Lea Pericoli

Lea Pericoli
Pericoli in 1974
Country (sports) Italy
Born(1935-03-22)22 March 1935
Milan, Italy
Died4 October 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 89)
Milan, Italy
Singles
Career recordno value
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1965)
French Open4R (1955, 1960, 1964, 1971)
Wimbledon4R (1965, 1967, 1970)
Doubles
Career recordno value
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1965)
French OpenSF (1964)
WimbledonQF (1960)

Lea Pericoli (22 March 1935 – 4 October 2024) was an Italian tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan.[1] She reached the last sixteen of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is also famous for her choice of clothing.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Vente Façonnable au profit de La Lega contro il Tumore". Italie – Article bilingue anglais / français. Podcast Journal. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Game, set and a flash; How the girls brought a new frill to Wimbledon". The Free Library – The Mirror. Farlex; Gale, Cengage Learning. 28 June 1999. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  3. ^ Craik, Jennifer (2005). Uniforms exposed: from conformity to transgression page xiv. Berg Publishers. ISBN 9781859738047. Retrieved 15 October 2010.