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Massimo Bertolini

{{short description|Italian tennis player}}

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{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Massimo Bertolini

|image =

|country = {{flagu|Italy}}

|residence = Verona, Italy

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|5|30}}

|birth_place = Verona, Italy

|height = {{height|m=1.87}}

|turnedpro = 1993

|retired = 2006

|plays = Right-handed

|careerprizemoney = $487,546

|singlesrecord = 0–0

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 329 (1 May 1995)

|doublesrecord = 92–128

|doublestitles = 2
12 Challenger, 0 Futures

|highestdoublesranking = No. 36 (3 May 2004)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2002, 2004)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (2003)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (2000)

|USOpenDoublesresult = QF (2001)

|FrenchOpenMixedresult = 1R (2004)

|WimbledonMixedresult = 1R (2003)

|OthertournamentsDoubles = yes

|OlympicsDoublesresult = 2R (2000)

|updated = 18 June 2021

}}

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)=

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|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

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|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

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|ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

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|ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)

ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)

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Clay (2–5)
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!Finals by setting

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|1998 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles

|Santiago, Chile

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Devin Bowen

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Prieto
{{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Hood

|6–7, 7–6, 6–7

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|1999 Torneo Godó – Doubles

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Barcelona, Spain

|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Championship Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|NED}} Paul Haarhuis
{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|5–7, 3–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–3

|1999 BMW Open – Doubles

|Munich, Germany

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Orsanic
{{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Puerta

|6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–7(3–7)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–4

|1999 Croatia Open

|Unag, Croatia

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Puerta
{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Sánchez

|6–3, 2–6, 3–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–5

|2002 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles

|Gstaad, Switzerland

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Joshua Eagle
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Rikl

|6–7(5–7), 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–5

|2003 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles

|Sankt Pölten, Austria

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Aspelin

|{{flagicon|ARM}} Sargis Sargsian
{{flagicon|YUG}} Nenad Zimonjić

|6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–5

|2003 Synsam Swedish Open – Doubles

|Båstad, Sweden

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Aspelin

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Arnold Ker
{{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Hood

|6–7(3–7), 6–0, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Doubles: 27 (12–15)=

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|ATP Challenger (12–14)

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|ITF Futures (0–1)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (2–2)
Clay (9–11)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jul 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bristol, United Kingdom

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Dick Norman

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Pietro Pennisi
{{flagicon|ROU}} Alexandru Radulescu

|4–6, 5–7

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Jul 1995}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Manchester, United Kingdom

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Grass

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Diego Nargiso

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Henman
{{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Petchey

|3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Mar 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cherbourg, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Ardinghi

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Philippe Fleurian
{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Simian

|6–3, 2–6, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|2–2

|{{dts|Apr 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Devin Bowen

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Köves
{{flagicon|EGY}} Tamer El Sawy

|7–6, 6–2

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–3

|{{dts|Jul 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Venice, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|NED}} Sander Groen

|{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Nebojsa Djordjevic
{{flagicon|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska

|6–1, 1–6, 2–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–4

|{{dts|Oct 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Barcelona, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|ESP}} José Antonio Conde
{{flagicon|ESP}} Javier Sánchez

|6–4, 4–6, 3–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–5

|{{dts|Feb 1999}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Cherbourg, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Hill
{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Painter

|5–7, 6–7

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–6

|{{dts|Apr 1999}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Waite
{{flagicon|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska

|4–6, 6–7

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|2–7

|{{dts|Jun 2001}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Biella, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés Schneiter
{{flagicon|ARG}} Enzo Artoni

|6–7(5–7), 6–4, 1–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|3–7

|{{dts|Aug 2001}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bressanone, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Huss
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lee Pearson

|7–5, 6–3

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|4–7

|{{dts|Mar 2002}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Barletta, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Renzo Furlan
{{flagicon|ITA}} Uros Vico

|4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|4–8

|{{dts|May 2002}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Italy F3, Verona

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Achille Margotto

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Tarallo
{{flagicon|ITA}} Elia Grossi

|2–6, 7–5, 3–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|5–8

|{{dts|Jul 2002}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Mantova, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Galimberti

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Jose-Maria Arnedo
{{flagicon|AUS}} Joseph Sirianni

|5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|5–9

|{{dts|Aug 2002}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|San Marino, San Marino

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Leoš Friedl
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Škoch

|2–6, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|5–10

|{{dts|Oct 2002}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Grenoble, France

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Larkham
{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Tebbutt

|6–4, 3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|6–10

|{{dts|Dec 2002}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Milan, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Galimberti

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Jonathan Erlich
{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Kitinov

|7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|6–11

|{{dts|Mar 2003}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Barletta, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Galimberti

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Prieto
{{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Roitman

|3–6, 6–3, 3–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|7–11

|{{dts|Apr 2003}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Galimberti

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Amir Hadad
{{flagicon|BEL}} Christophe Rochus

|2–6, 7–5, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|8–11

|{{dts|Aug 2003}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|San Marino, San Marino

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Federico Browne
{{flagicon|SVK}} Dominik Hrbatý

|7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–2

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|9–11

|{{dts|Aug 2004}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|San Marino, San Marino

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex López Morón
{{flagicon|CHI}} Adrián García

|6–2, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|10–11

|{{dts|Aug 2004}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Trani, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex López Morón

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Vacek
{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Štěpánek

|2–6, 6–4, 6–3

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|10–12

|{{dts|Sep 2004}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Genoa, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Benfele Álvarez
{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex López Morón

|3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|11–12

|{{dts|Nov 2004}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Luxembourg, Luxembourg

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Luxa

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch
{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann

|7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|11–13

|{{dts|Apr 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Napoli, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Uros Vico

|{{flagicon|SCG}} Janko Tipsarević
{{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Vaněk

|6–3, 4–6, 2–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|12–13

|{{dts|Apr 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Olbia, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Uros Vico

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessio di Mauro
{{flagicon|ITA}} Tomas Tenconi

|6–4, 6–4

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|12–14

|{{dts|Apr 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Monza, Italy

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Uros Vico

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Devilder
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Patience

|5–7, 4–6

bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss

|12–15

|{{dts|Jun 2005}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Tom Vanhoudt

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Enzo Artoni
{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex López Morón

|7–5, 4–6, 6–7(12–14)

Performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Doubles=

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Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %
colspan=25 style=text-align:left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 5

!2–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

!0 / 7

!5–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=7|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 8

!2–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=8|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

!0 / 7

!4–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=7|integer=yes}}

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

!{{tennis win percentage|won=13|lost=27|integer=yes}}

colspan=25 style=text-align:left|ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Miami Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 2

!2–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=2|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

!0 / 2

!1–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Rome Masters

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 6

!6–6

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=6|integer=yes}}

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

!{{tennis win percentage|won=9|lost=11|integer=yes}}

External links

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  • {{Davis Cup player}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertolini, Massimo}}

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