Pierre Pellizza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French tennis player
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Place of Birth: Lourdes, Occitania, France
About Pierre Pellizza
- Pierre Pellizza (10 July 1917 – 8 June 1974) was a French tennis player in the years before and after World War 2.
- In 1948 he settled in America.
- His younger brother was tennis and badminton player Henri Pellizza.
- Allison Danzig of The New York Times said of Pierre Pellizza "Pellizza was a bulldog for tenacity.
- He showed a forehand that rivalled Petra's...and a backhand that excelled his countryman's".
- The best results of Pierre Pellizza's career came at Monte Carlo, where he won the title in 1939 and 1946 (beating Yvon Petra in both finals).
- Pellizza played Davis Cup from 1938 to 1947.
- At the French Championships, Pellizza reached the quarter finals in 1946 (where he lost to Tom Brown) and 1947 (where he beat 8th seed Enrique Morea before losing to Tom Brown).
- At Wimbledon his best performance was in 1946, when he reached the quarter finals (he came from 2 sets down to beat Dragutin Mitic before losing to Jaroslav Drobny).
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- Championships, Pellizza's best results were the last 16 in 1936 (where he lost to Bitsy Grant) and 1946 (where he lost an epic five set match to former champion Don McNeill).
- He turned professional in 1948.
- Like Paul Féret and Henri Cochet, Pellizza was reinstated as an amateur.
- He played the French Championships for the last time in 1957, when he lost in the first round to Andres Gimeno.
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