Massimo Cierro

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

Massimo Cierro
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1964-05-07) 7 May 1964
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)

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]

He made two ATP doubles finals, in Saint-Vincent, losing both.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1987 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay Alessandro de Minicis Bud Cox
Michael Fancutt
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 1989 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay Alessandro de Minicis Josef Čihák
Cyril Suk
4–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

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

Doubles: (5)

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

References

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