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Massimo Cierro

ITA Age 62 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1984–1993

Massimo Cierro represented Italy on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 113. In TennisDB's records, Massimo Cierro finished with a career record of 18–45 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

113 (Aug 19, 1985)

Elo peak

1535 (14th percentile)

Career record

18–45 (28.6%)

Career titles

Prize money

$313,726

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Massimo Cierro's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Cedric Pioline #21	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1993*	R64	Italian Open	Masters 1000	Clay
Bernd Karbacher #50	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 1992*	R32	Palermo	ATP 250	Clay
Brian Devening #363	3-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1992*	R32	Croatia Open Umag	ATP 250	Clay
Jonas Svensson #71	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 1992*	R16	Prague	ATP 250	Clay
Vaclav Roubicek #267	6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 1992*	R32	Prague	ATP 250	Clay

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Massimo Cierro's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hans Schwaier	2	1	3	Sep 28, 1988	H2H
Jonas Svensson	1	1	2	Aug 14, 1992	H2H
Roberto Azar	0	2	2	Jul 22, 1992	H2H
Horacio de la Pena	0	2	2	May 16, 1991	H2H
Karel Novacek	1	1	2	May 15, 1991	H2H

Career Results

Massimo Cierro career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1984	20	0	1	1	0.0%	602	211
1985	21	2	7	9	22.2%	210	192
1986	22	0	4	4	0.0%	189	196
1987	23	3	3	6	50.0%	197	183
1988	24	1	4	5	20.0%	184	202
1989	25	6	8	14	42.9%	205	171
1990	26	2	3	5	40.0%	153	208
1991	27	3	4	7	42.9%	206	126
1992	28	1	10	11	9.1%	126	220
1993	29	0	1	1	0.0%	220	526
Career		18	45	63	28.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Massimo Cierro career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	20	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	21	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
1986	22	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1987	23	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1988	24	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1989	25	—	—	—	—	6	8	14	42.9%	—	—	—	—	6	8	14	42.9%
1990	26	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1991	27	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1992	28	0	1	1	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1993	29	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	0	2	2	0.0%	18	42	60	30.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	18	45	63	28.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Massimo Cierro career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1986	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
1987	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1988	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1989	25	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	4	7	11	36.4%
1990	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1991	27	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1992	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	10	11	9.1%
1993	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	5	20	25	20.0%	10	16	26	38.5%	16	44	60	26.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 60/63 (95.2%) of Massimo Cierro's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Massimo Cierro performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	27	6/7	1.2	0.8	52.3%	61.8%	52.7%	44.1%	49.1%	56.7%	43.1%
1992	28	9/11	1.3	2.6	48.1%	67.7%	43.1%	49.5%	32.9%	54.4%	34.3%
1993	29	1/1	2.0	0.0	50.0%	47.6%	47.6%	42.9%	0.0%	47.6%	30.6%
Career		16/63	1.3	1.8	49.8%	64.2%	47.0%	47.1%	36.9%	54.8%	37.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 16/63 (25.4%) of Massimo Cierro's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Massimo Cierro advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1984	20	1490	100.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	0–1	—	+0.04
1985	21	1476	119.2	—	—	—	—	—	+18	—	27.3%	-1.77	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.12
1986	22	1443	96.7	—	—	—	—	—	+27	—	11.1%	-3.22	0–1	—	—	+0.01
1987	23	1475	104.9	—	—	—	—	—	+23	—	46.2%	-0.38	1–0	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.59
1988	24	1459	107.4	—	—	—	—	—	+18	—	30.8%	-1.16	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+0.12
1989	25	1487	113.9	—	—	—	—	—	+22	—	45.7%	-0.54	3–4 (43%)	3–0 (100%)	—	+1.41
1990	26	1501	111.7	—	—	—	—	—	+36	—	41.7%	-0.08	1–1	1–0	—	+0.04
1991	27	1521	111.5	-0.80	+0.17	0.994	49.9%	—	+49	—	33.3%	-1.17	—	0–1	—	+0.47
1992	28	1431	100.2	-2.85	-3.55	0.753	44.5%	—	+40	—	17.9%	-2.07	1–3 (25%)	1–1	—	+0.55
1993	29	1429	102.0	-0.60	+2.52	0.584	38.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.11
Career		1535	115.1	-1.94	-1.78	0.827	46.1%	—	+29	—	32.2%	-1.27	8–14 (36%)	6–5 (55%)	98.2	+4.76

