Massimo Bertolini Explained

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		Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	Devin Bowen	Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2		Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–3		Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Daniel Orsanic Mariano Puerta	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–4		Unag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Mariano Puerta Javier Sánchez	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–5		Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	1–5		Sankt Pölten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Simon Aspelin	Sargis Sargsian Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–3
Win	2–5		Båstad, Sweden	World 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		Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Dick Norman	Pietro Pennisi Alexandru Radulescu	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2		Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Diego Nargiso	Tim Henman Mark Petchey	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Massimo Ardinghi	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Stéphane Simian	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	2–2		Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Devin Bowen	Gábor Köves Tamer El Sawy	7–6, 6–2
Loss	2–3		Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sander Groen	Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4		Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–5		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Cristian Brandi	Michael Hill Andrew Painter	5–7, 6–7
Loss	2–6		Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Jack Waite Marcos Ondruska	4–6, 6–7
Loss	2–7		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Andrés Schneiter Enzo Artoni	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 1–6
Win	3–7		Bressanone, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Stephen Huss Lee Pearson	7–5, 6–3
Win	4–7		Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Renzo Furlan Uros Vico	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	4–8		Italy F3, Verona	Futures	Clay	Achille Margotto	Stefano Tarallo Elia Grossi	2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	5–8		Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	Jose-Maria Arnedo Joseph Sirianni	5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	5–9		San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Leoš Friedl David Škoch	2–6, 4–6
Loss	5–10		Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Cristian Brandi	Todd Larkham Michael Tebbutt	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6–10		Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Giorgio Galimberti	Jonathan Erlich Aleksandar Kitinov	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	6–11		Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	7–11		Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	Amir Hadad Christophe Rochus	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	8–11		San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Federico Browne Dominik Hrbatý	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
Win	9–11		San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Álex López Morón Adrián García	6–2, 6–4
Win	10–11		Trani, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Álex López Morón	Jan Vacek Martin Štěpánek	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	10–12		Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón	3–6, 4–6
Win	11–12		Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Challenger	Hard	Petr Luxa	Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Loss	11–13		Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Uros Vico	Janko Tipsarević Jiří Vaněk	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	12–13		Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Uros Vico	Alessio di Mauro Tomas Tenconi	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12–14		Monza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Uros Vico	Nicolas Devilder Olivier Patience	5–7, 4–6
Loss	12–15		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Tom Vanhoudt	Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón	7–5, 4–6, 6–7(12–14)

Performance timeline

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
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	2R	0 / 7	5–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–8
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 7	4–7
style=text-align:left	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
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Rome Masters	1R	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	Q1	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	6–6
style=text-align:left	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