Gardini had long arms and legs, was renowned for keeping the ball in play and was very determined.

[2] Gardini made his Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros in 1949, where he lost in round three to Eric Sturgess.

[4] At Wimbledon Gardini beat Gardnar Mulloy before losing to Frank Sedgman in the last 16.

At Roland Garros in 1952, Gardini beat 17 year old Ken Rosewall and Tony Mottram before losing to Jaroslav Drobny in the last 16.

The highlight of Gardini's career was when he won the title at Rome in 1955, beating Herbert Flam, Enrique Morea and Giuseppe Merlo.