Emiliano Massa (born 5 December 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina who won two junior grand slam boys' doubles titles at the French Open.
Biography Massa, who comes from Formosa, is the younger brother of top 100 player Edgardo Massa.
A right-handed player, Massa had a noted career on the ITF Junior Circuit. He won the Orange Bowl 16 and under singles title in 2004, which he followed up in 2005 with an 18 and under doubles title, partnering Leonardo Mayer. Massa, who was an Argentine Junior Davis Cup representative, won two French Open doubles titles, with Mayer in 2005 and Kei Nishikori in 2006.
He made his only appearance in the main draw of an ATP Tour tournament at the 2006 ATP Buenos Aires, where he and junior partner Mayer were a wildcard pairing in the doubles event. They were beaten in the first round by French players Olivier Patience and Florent Serra, in an encounter decided by a match tiebreak.
His professional career was hampered by shoulder injuries and he left the circuit after 2006, before making a brief comeback in 2010.
Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin 2005 French Open Clay Leonardo Mayer Sergey Bubka Jérémy Chardy 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 2006 French Open Clay Kei Nishikori Artur Chernov Valery Rudnev 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 2 (2–0) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (2–0)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Argentina F6, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Leonardo Mayer Diego Cristin Máximo González6–1, 5–7, 6–4Win2–0Argentina F12, Buenos AiresFuturesClay Leonardo Mayer Diego Cristin Lucas Arnold Ker7–6(7–4), 6–3
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