Michele
Pirro
Male
Italy
1934-08-13
, -
Michele Pirro has risen to the top of national tennis since he was very young with victories in the junior team world championships, Coppa de Galea, European Cup, with the champions of the time Nicola Pietrangeli, Fausto Gardini, Orlando Sirola , Beppe Merlo and Sergio Tacchini.
In his career he has won 160 tournaments, as well as participations in Wimbledon, Roland Garros and Davis Cup tournaments.
Since 1965, he has lived in Campione d'Italia, contributing both as a player and as an organizer to the promotion of tennis in the Canton Ticino, with generations of the strongest tennis players of Ticino trained under his guidance.
He had been the captain of the Italian youth teams in the sixties in collaboration with Mario Belardinelli. He was a good level player, he won the absolute Italian Championships of male doubles paired with Sergio Jacobini in 1961 and five times the absolute Italian mixed double championships. In 1962 paired with the Florentine Francesca "La Cecca" Gordigiani and paired with the Roman Roberta Beltrame (who became the wife of Gerardo Bonardi) from 1963 to 1966.
1950 - 1977
2
202
83
1961 - Tarvisio (Amateur)
1951 - San Remo Christmas (Amateur)
Round 2
Frantisek Pala 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Dale Ogden 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mark Pinchbeck
6-3
2-6
6-2
Round 3
Andreas Hufschmid 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Luis Felipe Tavares 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. (2) Miller
7-6
6-3
Round 2
Daniel Contet 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Antonio Zugarelli 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Byron Bertram 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Nick Kalogeropoulos 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Klaus Kuhlmey
10-8
6-4
Round 2
Anthony (Tony) Hammond 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Mark M. Cox 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-3
Preliminary Round
Stefan Koudelka 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Jan Kukal 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Željko Franulović 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Massimo di Domenico 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Jean Pierre Courcol 1 *
Michele Pirro
5-7
6-0
4-6
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Giorgio Bologna 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Doug Hugh Kelso 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-6
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Robin F. Sanders 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Tony Roche 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Peter Von Traitteur
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Giordano Majoli 1 *
Michele Pirro
5-4
ret.
Round 2
Patricio H. (Pato) Rodriguez 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-0
Round 1
François Jauffret 1 *
Michele Pirro
w.o.
Round 2
Antonio R. (Tony) Palafox 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Rodney (Rod) Susman 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
7-5
6-8
7-5
Round 1
Juan M. Gisbert Ortiga Sr 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
11-9
3-6
6-2
Round 1
Jan Erik Lundquist 1 *
Michele Pirro
w.o.
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
C.M. Hirschfield
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Ernesto Aguirre 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Pierre Barthes 1 *
Michele Pirro
2-6
8-6
6-4
4-6
10-8
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Roberto Valerio
8-6
5-7
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
9-7
6-4
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Colin E. Zeeman
2-6
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mike J.A. Braund
6-2
3-6
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Reje
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Frank Froehling III 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Piero Falleni
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Bob Howe 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-1
Poule
Michele Pirro 1 *
Wolfgang Stuck
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Christian Viron
6-8
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Roy Emerson 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Rod Laver 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Stefano Gaudenzi 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
7-5
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Tim Clayton
2-6
6-3
6-1
0-6
6-1
Round 2
Ramanathan Krishnan 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-10
2-6
6-4
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Raffaele Esposito
6-3
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Ronald John Callow 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Morgano
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Ed Rubinoff 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Luigi Bolognino
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Antonio Maggi 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
11-9
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Rafael Munoz
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Caturia
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Michele Pirro 1 *
Antonio Fernandez
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Barry Phillips-Moore
6-3
4-6
6-3
Semifinals
Pierre Darmon 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Giovanni Travia
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Arlati
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Andrzej Licis 1 *
Michele Pirro
7-9
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Gaetano di Maso
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Fred Stolle 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Whitney Reed 1 *
Michele Pirro
2-6
6-2
5-7
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Rod Laver 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Werner Rautenberg
7-9
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Whitney Reed 1 *
Michele Pirro
7-5
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Patricio Apey
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Antal Jancso
4-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
William L. (Pato) (Bill) Alvarez 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Fausto Gardini 1 *
Michele Pirro
9-7
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Paolo Bodo 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Coloma
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
J. Iranzo
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Alberto Arilla 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Ferrero
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
2-6
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Fausto Gardini 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Franco Olivieri
6-4
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Fausto Gardini 1 *
Michele Pirro
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Prouse
6-2
7-5
Round 4
Michele Pirro 1 *
Alessandro Vardanega
6-1
9-7
Quarterfinals
Fausto Gardini 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
3-6
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Gino Belli
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Ronald Winston (Ronnie) Barnes 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Zerovec
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Dr.Hans Gradischnigg
6-3
6-0
Final
Michele Pirro 1 *
Peter Gradischnigg
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Francisco (Pancho) Contreras 1 *
Michele Pirro
w.o.
