Massimo Calvelli (born 16 November 1974) is an Italian sports executive and former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player. Born in

Montevarchi Montevarchi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. History The town of Montevarchi sprang up around 1100, near to a fortified Benedictine monastery, founded by bishop Elempert (986–1010) of Arezzo. At first the cas ...

, Calvelli was an Italian World Youth Cup representative in his junior career and made the boys' singles semi-finals of the

1991 Australian Open The 1991 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 79th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 1991. Seniors Men's ...

. Calvelli turned professional in 1992 and competed briefly on the international tour, reaching a best singles ranking of 255 in the world. Most notably he featured in the main draw of the

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

ATP Tour tournament in 1995 and won his first round match over world number 56

Vincent Spadea Vincent Spadea (born July 19, 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career high tenth position in the ATP Champions Race in April 2003, as well as a career-high 18th ATP ranking in February 2005. He h ...

. Since 2020 he has served as the chief executive officer of the

Association of Tennis Professionals The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvelli, Massimo 1974 births Living people Italian male tennis players Italian sports executives and administrators Sportspeople from the Province of Arezzo Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Universiade medalists in tennis