Giovanni ''Mino'' Balbi Di Robecco (19 November 1885 – 23 November 1964) is an Italian tennis player. He represented
Italy
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at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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, competing in the
Men's singles event. Balbi Di Robecco also
represented Italy at the
1922 Wimbledon Championships
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, competing in the
Men's singles event and
Men's Doubles event.
In 1914, he won the
Capri Watch Cup
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, a tennis tournament that is held annually in
Italy
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.
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1885 births
1964 deaths
Italian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Genoa
Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Italy
20th-century Italian people
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