Adriano Panatta
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The only player ever to beat Björn Borg at Roland Garros - and he did it twice. Panatta's 1976 French Open title made him the first Italian man to win a major in the Open Era, the same year he carried his country to the Davis Cup.
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Born 9 July 1950, Panatta turned professional and climbed to a career-high world No. 4. His defining season came in 1976: he claimed the French Open singles crown, then led Italy to its Davis Cup title. The twin feats secured his place in Italian sport, but the sharper distinction belonged to clay - he handed Borg two of the Swede's rare Roland Garros losses, a record no one else managed. From 2018 to 2021, he appeared regularly on the RAI broadcast Quelli che... il Calcio, trading the baseline for the studio.
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