Giordano
Majoli
Male
Italy
1943-09-29
Piacenza, Italy
He won six medals at the Summer Universiade from 1963 to 1967. In 1966 he won the Italian Tennis Championships and has played 19 times in Davis Cup. He reached the third round of the singles event at the 1967 Wimbledon Championships. He is currently General Manager of Alpina Maglierie Sportive S.p.A, a manufacturer of sportswear under the brand Australian.
After being Italian junior champion for two consecutive years (1960 and 1961), he won - overturning every forecast - the absolute Italian championships, defeating Nicola Pietrangeli for 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 in three sets in 1966. He also competed for the title with Pietrangeli the following year, yielding only to the fifth set, for 6-1, 0-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.
He was also four times Italian doubles champion: once paired with Sergio Tacchini (1966), twice with Nicola Pietrangeli (1970 and 1971) and once with Gianni Ocleppo (1976). He won the title, twice, also in mixed doubles, paired with Lea Pericoli (1971 and 1972). In 1972 he became the doubles Italian indoor champion together with Pietro Marzano.
In his career he won six medals at the Universiade, in three different editions (1963, 1965, 1967).
He played 19 times in the Davis Cup, making his debut victoriously in 1964 against Egypt, deployed as a result. In the remainder of the tournament he played twice in doubles with Nicola Pietrangeli, winning against Rhodesia and losing against the Swedes Jan-Erik Lundquist and Ulf Schmidt. In 1965, he held the first round against Portugal and won all three matches. In the second round he is lined up only in doubles, with Pietrangeli, losing to the Brazilians Barnes and Mandarino. The following year he was victorious in doubles, in the first round, paired with Gaetano Di Maso; returns to play in the semifinals, always in doubles with Di Maso, but losing in five sets against the South Africans Diepraam-McMillan. Returns to the first round of the 1967 tournament, against Austria, winning all three matches, including the doubles, paired with Vittorio Crotta; identical results in the three quarter-final matches, against Luxembourg. In the 1967 semi-final, against Brazil, Maioli loses the first match from Koch and in doubles, with Crotta; while the last irrelevant match, with Mandarin, is interrupted at 5-5, in the fifth set. In 1972 he was a non-national captain. After five years of absence he made his last appearances on the field in 1973, in doubles with Pietro Marzano, losing both in the semifinals against Spain and in the final against Czechoslovakia.
In the 1963 edition of the Internazionali d'Italia he reached the quarter-finals. In 1964 he won the Knokke Le Zoute tournament by beating Belgian Drossart by 6-4, 6-1. In 1966 he won the Tournament of Viareggio, beating the Brazilian José Edison Mandarino for 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, after eliminating Martin Mulligan and Beppe Merlo. In the same year he also won the Senigallia Tournament.
In Grand Slam tournaments, he never went beyond the third round, the Wimbledon Tournament (1966) and the second round, at Roland Garros (1966 and 1967).
1960 - 1974
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213
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1966 - Viareggio (Amateur)
1966 - Italian National Championships (Open)
1964 - Knokke Le-Zoute (Amateur)
1963 - Coupe de Galea (Open)
Round 1
Vincenzo Franchitti 1 *
Giordano Majoli
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Nick Kelaidis 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
1-6
6-2
Round 1
Martin Mulligan 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Corrado Barazzutti 1 *
Giordano Majoli
4-6
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Jan Kukal 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-3
Round 1
G. Beretta 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Graham Stilwell
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Bob Lutz 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-7
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Mr. Cimurri
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Eugenio Castigliano
7-6
6-3
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Massimo di Domenico
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Paolo Bertolucci 1 *
Giordano Majoli
2-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Graham Stilwell 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
5-7
6-1
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Piero Toci
6-3
4-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Frantisek Pala
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Adriano Panatta
6-2
6-2
Final
Ezio di Matteo 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-3
0-6
6-2
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Syd Ball
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Bartlett 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Zdravko Mincek
11-9
6-1
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Anatoli Volkov
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Patrick Proisy 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Sergei Likhachev 1 *
Giordano Majoli
4-6
8-6
6-4
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Bernard Paul
6-3
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Allan Stone
1-6
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Massimo di Domenico 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-4
3-6
3-3
ret.
