Nevio Devide (born 2 December 1966) is an Italian manager and a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Nevio Devide
Full nameNevio Devide
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1966-12-02) 2 December 1966 (age 58)
Saronno, Italy
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$26,277
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 207 (12 June 1989)
Doubles
Career record2–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 157 (31 August 1987)

Biography

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Tennis career

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Devidè, a right-handed player, was born in Saronno and based out of Solaro. Playing on the professional tour in the late 1980s, he won four Challenger titles, all in doubles. He competed in several Grand Prix doubles tournaments, most notably at Bordeaux in 1987, where he and partner Bernhard Pils were semi-finalists.[1] In singles his best performance was a runner-up finish at the 1989 Modena Challenger, with wins over Cristiano Caratti, Bruce Derlin and Menno Oosting.[2]

Management activities

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Devidè now works in the sport marketing industry. After working in the field of sporting events, and having been in Media Partners (now Infront Sport), he takes on the role of the Marketing Director for the 2006 Winter Olympics's organising committee. After this experience he assumes the role of CEO and CFO of a leading company in the field of information technologies solutions within the government’s intelligence sector. Now he is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Organising Committee [3]

Challenger titles

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Doubles: (4)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1987 Istanbul, Turkey Clay   Alberto Paris   Adrian Marcu
  Florin Segărceanu
7–5, 6–2
2. 1988 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   Stefano Mezzadri   Mihnea-Ion Năstase
  Srinivasan Vasudevan
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
3. 1988 Messina, Italy Clay   Simone Colombo   Ugo Colombini
  Carlos di Laura
6–4, 6–4
4. 1989 Modena, Italy Clay   Simone Colombo   Corrado Aprili
  Massimiliano Narducci
3–6, 6–1, 7–6

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Bordeaux - 13 July - 19 July 1987". ITF. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Modena Challenger - 05 June - 11 June 1989". ITF. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Marketing Matters - The Olympic Marketing Newsletter" (21). June 2002. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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