Patrizia Murgo (born 26 March 1962) is an Italian former professional
tennis
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player.
Tennis career
Murgo, a native of
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
, was the first Italian to reach an
Orange Bowl
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final when she finished runner-up to
Kathy Horvath
Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath (born August 25, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player. She is best known for upsetting world No. 1 Martina Navratilova in the fourth round of the 1983 French Open, delivering her only defeat for ...
in 1979. She was also a women's doubles bronze medalist at that year's
Mediterranean Games in Split, with
Antonella Rosa as her partner.
In 1981 and 1982, Murgo was a member of the
Italy Federation Cup team as a doubles specialist, usually partnering
Sabina Simmonds
Sabina Simmonds (born 17 April 1960) is a retired tennis player from Italy. She competed in the Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup ...
. She won six of her eight Federation Cup doubles rubbers.
While competing on the WTA circuit her best result in a singles tournament came at the
1981 Italian Open, where she reached the round of 16. As a doubles player she had a runner-up finish at the
1985 Italian Open.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (0-1)
See also
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List of Italy Fed Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Sportspeople from Florence
20th-century Italian women
21st-century Italian women