Ferruccio_Quintavalle

Ferruccio Quintavalle

Ferruccio Quintavalle

Italian tennis player (1914–1998)

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

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Rino, Tommasi (7 August 1998). "addio, gentleman Quintavalle". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
  2. [2]
    "Romanoni, Bossi e Sada i sogni spezzati dalla guerra - la Repubblica.it". la Repubblica (in Italian). 3 August 2018.
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    "L'Italia conquista per la 18esima volta la semifinale di Coppa Davis". Tiscali Sport (in Italian). 24 November 2022.
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    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).
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    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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