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Eduardo P. Argon
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Istvan Gulyas
1-6
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
Jacques (Jackie) Brichant 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Jean Pierre Bergerat
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Sergio Motta
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Maurizio Drisaldi 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Schibler
5-7
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Giacomo Bonaiti 1 *
Michele Pirro
4-6
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Barry R. Butcher
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-3
Round 3
William L. (Pato) (Bill) Alvarez 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Bernard Boutboul
7-5
4-6
6-1
Round 2
Ladislav (Laci) Legenstein 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Eric Bycroft
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Francisco (Pancho) Contreras 1 *
Michele Pirro
7-5
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
René Bertrand
8-6
6-1
Round 3
Billy Knight 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Andras Adam-Stolpa 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-1
Poule
Bernard Boutboul 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-6
1-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Michele Pirro
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Neale Fraser 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Bob Hewitt 1 *
Michele Pirro
5-7
?-?
6-2
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Gian Enrico Maggi
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Roger Becker 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Wayne Reid
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Istvan Gulyas 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Wayne Reid 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Naresh Kumar
4-6
8-6
11-9
6-1
Round 2
Reynaldo Garrido 1 *
Michele Pirro
3-6
7-9
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
E. Rivoire
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Franz Saiko
4-6
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Michele Pirro 1 *
Michel Vaubrun
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 4
Malcolm Fox 1 *
Michele Pirro
9-7
6-4
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Gardnar Mulloy
6-3
1-6
6-4
Round 3
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mal Anderson
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Michele Pirro 1 *
Allan Kendall
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Emilio Martinez
8-6
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Jean Noel Grinda 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Clarence D. (Nick) Carter
w.o.
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Jose Maria Draper Torres
7-5
6-4
Round 3
Budge Patty 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Mike Davies 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Michele Pirro
4-6
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Juan Manuel Couder 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Valerio Mangoni
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Pierre Darmon 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Jean Claude Molinari 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Franz Saiko
4-6
6-4
6-0
Round 3
Michele Pirro 1 *
Michel Vaubrun
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 4
Malcolm Fox 1 *
Michele Pirro
9-7
6-4
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Bill Cantrell
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Nik. Carter 1 *
Michele Pirro
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Behbut Cevansir
2-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Emilio Martinez 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Jan Foldina
8-6
0-6
7-5
Round 2
Jacques Renavand 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Gordon Forbes 1 *
Michele Pirro
4-6
6-2
10-8
8-6
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Granger
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Andres Gimeno 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
8-6
Round 2
Antonio Martinez 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-6
6-2
Round 1
Giorgio Fachini 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Harold Raymond (Harry) Buttimer
6-2
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Esteban Reyes Jr. 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Gil De Kermadec 1 *
Michele Pirro
2-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Gordon Forbes 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Michele Pirro
7-5
9-7
Round 2
Sergio Jacobini 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-4
6-0
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Werner Helmrich
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Nicola Pietrangeli 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Lawrence Barclay 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-10
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Giuseppe (Beppe) Merlo 1 *
Michele Pirro
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Orlando Sirola 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
8-6
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Donald Francis (Don) Platt
6-3
6-3
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
1-6
6-4
6-0
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Taddei
7-5
7-5
Round 3
Tony Mottram 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Wolfgang Schmitz
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Hugh W. Stewart 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Aldo Amorini
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Cyril V. Botha
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Bernard (Tut) Bartzen
w.o.
Semifinals
William (Bill) Mason 1 *
Michele Pirro
2-6
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Andres Gimeno
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Hugh W. Stewart 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Aldo Mei
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Antonio Maggi
5-7
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Tony Mottram 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Budge Patty 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Mark Otway 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Wayne Van Voorhees 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Wladyslaw Skonecki 1 *
Michele Pirro
7-5
6-1
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Sani
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Carletto (Carlos) Sada 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Pablo S. Eisenberg 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Gianni Clerici 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Altini
w.o.
Semifinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Adolfo Covi
8-6
5-7
6-3
Final
Orlando Sirola 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-2
8-6
Round 1
Michele Pirro 1 *
Johann Philip Buss
5-7
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Alberto Lazzarino 1 *
Michele Pirro
8-6
7-5
Round 2
Michele Pirro 1 *
Mr. Rossati
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Ljubomir Czajkowsky 1 *
Michele Pirro
3-6
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Antonio Maggi 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-0
Round 1
Henri Cochet 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-0
5-7
6-0
Semifinals
Michele Pirro 1 *
Paul Cario
2-6
7-5
6-3
Final
Michele Pirro 1 *
G. Pirro
6-4
1-6
6-4
Round 1
Gino Mezzi 1 *
Michele Pirro
12-10
6-2
Round 1
Eddie Mandelbaum 1 *
Michele Pirro
6-1
6-2