Giovanni Palmieri (11 October 1906 – unknown) was an Italian tennis player who was active during the 1930s.
Career
Amateur
Palmieri took part in the Wimbledon Championships editions of 1932 and 1935. In 1932 he competed in the singles event and lost in the first round. With Winifred Beamish he played in the mixed doubles event and reached the second round. In 1935 he defeated Hideo Nishimura and
Cam Malfroy
Camille Enright Malfroy, (21 January 1909 – 8 May 1966)Roderich Menzel in straight sets. He teamed up with
Valentino Taroni
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Born in 1915, Taroni grew up in the town of Carate Urio on the shores of Lake Como. From a working class family, Taroni's humble beginnings were a contrast to the top Italian player's ...
in the doubles event and were defeated in the first round.
At the French Championships he competed in the singles event from 1932 to 1934. At his first participation in
1932
Events January
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he reached the third round in which he played 12th-seeded
George Lyttleton-Rogers
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. Palmieri led by two sets to one but eventually lost in five sets. In
1933
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he lost in the second round to sixth-seeded
Jiro Sato
was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934.
He received worldwide fame in Wimbledon 1932, when he beat the defending champion Sidney ...
and in his final involvement in 1934 he again reached the third round before losing to fourth-seeded and eventual champion
Gottfried von Cramm
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in five sets.
In 1934 he won the singles title at the Italian Championships in Milan after winning the final against compatriot Giorgio de Stefani in three straight sets. Partnering
George Lyttleton-Rogers
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he also won the doubles title against G.P. Hughes and De Stefani. The following year, 1935, when the tournament moved to the Foro Italico in Rome, he again reached the singles final but lost to Wilmer Hines in three sets. Palmieri won the title at the 1935 singles event of Monte-Carlo Championships after a victory in the final against Henry "Bunny" Austin. At Beaulieu and Bordighera, two other tournaments on the Riviera circuit, he was a runner-up in singles, losing the final to Von Cramm and
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respectively. He also won the Bordighera Championship four times from (1932, 1934, 1936–1937).
Palmieri was a member of the Italian Davis Cup team which reached the final of the Europe Zone in 1932 and he compiled a playing record of five wins and five losses. He was the Italian national singles champion for five consecutive years from 1932 to 1937.
Palmieri was ranked No. 8 in Europe in 1936 by
Heinrich Kleinschroth
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Tennis career
At the age of 20 he became the Catalan champion by winning ...
, a former German champion and Davis Cup player.
Professional
Palmieri had a brief spell as a professional player when he competed in the London Pro Championships, held in April 1939 at the Olympia Arena. The tournament was played in a round-robin format and Palmieri finished last, losing all seven of his matches against Henri Cochet,
Jan Koželuh
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Dan Maskell
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Hans Nüsslein
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Biography
Nüsslein was bo ...
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Robert Ramillon
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Bill Tilden
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respectively. Only against Maskell did he manage to win a set.