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Massimo Cierro

Massimo Cierro
Country (sports)Italy Italy
Born (1964-05-07) 7 May 1964 (age 60)
Naples, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1984
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$313,726
Singles
Career record18-46
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 113 (19 Aug 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1992)
French Open1R (1992)
US Open1R (1985)
Doubles
Career record22-41
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 122 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1988)

Massimo Cierro (born 7 May 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.[1]

Career

Cierro never won a Grand Slam match.[2] He lost to 15th seed Scott Davis at 1985 US Open, Patrick McEnroe in the 1992 Australian Open and Henri Leconte at the 1992 French Open, all in straight sets.[2]

The biggest win of his career was at the Championship Series event, the Italian Open, in 1991, when he defeated world number 13 Karel Nováček.[2]

Cierro was a quarter-finalist at Bordeaux in 1989, San Marino in 1989 and Palermo in 1991.[2]

Partnering Alessandro de Minicis he made two ATP doubles finals, in Saint-Vincent, losing both.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1987 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay Italy Alessandro de Minicis United States Bud Cox
Australia Michael Fancutt
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1989 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay Italy Alessandro de Minicis Czechoslovakia Josef Čihák
Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk
4–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1988 Parioli, Italy Clay Sweden Thomas Haldin 6–1, 6–1
2. 1988 Verona, Italy Clay Spain Carlos Costa 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
3. 1989 Pescara, Italy Clay Sweden Magnus Larsson 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: (5)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1985 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Clay Brazil Júlio Góes Brazil Givaldo Barbosa
Brazil Ivan Kley
6–3, 6–4
2. 1989 Parioli, Italy Clay Italy Alessandro de Minicis Italy Enrico Cocchi
Italy Francesco Pisilli
6–4, 6–1
3. 1990 Neu-Ulm, West Germany Clay Italy Simone Colombo Romania George Cosac
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl
0–6, 6–2, 6–1
4. 1991 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Italy Stefano Pescosolido Spain Juan Carlos Báguena
Spain David de Miguel
6–2, 6–4
5. 1992 Pescara, Italy Clay Sweden Nicklas Utgren The Bahamas Mark Knowles
The Bahamas Roger Smith
6–4, 6–4

References