Fachini*
Giuseppe Morelli

2-6 6-1 ret.

Sergio Jacobini*
Michele Pirro

6-1 6-4 6-0

Antonio Maggi*
Remigio Lemonnier

6-1 6-1 6-1

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Carletto (Carlos) Sada

6-2 6-2 6-4

Orlando Sirola*
Francois Garnero

3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3

Alberto Lazzarino*
Mario Belardinelli

Quarterfinals

Nicola Pietrangeli*
Umberto Bergamo

6-0 6-3 6-4

Orlando Sirola*
Giorgio Fachini

7-5 3-6 6-4 6-3

Antonio Maggi*
Sergio Jacobini

2-6 6-2 2-0 ret.

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Alberto Lazzarino

6-4 6-3 6-4

Semifinals

Nicola Pietrangeli*
Orlando Sirola

9-7 12-10 6-2

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Antonio Maggi

6-2 6-3 5-7 6-2

Final

Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo*
Nicola Pietrangeli

8-6 6-3 2-6 2-6 7-5

Tournament

Round 1