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{{Short description|Italian fashion designer}}
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'''Sergio Tacchini''' ({{IPA|it|ˈsɛrdʒo takˈkiːni|lang}}; born 2 September 1938) is an Italian former professional [[tennis]] player and fashion designer of sportswear. The sportswear firm bearing his name is located in [[Bellinzago Novarese]],<ref name=MW01/> [[Province of Novara|Novara]], Italy.

== Tennis career ==
Sergio Tacchini became a professional tennis player at age 17 by entering the Tennis Club of [[Milan]] in 1955. In 1960 he won the title of the Italian Champion over [[Nicola Pietrangeli]]. He also competed in the [[Davis Cup]], counting five victories in singles and one in doubles in a total of fifteen matches. He took another two Italian titles in doubles, with Pietrangeli as his partner, in 1967 and 1968.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

== Business==

{{Infobox company
| former_name = Sandys S.p.A.
| logo =
| image = 20210502 121800ZA.jpg
| image_caption = Sergio Tacchini [[sneakers]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1966}}
| industry = {{ubl|[[Footwear]]|[[Apparel]]}}
| owner = Billy Ngok (from 2008)
| num_locations = Over 100
| num_locations_year = 2011
| website = {{URL|sergiotacchini.com}}
}}

In 1966, Sergio Tacchini founded ''Sandys S.p.A.'' which was to be renamed after Tacchini himself a few years later. The initial idea was to experiment with colours and fabrics to create elegant and stylish tenniswear, at a time when white dominated the players' clothes. However the project expanded to other sports such as [[ski]], [[Physical fitness|fitness]], golf and sailing, as well as leisure wear. The mid-eighties saw Sergio Tacchini issue the "Dallas" tracksuit.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

The firm went into bankruptcy in 2007 and was purchased in 2008 by Hong Kong Chinese businessman Billy Ngok, owner of Hembly International<ref>[http://www.hembly.com/ziye1_4.htm "About us: Mr. Ngok Yan Yu Billy"], Hembly webpage. Retrieved 28 July 2011.</ref> and associate of American businessman [[Ronald Burkle]].<ref name=eK01>[http://www.ekapija.com/website/sr/page/450812_en/1 "Djokovic's associates Ron Burkle and Billy Ngok to open two plants near Nis"], ''eKapija'', 7 July 2011 10:58. Djokovic pictured with [[Vuk Jeremic]], Minister of Foreign Affairs for Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 28 July 2011.</ref> In 2011, the firm's annual revenue was reported to be "less than €50 million (US$71 million)."<ref name=MW01>Mamudi, Sam, [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/djokovic-dominance-boosts-sergio-tacchini-2011-07-27 "Djokovic dominance boosts Sergio Tacchini"], ''MarketWatch'', 27 July 2011, 11:46 a.m. EDT. On 11 September 2011 at 3:41 pm EDT, a revised article (for the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|US Open]]) with the same ("-07-27") web address, headline and, it seems largely, the content was substituted for the 27 July article. Retrieved 2011-07-28, 12 September 2011.</ref> A report at the time of the firm's purchase said the price was EUR27m (US$42.3m), and that Ngok "planned to open 120 shops in mainland China in the next three years."<ref>[http://www.just-style.com/news/hembly-chairman-buys-sergio-tacchini_id101004.aspx "HONG KONG: Hembly chairman buys Sergio Tacchini"], ''just-style.com'', 6 June 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2011.</ref> A 2011 report said the firm had "more than 100 Tacchini stores worldwide."<ref name=MW01/>

