Nicola Pietrangeli, the Italian tennis champion of the 1950s and 1960s whose records were only recently broken by Jannik Sinner but who remains the Davis Cup all-time leader in wins, has died. He was 92. The Italian Tennis and Padel Federation announced Pietrangeli’s death on Monday, without providing a cause.
Rafael Nadal, who often received the Italian Open trophy from Pietrangeli as he won the Rome tournament a record 10 times, posted in Italian on X: “I just heard the sad news about the passing of an Italian and world tennis great. My sincerest condolences to his family, his son Filippo and the entire Italian tennis family. RIP Nicola.”
