Massimo Cierro (born 7 May 1964) is a former professional
tennis
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player from Italy.
ITF Tennis Profile
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Career
Cierro never won a Grand Slam match.[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> He lost to 15th seed Scott Davis at 1985 US Open, Patrick McEnroe
Patrick William McEnroe (born July 1, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player, broadcaster, and former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.
Born in Manhasset, New York, he is John McEnroe's youngest brother. He won one ...
in the 1992 Australian Open
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and Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte (; born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. During ...
at the 1992 French Open, all in straight sets.[
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
Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech people, Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles r ...
.[
Cierro was a quarter-finalist at ]Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
in 1989, San Marino
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in 1989 and Palermo
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in 1991.[
Partnering Alessandro de Minicis he made two ATP doubles finals, in Saint-Vincent, losing both.][
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Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Challenger titles
Singles: (3)
Doubles: (5)
References
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1964 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
Tennis players from Naples
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
20th-century Italian sportsmen