Fausto Gardini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian tennis player
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Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
About Fausto Gardini
- Fausto Gardini (8 March 1930 – 17 September 2008) was an Italian tennis player.
- He was an Italian Davis Cup player and later captain.
- Gardini had long arms and legs, was renowned for keeping the ball in play and was very determined.
- "I could not help but admire Gardini because he always tried" said Ken Rosewall.
- This is how William McHale described Gardini "A stringy, expressive, cavorting clown, Gardini uses the crowd as his personal cheering section".
- Gardini made his Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros in 1949, where he lost in round three to Eric Sturgess.
- At Roland Garros in 1951, Gardini lost in the last 16 to Dick Savitt.
- At Wimbledon Gardini beat Gardnar Mulloy before losing to Frank Sedgman in the last 16.
- At Roland Garros in 1952, Gardini beat 17 year old Ken Rosewall and Tony Mottram before losing to Jaroslav Drobny in the last 16.
- At Wimbledon he lost to Straight Clark in round three.
- At the 1953 Australian championships, Gardini lost in round two to Ian Ayre.
- At Roland Garros, Gardini reached the quarter finals before losing to Drobny.
- At Wimbledon he lost in round one to Istvan Sikorski.
- The highlight of Gardini's career was when he won the title at Rome in 1955, beating Herbert Flam, Enrique Morea and Giuseppe Merlo.
- The final was a dramatic match.
- Merlo led by 2 sets to 1 and had two championship points in the fourth set, but suffered from cramps and was forced to retire at 6–6 in the fourth set.
- After that, Gardini played less and concentrated on running his family's bakery business.
- By the early 1960s he was playing mainly in Italian tournaments and Davis Cup.
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