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jiri Javorsky
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Vic Seixas
6-1
2-6
7-9
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Hans Joachim Plotz 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
7-5
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Birger Folke
2-6
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ilie Nastase
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Pierre Darmon 1 *
Giordano Majoli
12-10
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ray Moore
6-2
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Ray Ruffels 1 *
Giordano Majoli
0-6
6-2
6-4
2-6
7-5
Round 1
Mark M. Cox 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ferenc Komaromy
6-4
6-1
7-5
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jan Kukal
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Jaime Pinto-Bravo 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Gerald Battrick
9-7
6-4
Round 4
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Paul Raymond Hutchins
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ronald (Ron) McKenzie 1 *
Giordano Majoli
3-6
11-9
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Anthony (Tony) Wolpert
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Clay Iles
6-2
8-6
6-3
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Robert Maud
6-3
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Ken Fletcher 1 *
Giordano Majoli
8-6
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Mario Caimo
6-2
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Stefano Gaudenzi
6-4
6-1
8-6
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Gaetano di Maso
8-6
6-1
6-3
Final
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
0-6
2-6
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Patricio Cornejo
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Giorgio Bologna
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Owen Davidson
11-9
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Mike L. Belkin 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
A.R. Horne
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Giorgio Bologna 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-8
ret.
Round 3
Manuel Orantes 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Steve Le Roux 1 *
Giordano Majoli
9-7
1-6
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Marco Gilardelli
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Martin Mulligan 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Boro Jovanovic 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-8
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Norberto Herrero 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Cliff Richey 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
7-9
8-6
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ray Moore
8-6
6-3
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Keith Brebnor
3-6
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Martin Mulligan 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Hidesabro Kuromatsu 1 *
Giordano Majoli
2-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Cliff Richey 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
6-8
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Tom Okker 1 *
Giordano Majoli
12-10
4-6
6-4
Poule
Cliff Richey 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
7-5
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jaime Pinto-Bravo
6-2
2-6
6-3
Poule
Patricio Cornejo 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-2
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Alfredo Acuna
7-5
6-4
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez
7-5
2-6
6-3
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Rodney Rudansky
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Robert Maud 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Ron Holmberg 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Dieter Schultheis
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Manuel Santana 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
John Cottrill
8-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Cliff Drysdale 1 *
Giordano Majoli
3-6
6-2
6-4
5-7
7-5
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ernst Blanke jr
10-8
6-0
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ernesto Aguirre
8-6
3-6
7-5
Round 4
Daniel Contet 1 *
Giordano Majoli
3-6
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Georges Goven
3-6
6-3
5-2
ret.
Round 3
Istvan Gulyas 1 *
Giordano Majoli
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ray Ruffels
3-6
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Cliff Drysdale 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 4
Jaime Pinto-Bravo 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
10-8
Poule
Michael Sangster 1 *
Giordano Majoli
7-9
6-4
11-9
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Bernard Montrenaud
6-2
6-4
6-3
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Pierre Darmon
10-8
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Giulliano Roverelli
6-2
0-6
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Stefano Gaudenzi
w.o.
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Sergio Tacchini
6-0
5-7
3-6
8-6
6-0
Final
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Nicola Pietrangeli
6-3
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Nino Monda
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
J. Francisco (Pancho) Guzman
2-6
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Clark Graebner 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Tadeusz Nowicki
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Ilie Nastase 1 *
Giordano Majoli
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Ion Tiriac 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Martin Mulligan
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
1-6
7-5
ret.
Final
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jose Edson Mandarino
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Keith E. Wooldridge
4-6
6-1
7-5
Round 4
Ray Moore 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Georges Goven
6-3
2-6
6-2
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jean Pierre Courcol
6-3
6-2
Final
Jan Kodes 1 *
Giordano Majoli
2-6
5-7
7-5
6-3
6-0
Poule
Daniel Contet 1 *
Giordano Majoli
9-11
15-13
6-3
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Eduardo Gorostiaga
3-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Dick Crealy
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Jan Kodes 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Michel Leclercq 1 *
Giordano Majoli
w.o.
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Dimitri (Tim) Sturdza
6-4
6-1
4-6
3-6
6-0
Round 3
Ingo Buding 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jean-Claude Barclay
?
