ALBANO OLIVETTI does not only have a massive frame – the French qualifier has a huge serve to match.
Giant Olivetti, who stands an imposing 6ft 8ins and weighs in at over 16 stone, holds the record for the second fastest tennis serve of all time – 160mph.
That’s only just behind the world record 163.7mph served up by Australian Sam Groth in 2012.
And another Aussie Matthew Barton will find himself in the firing line when he plays Olivetti in Tuesday’s first round.
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Olivetti is currently ranked 793 in the world and is the lowest-ranked player to reach a Grand Slam main draw after Mark Knowles did it at Wimbledon in 1998 while ranked 1122.
STATS A FACT
Olivetti is is one of the tallest French tennis players ever to compete in a grand slam
Wimbledon 2016 will be his third ever major grand slam
His first ever was Roland Garros in 2013 where he competed in a doubles with Tristan Lamasine and his second was at the US open, where he was eliminated in the first round
The biggest scalp of his career to-date has been American Mardy Fish who was ranked eighth in the world at the time
He has won almost £230,000 in his career
If Olivetti’s Wimbledon campaign proves to be short-lived, he will certainly walk away with a nice stash of cash – first round losers earn £30,000 this year.
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