Italian tennis player
Massimo Boscatto Full name Massimo Boscatto Country (sports) ItalyBorn (1971-06-21 ) 21 June 1971 (age 53) Naples , ItalyHeight 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Turned pro 1988 Plays Right-handed Prize money $46,799 Career record 0–2 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 355 (15 April 1991) Australian Open Q1 (1988 ) Career record 10–11 Career titles 0 3 Challenger , 1 Futures Highest ranking No. 110 (24 June 1991) Wimbledon 1R (1991 ) Last updated on: 13 May 2023.
Massimo Boscatto (born 21 June 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Boscatto, born in Naples , Italy, was primarily a doubles player. As a junior he represented Italy in the Sunshine Cup and his biggest individual success was reaching the final of the boys' doubles event at the 1988 US Open .[ 1] He and partner Stefano Pescosolido lost the final to the home pairing of Jonathan Stark and John Yancey .[ 2]
At the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, Boscatto again partnered with Pescosolido and together they won a gold medal in the men's doubles, secured with a win over Spaniards Alberto Berasategui and Àlex Corretja .[ 3]
On tour his biggest success was in reaching the final of an ATP Tour tournament in Genoa in 1991, with Massimo Ardinghi .[ 4] He also won all of his three ATP Challenger doubles titles that year.
His only Grand Slam appearance was at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships . He competed in the men's doubles with Pescosolido. They were beaten in the first round by Jeff Brown and Bret Garnett .[ 5]
Junior Grand Slam finals [ edit ]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Feb 1991
Jakarta , Indonesia
Challenger
Clay
Massimo Ardinghi
Peter Carter Niclas Kroon
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win
2–0
Mar 1991
Marseille , France
Challenger
Clay
Stefano Pescosolido
Tom Kempers Tom Nijssen
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win
3–0
Oct 1991
Siracusa , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Cristian Brandi
Diego Nargiso Stefano Pescosolido
3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss
3–1
Oct 1991
Reggio Calabria , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Eugenio Rossi
Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan
5–7, 3–6
Loss
3–2
May 1998
Yugoslavia F2, Belgrade
Futures
Clay
Igor Gaudi
Nikola Gnjatovic Dejan Petrović
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win
4–2
Aug 1998
Italy F13, Varese
Futures
Clay
Stefano Tarallo
Leonardo Olguín Miguel Pastura
7–6, 7–5
Loss
4–3
Aug 1998
Italy F14, Pavia
Futures
Clay
Stefano Tarallo
Enzo Artoni Silvio Scaiola
2–6, 2–6
Loss
4–4
Aug 1998
Italy F15, Manerbio
Futures
Clay
Nicolas Kischkewitz
Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri
4–6, 6–3, 1–6