Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Naples, Italy | 7 May 1964
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 1984 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $313,726 |
Singles | |
Career record | 18-46 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 113 (19 Aug 1985) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1992) |
French Open | 1R (1992) |
US Open | 1R (1985) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 22-41 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 122 (23 May 1988) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1988) |
Massimo Cierro (born 7 May 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.[1]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Doubles: 2 (0–2)
[edit]Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1987 | Saint-Vincent, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1989 | Saint-Vincent, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Challenger titles
[edit]Singles: (3)
[edit]No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | 1988 | Parioli, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
2. | 1988 | Verona, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 6–2, 7–5 |
3. | 1989 | Pescara, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: (5)
[edit]No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1985 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
2. | 1989 | Parioli, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
3. | 1990 | Neu-Ulm, West Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
4. | 1991 | Zaragoza, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
5. | 1992 | Pescara, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |