Massimo Boscatto (born 21 June 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Biography Boscatto, born in Naples, Italy, was primarily a doubles player. As a junior he represented Italy in the Sunshine Cup and his biggest individual success was reaching the final of the boys' doubles event at the 1988 US Open. He and partner Stefano Pescosolido lost the final to the home pairing of Jonathan Stark and John Yancey.
At the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, Boscatto again partnered with Pescosolido and together they won a gold medal in the men's doubles, secured with a win over Spaniards Alberto Berasategui and Àlex Corretja.
On tour his biggest success was in reaching the final of an ATP Tour tournament in Genoa in 1991, with Massimo Ardinghi. He also won all of his three ATP Challenger doubles titles that year.
His only Grand Slam appearance was at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships. He competed in the men's doubles with Pescosolido. They were beaten in the first round by Jeff Brown and Bret Garnett.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1988US OpenHard Stefano Pescosolido Jonathan Stark John Yancey6–7, 5–7
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Genoa, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Massimo Ardinghi Marcos Górriz Alfonso Mora7–5, 5–7, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 8 (4–4) LegendATP Challenger (3–1)ITF Futures (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (4–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Jakarta, IndonesiaChallengerClay Massimo Ardinghi Peter Carter Niclas Kroon5–7, 6–4, 7–6Win2–0Marseille, FranceChallengerClay Stefano Pescosolido Tom Kempers Tom Nijssen6–2, 2–6, 6–3Win3–0Siracusa, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Brandi Diego Nargiso Stefano Pescosolido3–6, 7–6, 7–6Loss3–1Reggio Calabria, ItalyChallengerClay Eugenio Rossi Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan5–7, 3–6Loss3–2Yugoslavia F2, BelgradeFuturesClay Igor Gaudi Nikola Gnjatovic Dejan Petrović3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win4–2Italy F13, VareseFuturesClay Stefano Tarallo Leonardo Olguín Miguel Pastura7–6, 7–5Loss4–3Italy F14, PaviaFuturesClay Stefano Tarallo Enzo Artoni Silvio Scaiola2–6, 2–6Loss4–4Italy F15, ManerbioFuturesClay Nicolas Kischkewitz Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri4–6, 6–3, 1–6
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