Paolo Canè

Paolo Canè was an Italian tennis player who played professionally from 1983 to 1997. Canè achieved a career-best singles ranking of 26 in the world in August 1989, and a doubles ranking of 43 in the world in October 1985. Canè’s first international success came in 1985 when he and Simone Colombo won the doubles competition at the Bologna Outdoor tournament. Canè and Colombo won two more ATP doubles titles in 1986, both of them in Italy. As a singles player Canè won three ATP titles from 1986 to 1991.

Canè competed at two Olympic Games. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he reached the semi-finals of the singles tournament when tennis was a demonstration sport. He lost in straight sets to Francisco Maciel of Mexico. Four years later, Canè competed in the singles tournament at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. This time he reached the quarter-finals, losing to Sweden’s Stefan Edberg.