Giorgio de Stefani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giorgio de Stefani

Italian tennis player

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1904

Place of Birth: Verona, Veneto, Italy

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1992

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Giorgio de Stefani (Italian pronunciation: ['d?ord?o de 'ste?fani]; 24 February 1904 – 22 October 1992) was an ambidextrous tennis player competing for Italy.
In 1934, he was ranked the no.
6 amateur in the world by The Literary Digest and no.
9 by A Wallis Myers.
In 1932 he was the second best Italian player, and after the retirement of Umberto de Morpurgo he was the top Italian player from 1933 to 1936 and in 1938.
He was active before World War II, winning 85 singles titles.
Apart from being Italian champion, he was the Argentine, Dutch, Libyan and Swiss champion as well.
After his tennis career he was elected to the International Olympic Committee and was also the head of the Italian and the International Tennis Federation on several occasions.