Pierre Pellizza
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| Bio | He was a French tennis player in the years before and after World War II. In 1948 he settled in America. His younger brother was tennis and badminton player Henri Pellizza. Allison Danzig of The New York Times said of Pierre Pellizza "Pellizza was a bulldog for tenacity. He showed a forehand that rivalled Petra's...and a backhand that excelled his countryman's". He participated in his first Grand Slam tournaments at the end of the 1930s. In 1939, he won in Monte-Carlo against his main rival at the time, Yvon Petra, then in the French Indoor Tennis Championship against Roderich Menzel. The best results of Pierre Pellizza's career came at Monte Carlo, where he won the title in 1939 and 1946 (beating Yvon Petra in both finals). Pellizza played Davis Cup from 1938 to 1947 and he was ranked No. 3 in France in 1946 and 1947, behind Petra and Bernard. It was after World War II, in 1946, that he revealed the extent of his talent. At the French Championships, Pellizza reached the quarter finals in 1946 (where he lost to Tom Brown) and 1947 (where he beat 8th seed Enrique Morea before losing to Tom Brown). At Wimbledon his best performance was in 1946, when he reached the quarter finals (he came from 2 sets down to beat Dragutin Mitić before losing to Jaroslav Drobny). At the end of the year, he toured the United States where he reached the quarterfinals in Newport and at the U. S. Championships, Pellizza's best results were the last 16 in 1936 (where he lost to Bitsy Grant) and 1946 (where he lost an epic five set match to former champion Don McNeill). In 1947, he was again in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros thanks to victories over Enrique Morea and Philippe Washer but again failed against Tom Brown (7-5, 6-1, 6-2). At Wimbledon, he is eighth finalist. In August he won the Deauville tournament against Marcel Bernard. He turned professional in 1948 and he moved to the United States where he became a professional at the Louisville Country Club and then a member of the United States Tennis Association. Like Paul Féret and Henri Cochet, Pellizza was reinstated as an amateur. He played the French Championships for the last time in 1957, when he lost in the first round to Andres Gimeno. |
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