Patrizia Murgo

Patrizia Murgo

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62)
Prize money	$21,713
Singles
Career record	11–13
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q2 (1980)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1980, 1981)
US Open	Q3 (1982)
Doubles
Career record	21–8
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1985)
US Open	3R (1982)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1983)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1979 Split Women's doubles

Patrizia Murgo (born 26 March 1962) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Murgo, a native of Florence, was the first Italian to reach an Orange Bowl final when she finished runner-up to Kathy Horvath in 1979.^[1] She was also a women's doubles bronze medalist at that year's Mediterranean Games in Split, with Antonella Rosa as her partner.

In 1981 and 1982, Murgo was a member of the Italy Federation Cup team as a doubles specialist, usually partnering Sabina Simmonds. She won six of her eight Federation Cup doubles rubbers.

While competing on the WTA circuit her best result in a singles tournament came at the 1981 Italian Open, where she reached the round of 16. As a doubles player she had a runner-up finish at the 1985 Italian Open.^[2]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	May, 1985	Taranto, Italy	$50,000	Clay	Barbara Romanò	Sandra Cecchini Raffaella Reggi	6–1, 4–6, 3–6

See also

• List of Italy Fed Cup team representatives

References

1. "Miss Horvath Gains Final In Orange Bowl Tennis". The New York Times. 23 December 1979.
2. Rio, Francesco (6 May 2016). "Roma 2016: tutti i numeri degli Internazionali d'Italia". Ubitennis (in Italian).

External links

• Patrizia Murgo at the Women's Tennis Association
• Patrizia Murgo at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Patrizia Murgo at the International Tennis Federation