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)

LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–5)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (2–5)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay Devin Bowen Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood6–7, 7–6, 6–7Loss0–2Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Cristian Brandi Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov5–7, 3–6Loss0–3Munich, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Cristian Brandi Daniel Orsanic Mariano Puerta6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–7(3–7)Loss0–4Unag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Cristian Brandi Mariano Puerta Javier Sánchez6–3, 2–6, 3–6Loss0–5Gstaad, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesClay Cristian Brandi Joshua Eagle David Rikl6–7(5–7), 4–6Win1–5Sankt Pölten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Simon Aspelin Sargis Sargsian Nenad Zimonjić6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–3Win2–5Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Simon Aspelin Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood6–7(3–7), 6–0, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 27 (12–15) LegendATP Challenger (12–14)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (9–11)Grass (0–2)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Dick Norman Pietro Pennisi Alexandru Radulescu4–6, 5–7Loss0–2Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Diego Nargiso Tim Henman Mark Petchey3–6, 4–6Win1–2Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Massimo Ardinghi Jean-Philippe Fleurian Stéphane Simian6–3, 2–6, 6–4Win2–2Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Devin Bowen Gábor Köves Tamer El Sawy7–6, 6–2Loss2–3Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Sander Groen Nebojsa Djordjevic Marcos Ondruska6–1, 1–6, 2–6Loss2–4Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Cristian Brandi José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss2–5Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Cristian Brandi Michael Hill Andrew Painter5–7, 6–7Loss2–6Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Jack Waite Marcos Ondruska4–6, 6–7Loss2–7Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Andrés Schneiter Enzo Artoni6–7(5–7), 6–4, 1–6Win3–7Bressanone, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Stephen Huss Lee Pearson7–5, 6–3Win4–7Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Renzo Furlan Uros Vico4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss4–8Italy F3, VeronaFuturesClay Achille Margotto Stefano Tarallo Elia Grossi2–6, 7–5, 3–6Win5–8Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Giorgio Galimberti Jose-Maria Arnedo Joseph Sirianni5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)Loss5–9San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Leoš Friedl David Škoch2–6, 4–6Loss5–10Grenoble, FranceChallengerHard Cristian Brandi Todd Larkham Michael Tebbutt6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win6–10Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Giorgio Galimberti Jonathan Erlich Aleksandar Kitinov7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)Loss6–11Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Giorgio Galimberti Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win7–11Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Giorgio Galimberti Amir Hadad Christophe Rochus2–6, 7–5, 6–4Win8–11San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Federico Browne Dominik Hrbatý7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–2Win9–11San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Álex López Morón Adrián García6–2, 6–4Win10–11Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Álex López Morón Jan Vacek Martin Štěpánek2–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss10–12Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón3–6, 4–6Win11–12Luxembourg, LuxembourgChallengerHard Petr Luxa Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3Loss11–13Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Uros Vico Janko Tipsarević Jiří Vaněk6–3, 4–6, 2–6Win12–13Olbia, ItalyChallengerClay Uros Vico Alessio di Mauro Tomas Tenconi6–4, 6–4Loss12–14Monza, ItalyChallengerClay Uros Vico Nicolas Devilder Olivier Patience5–7, 4–6Loss12–15Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Tom Vanhoudt Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón7–5, 4–6, 6–7(12–14)

Performance timeline

Doubles Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA1R1RA2R1R2RA0 / 52–5French OpenAAAAAAA1R1R1R1RQF2R2R0 / 75–7WimbledonAAAAAQ11R1R3R1R1R1R1R1R0 / 82–8US OpenAAAAAAA1R1RQF1R1R1R2R0 / 74–7Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–42–43–31–43–42–42–30 / 2713–27ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAAAAA3RAAA1RA0 / 22–2Monte CarloAAAAAAAA1RAAA2RA0 / 21–2Rome Masters1RQ1AAAAAQFSFQ12R1R1RA0 / 66–6Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–00–02–15–30–01–10–11–40–00 / 119–11

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