Round 3
Ken Fletcher 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
6-4
Poule
Jan Leschly 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-3
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Carl Edvard Hedelund
6-8
6-2
6-4
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Daniel Contet
6-0
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Michele Pirro
5-4
ret.
Semifinals
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Luigi Chiaiese
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Sergio Tacchini
6-2
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Martin Mulligan 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Bruce Larkham
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Robin F. Sanders 1 *
Giordano Majoli
4-6
9-7
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Boro Jovanovic
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
William L. (Pato) (Bill) Alvarez 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-2
Poule
Pekka Saila 1 *
Giordano Majoli
10-8
3-6
10-8
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Pekka Petersen-Dyggve
9-7
6-2
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Klaus Schwarz
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Bob Hewitt 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Istvan Gulyas 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Jacques Renavand 1 *
Giordano Majoli
4-6
6-2
5-7
8-6
6-0
Round 1
Fred Stolle 1 *
Giordano Majoli
3-6
6-3
6-5
3-6
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
G.M. Gupta
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Rafael Osuna 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Jorgen Ulrich 1 *
Giordano Majoli
3-6
9-7
6-2
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Alain Bresson
3-6
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Roberto Valerio
7-5
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Giorgio Bologna
6-4
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
4-6
6-2
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Martin Mulligan 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Luigi Chiaiese
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Gaetano Mele
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Jose Edson Mandarino 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Fred Stolle 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Karl Fichtel
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Patrice Beust
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Eric Drossart 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jose Maria Gisbert
?-6
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Kenneth Andersson
6-4
7-5
Final
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Eric Drossart
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Giorgio Bologna 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jurg Siegrist
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Milan Holecek
7-5
7-5
Final
Tom Okker 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-3
Round 1
David Denison Phillips 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Ernesto Aguirre 1 *
Giordano Majoli
2-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Gérard Pilet 1 *
Giordano Majoli
4-6
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Eric Drossart
6-3
6-0
7-5
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Sergio Palmieri
6-2
8-6
6-1
Round 4
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Bob Hewitt
0-6
6-3
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Nikola (Niki) Pilic 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Cesare Guerci-Lena 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-8
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Antonio Menella
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Tony Pickard
4-1
ret.
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Nicola Pietrangeli
8-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
1-3
ret.
Semifinals
Jan Erik Lundquist 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Giordano Majoli
8-6
6-3
Round 2
Raffaele Esposito 1 *
Giordano Majoli
7-9
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Mitsuru Motoi
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-3
Final
Bodo Nitsche 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
8-6
1-6
6-3
Round 2
Michel Leclercq 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
6-2
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Stefan Koudelka
8-6
6-4
7-9
9-7
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Claude De Gronckel
6-4
5-7
3-6
6-3
6-2
Poule
Milan Holecek 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
6-3
8-6
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Stefan Koudelka
6-3
4-6
6-3
7-5
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Claude De Gronckel
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Ronald (Ron) McKenzie
2-6
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Paul Raymond Hutchins
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Philippe Fremiot 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
7-5
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Fred Berli
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Adolf Kreinberg 1 *
Giordano Majoli
2-6
7-5
7-5
Poule
Eric Drossart 1 *
Giordano Majoli
1-6
6-2
6-3
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Claude De Gronckel
7-5
7-5
Poule
François Jauffret 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-0
6-1
6-4
Poule
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Claude De Gronckel
6-3
6-4
6-3
Poule
Jean-Claude Barclay 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Mr. Casacuberta
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Thomas Hallberg
2-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Juan M. Gisbert Ortiga Sr 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
5-7
6-0
Semifinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Jean-Claude Barclay
1-6
6-2
9-7
Final
Adolf Kreinberg 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
8-6
6-1
Unknown
Juan M. Gisbert Ortiga Sr 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Sergio Correa
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Antonio Maggi 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Gaetano di Maso
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Nikola Spear
6-2
3-6
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alain Bresson 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Nikola Spear
1-6
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Round 4
Antonio Maggi 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-4
10-8
Round 1
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Mr. Michelini
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
G.B. Drisaldi
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Harald Elschenbroich 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Vanni Tacchini
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Cesare Guerci-Lena 1 *
Giordano Majoli
6-3
6-1