Giorgio de Stefani was an ambidextrous tennis player competing for Italy, born in Verona on 24 February 1904 and died on 22 October 1992. In 1934 he was ranked the number 6 amateur in the world by The Literary Digest and number 9 by A. Wallis Myers. After the retirement of Umberto de Morpurgo he was the top Italian player from 1933 to 1936 and in 1938. He was active before the Second World War and won 85 singles titles, and apart from being Italian champion he was the Argentine, Dutch, Libyan and Swiss champion as well. After his tennis career he was elected to the International Olympic Committee and headed the Italian and the International Tennis Federation on several occasions.
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