Federico Luzzi

Federico Luzzi ( born January 3, 1980 in Arezzo, † October 25, 2008 ) was an Italian tennis player. In February 2008, he had been locked due to possible illegal betting and match-fixing.

Career

Luzzi, son of a doctor, was already in his youth as U14 - U16 world champion and European champion on the world's best players. He was a professional tennis player in 1999. The 2001 season, he finished at No. 96 in the world rankings after he reached the third round in the quarter-finals and Barcelona in Rome, and won two Challenger tournaments. In the same year he made ​​his debut in the Davis Cup for Italy. Luzzi moved in early 2002 still at No. 92, but then suffered a shoulder injury that saw him losing athletic.

As early as 2007 had Luzzi first problems with the heads of ATP after he had worn during qualifying for the U.S. Open 2007, a T -shirt with a Playboy bunny motif. For his play in the main draw him wearing the T- Shirtes was prohibited. In February 2008, he was found by the ATP for illegal betting and result - fixing guilty and suspended for 200 days. In addition, a fine of $ 50,000 was imposed.

His last game on the ATP Challenger Series he played in late September 2008 in Naples. On 19 October 2008, he was forced to retire due to heavy fever, a lot of the Italian team championship. In the hospital finally acute leukemia was diagnosed, he died just six days later.