Eduardo Masso (born 11 January 1964) is a former

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professional from

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. Born in

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, the left-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in July 1991. Masso's greatest result in singles was reaching the final of Hilversum in 1990 as a qualifier, beating celebrated claycourters Juan Aguilera,

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and Emilio Sanchez en route. He lost this final being a qualifier and losing against a lucky loser:

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Masso became a naturalised citizen of Belgium after marrying Sabrina Merckx, the daughter of

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and taking up residence in

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They are the parents of Luca Masso, who was part of the Argentinian hockey team that took the gold medal in the 2016 Olympics in the finals against Belgium.

Career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

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* * * 1964 births Living people Belgian male tennis players Belgian people of Argentine descent Naturalised citizens of Belgium Tennis players from Brussels People from Córdoba Province, Argentina 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-tennis-bio-stub