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Massimo Cierro (born 7 May 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.[1]

Massimo Cierro

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1964-05-07) 7 May 1964 (age 58) Naples, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1984
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$313,726
Singles
Career record	18-46
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 113 (19 Aug 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1992)
French Open	1R (1992)
US Open	1R (1985)
Doubles
Career record	22-41
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 122 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1988)

Career

Cierro never won a Grand Slam match.[2] He lost to 15th seed Scott Davis at 1985 US Open, Patrick McEnroe in the 1992 Australian Open and Henri Leconte at the 1992 French Open, all in straight sets.[2]

The biggest win of his career was at the Championship Series event, the Italian Open, in 1991, when he defeated world number 13 Karel Nováček.[2]

Cierro was a quarter-finalist at Bordeaux in 1989, San Marino in 1989 and Palermo in 1991.[2]

Partnering Alessandro de Minicis he made two ATP doubles finals, in Saint-Vincent, losing both.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1987	Saint-Vincent, Italy	Clay	Alessandro de Minicis	Bud Cox Michael Fancutt	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1989	Saint-Vincent, Italy	Clay	Alessandro de Minicis	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk	4–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1988	Parioli, Italy	Clay	Thomas Haldin	6–1, 6–1
2.	1988	Verona, Italy	Clay	Carlos Costa	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
3.	1989	Pescara, Italy	Clay	Magnus Larsson	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: (5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1985	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Clay	Júlio Góes	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	6–3, 6–4
2.	1989	Parioli, Italy	Clay	Alessandro de Minicis	Enrico Cocchi Francesco Pisilli	6–4, 6–1
3.	1990	Neu-Ulm, West Germany	Clay	Simone Colombo	George Cosac Vojtěch Flégl	0–6, 6–2, 6–1
4.	1991	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Stefano Pescosolido	Juan Carlos Báguena David de Miguel	6–2, 6–4
5.	1992	Pescara, Italy	Clay	Nicklas Utgren	Mark Knowles Roger Smith	6–4, 6–4

References

External links

• Massimo Cierro at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Massimo Cierro at the International Tennis Federation

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