Massimo Boscatto (born 21 June 1971) is a former professional

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player from Italy.

Biography

Boscatto, born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

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, 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

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lost the final to the home pairing of Jonathan Stark and John Yancey. At the

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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

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and

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in 1991, with

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. He also won all of his three

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doubles titles that year. His only

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appearance was at the

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. He competed in the men's doubles with Pescosolido. They were beaten in the first round by Jeff Brown and

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boscatto, Massimo 1971 births Living people Italian male tennis players Tennis players from Naples Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Italian people