Davide Scala
{{short description|Italian tennis player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bologna, Italy
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| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $168,066
| singlesrecord = 8–13
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 117 (15 September 1997)
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| doublesrecord = 0–3
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 336 (23 April 2001)
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Davide Scala (born 2 January 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Biography
Scala, a right-handed player from Bologna, turned professional in 1990.
At the 1997 Italian Open, a top-tier tournament now known as the Rome Masters, Scala upset the world number 18 Tim Henman, en route to the third round.{{cite news|url=http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/sport/tennis/199705/14/337a292101751/|title=Scala agli ottavi|date=14 May 1997|work=RAI|language=Italian|accessdate=21 February 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161930/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/sport/tennis/199705/14/337a292101751/|url-status=dead}} Playing as a qualifier, he was the only Italian to make it past the first round of the tournament.{{cite news|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/may/20/tennis-glance/|title=Tennis Glance|date=20 May 1997|work=Las Vegas Sun|accessdate=21 February 2018}}
Other noted performances include a win over American veteran Patrick McEnroe at the Washington Classic and a quarter-finals appearance at the Bournemouth International, both in 1997.{{cite news|url=http://www.spaziotennis.com/interv/scala-davide-intervista/17167|title=Davide Scala, da Henman ai sogni da coach|date=19 June 2012|publisher=Spazio Tennis|language=Italian|accessdate=21 February 2018}}
He had a career-best ranking of 117 in the world.
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