Ferruccio Quintavalle
Country (sports) Italy
Born1914
Died1998
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1947)
Wimbledon2R (1937)
US Open1R (1949)

Ferruccio "Illo" Quintavalle (1914–1998) was an Italian engineer and tennis player.[1]

Biography

A native of Milan, Quintavalle was most active in the 1930s, when he won six national championships in doubles. He played for the Italy Davis Cup team as a doubles specialist from 1934 to 1938, usually partnering Valentino Taroni.[2]

In 1949 he was non-playing captain of the Davis Cup side which reached the Inter-Zonal final.[3]

Quintavalle was general manager of Bianchi and founded automobile manufacturer Autobianchi.[4]

Noted engineer Ercole Marelli was his uncle's father-in-law.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rino, Tommasi (7 August 1998). "addio, gentleman Quintavalle". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  2. "Romanoni, Bossi e Sada i sogni spezzati dalla guerra - la Repubblica.it". la Repubblica (in Italian). 3 August 2018.
  3. "L'Italia conquista per la 18esima volta la semifinale di Coppa Davis". Tiscali Sport (in Italian). 24 November 2022.
  4. Rossini, Federico (19 May 2020). "Tennis, storia dei Campionati italiani: dai domini di Pietrangeli, Panatta e Barazzutti agli ultimi trionfi di Filippo Volandri e Francesca Schiavone". OA Sport (in Italian).
  5. Caprotti, Giuseppe (22 December 2022). "Caprotti, Quintavalle e Marelli: come e quando i destini delle tre famiglie si incrociarono". giuseppecaprotti.it (in Italian).
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