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 Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) 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 , ChileWorld Series Clay Devin Bowen Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood 6–7, 7–6, 6–7 Loss 0–2 Apr 1999 Barcelona , SpainChampionship Series Clay Cristian Brandi Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5–7, 3–6 Loss 0–3 May 1999 Munich , GermanyWorld Series Clay Cristian Brandi Daniel Orsanic Mariano Puerta 6–7(3–7) , 6–3, 6–7(3–7) Loss 0–4 Aug 1999 Unag , CroatiaWorld Series Clay Cristian Brandi Mariano Puerta Javier Sánchez 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 Loss 0–5 Jul 2002 Gstaad , SwitzerlandWorld Series Clay Cristian Brandi Joshua Eagle David Rikl 6–7(5–7) , 4–6 Win 1–5 May 2003 Sankt Pölten , AustriaWorld Series Clay Simon Aspelin Sargis Sargsian Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–7(8–10) , 6–3 Win 2–5 Jul 2003 Båstad , SwedenWorld Series Clay Simon Aspelin Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood 6–7(3–7) , 6–0, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 27 (12–15) 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 KingdomChallenger Grass Dick Norman Pietro Pennisi 4–6, 5–7 Loss 0–2 Jul 1995 Manchester , United KingdomChallenger Grass Diego Nargiso Tim Henman Mark Petchey 3–6, 4–6 Win 1–2 Mar 1998 Cherbourg , FranceChallenger Hard Massimo Ardinghi Jean-Philippe Fleurian Stéphane Simian 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 Win 2–2 Apr 1998 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Devin Bowen Gábor Köves Tamer El Sawy 7–6, 6–2 Loss 2–3 Jul 1998 Venice , ItalyChallenger Clay Sander Groen Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska 6–1, 1–6, 2–6 Loss 2–4 Oct 1998 Barcelona , SpainChallenger Clay Cristian Brandi José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 Loss 2–5 Feb 1999 Cherbourg , FranceChallenger Hard Cristian Brandi Michael Hill Andrew Painter 5–7, 6–7 Loss 2–6 Apr 1999 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Cristian Brandi Jack Waite Marcos Ondruska 4–6, 6–7 Loss 2–7 Jun 2001 Biella , ItalyChallenger Clay Cristian Brandi Andrés Schneiter Enzo Artoni 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 1–6 Win 3–7 Aug 2001 Bressanone , ItalyChallenger Clay Cristian Brandi Stephen Huss Lee Pearson 7–5, 6–3 Win 4–7 Mar 2002 Barletta , ItalyChallenger Clay Cristian Brandi Renzo Furlan Uros Vico 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Loss 4–8 May 2002 Italy F3, Verona Futures Clay Stefano Tarallo Elia Grossi 2–6, 7–5, 3–6 Win 5–8 Jul 2002 Mantova , ItalyChallenger Clay Giorgio Galimberti Joseph Sirianni 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7) Loss 5–9 Aug 2002 San Marino , San MarinoChallenger Clay Cristian Brandi Leoš Friedl David Škoch 2–6, 4–6 Loss 5–10 Oct 2002 Grenoble , FranceChallenger Hard Cristian Brandi Todd Larkham Michael Tebbutt 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 Win 6–10 Dec 2002 Milan , ItalyChallenger Carpet Giorgio Galimberti Jonathan Erlich Aleksandar Kitinov 7–6(7–4) , 2–6, 7–6(7–4) Loss 6–11 Mar 2003 Barletta , ItalyChallenger Clay Giorgio Galimberti Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 Win 7–11 Apr 2003 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Giorgio Galimberti Amir Hadad Christophe Rochus 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 Win 8–11 Aug 2003 San Marino , San MarinoChallenger Clay Tom Vanhoudt Federico Browne Dominik Hrbatý 7–5, 6–7(3–7) , 6–2 Win 9–11 Aug 2004 San Marino , San MarinoChallenger Clay Tom Vanhoudt Álex López Morón Adrián García 6–2, 6–4 Win 10–11 Aug 2004 Trani , ItalyChallenger Clay Álex López Morón Jan Vacek Martin Štěpánek 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 Loss 10–12 Sep 2004 Genoa , ItalyChallenger Clay Tom Vanhoudt Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón 3–6, 4–6 Win 11–12 Nov 2004 Luxembourg , LuxembourgChallenger Hard Petr Luxa Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann 7–6(7–4) , 4–6, 6–3 Loss 11–13 Apr 2005 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Uros Vico Janko Tipsarević Jiří Vaněk 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 Win 12–13 Apr 2005 Olbia , ItalyChallenger Clay Uros Vico Alessio di Mauro Tomas Tenconi 6–4, 6–4 Loss 12–14 Apr 2005 Monza , ItalyChallenger Clay Uros Vico Nicolas Devilder Olivier Patience 5–7, 4–6 Loss 12–15 Jun 2005 Braunschweig , GermanyChallenger Clay Tom Vanhoudt Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(12–14)
Performance timeline (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.
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