Davide Scala (born 2 January 1972) is a former professional

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player from Italy.

Biography

Scala, a right-handed player from

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, turned professional in 1990. At the 1997 Italian Open, a top-tier tournament now known as the Rome Masters, Scala upset the world number 18

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, en route to the third round. Playing as a qualifier, he was the only Italian to make it past the first round of the tournament. Other noted performances include a win over American veteran

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at the Washington Classic and a quarter-finals appearance at the Bournemouth International, both in 1997. He had a career-best ranking of 117 in the world.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scala, Davide 1972 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Bologna