# Alberto del Bono

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{{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](/source/Buenos_Aires), [Argentina](/source/Argentina)
| death_date = 10 August 1998
| death_place = Coloreto, [Parma](/source/Parma), [Italy](/source/Italy) 
| height =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = 
| singlesrecord = 125-97
| singlestitles = 8
| highestsinglesranking = 
| FrenchOpenresult = 3R ([1932](/source/1932_French_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1935](/source/1935_French_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| Wimbledonresult = 2R ([1929](/source/1929_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1935](/source/1935_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
}}
'''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](/source/Italian_Tennis_Championships) in doubles. In 1929 he was the singles champion in [Munich](/source/Bavarian_International_Tennis_Championships), 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](/source/Tiscali) |date=25 April 2022 |language=it}}</ref> He played [Davis Cup](/source/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](/source/Gottfried_von_Cramm) in 1932.<ref>{{cite news |title=Germany Sweeps The Board |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258684931 |work=[The Guardian](/source/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](/source/World_War_II).<ref>{{cite news |title=Swedish Boxers to Be Guest at Banquet Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/349811302 |work=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) |date=5 April 1940}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Italy Davis Cup team representatives](/source/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

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