=== Sponsorships ===
Many athletes joined the Sergio Tacchini brand over the years. Most of them were well-known tennis players from the 1970s and 1980s such as [[Jimmy Connors]], [[Vitas Gerulaitis]], [[Ilie Năstase]], [[Mats Wilander]], [[John McEnroe]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Sergi Bruguera]], [[Pat Cash]], [[Gabriela Sabatini]],{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} [[Pete Sampras]],<ref>Mamudi, Sam, "Djokovic dominance boosts Sergio Tacchini." Picture with caption "Sampras dons Sergio Tacchini while hoisting [[1990 US Open (tennis)|US Open trophy in 1990]]."</ref> and [[Martina Hingis]].{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}  [[Goran Ivanišević]] was sponsored by the firm when he won [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] in 2001<ref>{{YouTube|lU3phxHEWdU|"Wimbledon Men Singles Final 2001 (Last Game 'Ivanisevic serves to Championship')"}} video. In the opening of the video – at the 20-second point – and at later points, Ivanišević's shirt quite clearly appears to bear the Tacchini logo. The logo is basically circular (a circle just broken below-left and above-right of the horizontal centre line, to create the "S"); with the "T" inside, with the horizontal just above the centre line of the circle and the vertical going to just inside the circle at the bottom centre. See [http://www.goodlogo.com/extended.info/2499 ''goodlogo.com''] and [http://shop.sergiotacchini.com/ Sergio Tacchini shop] web pages.</ref> and [[Novak Djokovic]] was sponsored when he won the Australian Open for the second time, and Wimbledon, in 2011.<ref name=MW01/> The firm has also sponsored the 1983 Italian basketball team in the European Cup, the skiers [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] and [[Marc Girardelli]], Formula 1 drivers such as [[Ayrton Senna]] and [[Carlos Reutemann]] and the golfer [[Ian Woosnam]].{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

In the 1980s, Tacchini and [[Fila]] led in tennis sponsorship, but in the late 1980s and early 1990s, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and [[Adidas]] moved into, and took the lead in, sponsoring the top athletes in the sport.<ref name=MW01/>

At present, sponsored athletes include sailor Karine Fauconnier ([[Transat Jacques Vabre]] and [[Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race]]) and English cricketer [[Ian Bell]].{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

Djokovic signed a 10-year deal with Tacchini in November 2009. At the time of signing, he was fourth in the [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] rankings and had won only one [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] title. In 2011, he became the world No. 1 and winner of 48 of 49 matches on the professional tour. Under the terms of the deal, Djokovic receives "incentive bonuses linked to tournament wins and end-of-year rankings, ... a share of all Tacchini revenue from sales in China, and [a share of] worldwide revenue from Djokovic-branded Tacchini products."<ref name=MW01/> After his Wimbledon victory, he travelled with Ngok and Burkle to Serbia to discuss plans for investment, including a Tacchini plant, in the [[Niš]] area.<ref name=eK01/> Tacchini, however, "fell behind on the payments in 2011 as Djokovic's success triggered significant bonuses". Their association ended in May 2012.<ref name=Fo01>[https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45igdi/61-novak-djokovic/#gallerycontent "The World's 100 Highest-paid athletes: #61 Novak Djokovic"], ''[[Forbes]]'', statistics year: 2011.Official sponsor ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo.</ref>

====Individually sponsored cricket players====

*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sachin Tendulkar]]{{Citation needed|reason=No online sources mention this|date=May 2019}}

====Individually sponsored tennis players====

=====Present=====
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|AUS}} Thomas Bosancic
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Mirza Bašić]]
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Strýcová]]
*{{flagicon|LUX}} [[Gilles Müller]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Igor Sijsling]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Victor Hănescu]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Makarova]]
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Martin Kližan]]
*{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Daniel Gimeno-Traver]]
{{div col end}}

=====Past=====
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*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriela Sabatini]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[David Nalbandian]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Pat Cash]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Steve Darcis]]
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Olivier Rochus]]
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivo Karlović]]
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberta Vinci]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Adrian Ungur]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Marius Copil]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Igor Andreev]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]]
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novak Djokovic]]<ref name=MW01/><ref name=Fo01/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2009-11-21-470254015_x.htm|title=Djokovic switches sponsor to Sergio Tacchini|date=21 November 2009|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=14 June 2010}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Sergi Bruguera]]
*{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Tommy Robredo]]
*{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Lindstedt]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
{{div col end}}
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mats Wilander]]

====F1 Competition====
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*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Reutemann]]
{{div col end}}

== See also ==
* [[Fred Perry]]
* [[Lacoste]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.sergiotacchini.com/}}
* {{Davis Cup profile}}

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