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Massimo Bertolini

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Massimo Bertolini
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceVerona, Italy
Born (1974-05-30) 30 May 1974 (age 50)
Verona, Italy
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$487,546
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 329 (1 May 1995)
Doubles
Career record92–128
Career titles2
12 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 36 (3 May 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2002, 2004)
French OpenQF (2003)
Wimbledon3R (2000)
US OpenQF (2001)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2004)
Wimbledon1R (2003)
Last updated on: 18 June 2021.

Massimo Bertolini (born 30 May 1974) is a retired, Italian professional tennis player.

Bertolini had a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 329, achieved on 1 May 1995. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 36, achieved on 3 May 2004.

A doubles specialist, Bertolini reached 34 doubles finals across his career with a record of 14 wins and 20 losses. Included among those results, he went 12–14 in ATP Challenger Tour finals as well as winning two ATP Tour titles (2–5 overall record). He also reached two Grand Slam quarter-finals, at the 2001 US Open and the 2003 French Open.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–5)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1998 Santiago, Chile World Series Clay United States Devin Bowen Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Mariano Hood
6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Apr 1999 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–3 May 1999 Munich, Germany World Series Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Argentina Mariano Puerta
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0–4 Aug 1999 Unag, Croatia World Series Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Argentina Mariano Puerta
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Jul 2002 Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Australia Joshua Eagle
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 1–5 May 2003 Sankt Pölten, Austria World Series Clay Sweden Simon Aspelin Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win 2–5 Jul 2003 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay Sweden Simon Aspelin Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
6–7(3–7), 6–0, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Doubles: 27 (12–15)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (12–14)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (9–11)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1994 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Belgium Dick Norman Italy Pietro Pennisi
Romania Alexandru Radulescu
4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 1995 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Italy Diego Nargiso United Kingdom Tim Henman
United Kingdom Mark Petchey
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Mar 1998 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Italy Massimo Ardinghi France Jean-Philippe Fleurian
France Stéphane Simian
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 2–2 Apr 1998 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay United States Devin Bowen Hungary Gábor Köves
Egypt Tamer El Sawy
7–6, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Jul 1998 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Netherlands Sander Groen Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojsa Djordjevic
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Oct 1998 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Spain José Antonio Conde
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Feb 1999 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Italy Cristian Brandi Australia Michael Hill
Australia Andrew Painter
5–7, 6–7
Loss 2–6 Apr 1999 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi United States Jack Waite
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
4–6, 6–7
Loss 2–7 Jun 2001 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Argentina Andrés Schneiter
Argentina Enzo Artoni
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 1–6
Win 3–7 Aug 2001 Bressanone, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Australia Stephen Huss
Australia Lee Pearson
7–5, 6–3
Win 4–7 Mar 2002 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Italy Renzo Furlan
Italy Uros Vico
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–8 May 2002 Italy F3, Verona Futures Clay Italy Achille Margotto Italy Stefano Tarallo
Italy Elia Grossi
2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 5–8 Jul 2002 Mantova, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Giorgio Galimberti Argentina Jose-Maria Arnedo
Australia Joseph Sirianni
5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 5–9 Aug 2002 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Italy Cristian Brandi Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic David Škoch
2–6, 4–6
Loss 5–10 Oct 2002 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Italy Cristian Brandi Australia Todd Larkham
Australia Michael Tebbutt
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–10 Dec 2002 Milan, Italy Challenger Carpet Italy Giorgio Galimberti Israel Jonathan Erlich
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 6–11 Mar 2003 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Giorgio Galimberti Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Sergio Roitman
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 7–11 Apr 2003 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Giorgio Galimberti Israel Amir Hadad
Belgium Christophe Rochus
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 8–11 Aug 2003 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Argentina Federico Browne
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
Win 9–11 Aug 2004 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Spain Álex López Morón
Chile Adrián García
6–2, 6–4
Win 10–11 Aug 2004 Trani, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Álex López Morón Czech Republic Jan Vacek
Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 10–12 Sep 2004 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Spain Álex López Morón
3–6, 4–6
Win 11–12 Nov 2004 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Challenger Hard Czech Republic Petr Luxa Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Michael Kohlmann
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Loss 11–13 Apr 2005 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Uros Vico Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–13 Apr 2005 Olbia, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Uros Vico Italy Alessio di Mauro
Italy Tomas Tenconi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 12–14 Apr 2005 Monza, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Uros Vico France Nicolas Devilder
France Olivier Patience
5–7, 4–6
Loss 12–15 Jun 2005 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Belgium Tom Vanhoudt Italy Enzo Artoni
Spain Álex López Morón
7–5, 4–6, 6–7(12–14)

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

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Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
French Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R 2R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Wimbledon A A A A A Q1 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 8 2–8 20%
US Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 2–4 3–3 1–4 3–4 2–4 2–3 0 / 27 13–27 33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A 3R A A A 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome Masters 1R Q1 A A A A A QF SF Q1 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 6 6–6 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 0 / 11 9–11 45%
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