{{Short description|Italian tennis player}} {{about|the Italian tennis player |the admiral and politician | Alberto del Bono (1856-1932)}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Alberto del Bono | image = | fullname = Alberto Maria del Bono | country_represented = {{flagu|Italy|1861}} | birth_date = 28 December 1906 | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = 10 August 1998 | death_place = Coloreto, Parma, Italy | height = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 125-97 | singlestitles = 8 | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1932, 1935) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1929, 1935) }} '''Count Alberto Maria "Tito" del Bono''' (28 December 1906 – 10 August 1998) was an Italian tennis player.
Del Bono was a two-time national champion in doubles. In 1929 he was the singles champion in Munich, which was the first edition of the modern day BMW Open.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zverev o Ruud? Monaco di Baviera è una poltrona per due |url=https://sport.tiscali.it/news/articoli/zverev-o-ruud-monaco-baviera-a-poltrona-due/ |work=Tiscali Sport |date=25 April 2022 |language=it}}</ref> He played Davis Cup for Italy between 1929 and 1932 mainly as a doubles player, for four wins. In his only singles rubber he was beaten in four sets by Gottfried von Cramm in 1932.<ref>{{cite news |title=Germany Sweeps The Board |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258684931 |work=The Guardian |date=18 July 1932}}</ref>
A nobleman, del Bono was a nephew of a famous Italian general and served as a lieutenant himself during the war.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swedish Boxers to Be Guest at Banquet Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/349811302 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=5 April 1940}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Italy Davis Cup team representatives
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP|dd88}} * {{Davis Cup player|800170707}} * {{ITF profile|alberto-del-bono/800170707/ita}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:del Bono, Alberto}} Category:Italian male tennis players Category:Italian military personnel of World War II Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen Category:1906 births Category:1998 deaths