Luca Bottazzi

Bottazzi was twice a quarter-finalist in the French Open boys' singles during his junior career, in both 1980 and 1981.^[2] He reached the round of 16 in the US Open boys' singles in 1980 and in the Wimbledon boys' singles in 1981.^[3]

When he returned to the French Open in 1982, it was in the men's draw, beside Raúl Viver in the doubles competition.^[4] They defeated the Swedish combination of Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson in the first round but were then beaten by Brad Guan and Derek Tarr.^[4]

In 1984, he made the quarter-finals of the Palermo Grand Prix tournament, with wins over the world's 50th ranked player Blaine Willenborg and Argentina's Alejandro Ganzábal.^[4]

The Italian was beaten by Marko Ostoja in the opening round of the 1985 French Open.^[4]

After his tennis career, Bottazzi co-founded the Italian Tennis Research Association (RITA).^[5] He developed new scientific methods to teach tennis to young pupils, that were presented at the ITF Tennis Science and Technology Congress in 2003.^[6]

Bottazzi currently works as a tennis coach and television commentator for Eurosport and Sky Italia.