Renato Bossi
| Country (sports) |  Italy |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1917 |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| French Open | 2R (1938, 1947) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1948) |
Renato Bossi (born 7 December 1917) was an Italian film actor and tennis player of the 1930s and 1940s.
A Milanese tennis player, Bossi represented Italy in a 1938 Davis Cup tie against France in Paris, where he lost a reverse singles rubber to Pierre Pellizza in five sets. He won the men's doubles and mixed doubles national championships in 1946. As an actor, Bossi's credits include the 1948 Duilio Coletti film Il grido della terra and the 1950 Sergio Grieco film Il sentiero dell'odio. He was married to German tennis player Anneliese Ullstein.[1]
Bossi died at a young age from leukemia.[2][nb 1]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Other sources attribute his death to a plane accident in 1947, but he was competing in tournaments up until mid-1948.
References
[edit]- ^ "Morta a Milano la tennista Annelies Ullstein". MilanoToday (in Italian). 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Romanoni, Bossi e Sada i sogni spezzati dalla guerra - la Repubblica.it". la Repubblica (in Italian). 3 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Renato Bossi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Renato Bossi at the Davis Cup
- Renato Bossi at the International Tennis Federation
- Renato Bossi at IMDb
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