Massimo Dell'Acqua (born 6 September 1979) is a former professional

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player from Italy.

Biography

Dell'Acqua comes from

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and trained at the Centro Tecnico Nazionale before turning professional in 1999. His first ATP Tour main draw appearance came at Copenhagen in 2003, when he lost to

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in the first round. In 2004 he featured in tournaments in Dubai, Barcelona and most notably the

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. In Rome he lost a close match to world number 11

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, which went for 3 hours and 20 minutes. It wasn't until s-Hertogenbosch in 2008 that he played again in an ATP Tour tournament. After getting through qualifying, Dell'Acqua beat

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in first round, then lost to

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. During his career he took part in the qualifiers of all four

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tournaments. At

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level he won the title at Bristol in 2003 and in the same year had a win over

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in Nottingham. At the 2004 Recanati Challenger he won the doubles title with

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and in the singles event defeated

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en route to the semi-finals. He also had Challenger wins over Félix Mantilla and

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, both at the Prostějov Challenger in 2005.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (1)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dell'Acqua, Massimo 1979 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Como