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Massimo Cierro Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	USO	W-L Win %
1985	21	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1992	28	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

Masters 1000

Massimo Cierro Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	W-L Win %
1990	26	R32	1–1 (50%)
1991	27	R32	1–1 (50%)
1993	29	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	2–3 (40%)

ATP 500

Massimo Cierro ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	W-L Win %
1985	21	R32	1–1 (50%)
1986	22	R64	0–1 (0%)
1989	25	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	2–3 (40%)

ATP 250

Massimo Cierro ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	FLR	GST	AUS	QUE	UMA	ATH	BAR	BOL	BOR	CAS	DUT	GEN	PAL	PRA	SAN	ST.	W-L Win %
1984	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	21	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1986	22	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1987	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	3–3 (50%)
1988	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	1–4 (20%)
1989	25	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	5–7 (42%)
1990	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1992	28	—	—	—	R64	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	1–8 (11%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–8 (27%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	14–36 (28%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

113

Career-high date

Aug 19, 1985

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Massimo Cierro ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	20	602	—	—	—	—	562	387	394	244	242	204	211
1985	21	212	217	196	201	165	120	116	114	151	165	194	192
1986	22	189	182	216	212	234	246	243	260	179	191	188	196
1987	23	198	196	191	177	173	194	152	159	200	178	184	183
1988	24	185	188	178	194	200	186	208	251	163	175	195	202
1989	25	207	203	203	191	185	202	209	134	189	185	173	171
1990	26	154	157	174	182	161	170	164	197	193	207	208	208
1991	27	205	182	179	183	181	184	197	162	146	129	125	126
1992	28	128	131	134	126	140	138	142	152	166	212	213	220
1993	29	219	223	229	241	252	277	274	381	450	524	518	526
1994	30	524	525	537	591	602	606	892	—	—	—	—	—
1995	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1270	1254	1284	1275
1996	32	1275	1263	1263	1257	1254	1244	1268	1298	1295	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Massimo Cierro's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Guillermo Rivas	ARG	116	1,507	37	10	27	27.0%	1984–1990	Match log
Rick Leach	USA	110	1,579	78	21	57	26.9%	1985–1994	Match log
David Engel	SWE	114	1,597	72	24	48	33.3%	1985–1995	Match log
Nelson Aerts	BRA	109	1,560	33	10	23	30.3%	1983–1991	Match log
Roberto Saad	ARG	109	1,572	43	13	30	30.2%	1983–1988	Match log
Corrado Aprili	ITA	108	1,515	20	4	16	20.0%	1985–1988	Match log
Vallis Wilder	USA	105	1,531	13	4	9	30.8%	1986–1987	Match log
Steve Guy	NZL	109	1,529	51	16	35	31.4%	1980–1991	Match log
Zeeshan Ali	IND	126	1,525	11	3	8	27.3%	1988–1989	Match log
Mark Kaplan	RSA	117	1,579	32	11	21	34.4%	1988–1994	Match log
Raul Antonio Viver	ECU	94	1,567	69	20	49	29.0%	1979–1993	Match log
Bruce Derlin	NZL	115	1,593	88	30	58	34.1%	1980–1991	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Massimo Cierro?: Massimo Cierro is 62 years old, born on May 7, 1964.
Which country does Massimo Cierro represent?: Massimo Cierro represents Italy in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Massimo Cierro?: Massimo Cierro is 173 cm / 5'8".
Is Massimo Cierro left-handed or right-handed?: Massimo Cierro plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Massimo Cierro won?: Massimo Cierro has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Massimo Cierro won?: TennisDB does not group any of Massimo Cierro's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Massimo Cierro's highest ATP ranking?: Massimo Cierro's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 113, first achieved on August 19, 1985.
What is Massimo Cierro's career win-loss record?: Massimo Cierro has a career ATP singles record of 18 wins and 45 losses (28.6%).
How much career prize money has Massimo Cierro earned?: Massimo Cierro has earned at least $313,726 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Massimo Cierro's career appear in TennisDB?: Massimo Cierro appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1984 through 1993.
On which surface does Massimo Cierro have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Massimo Cierro's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 30.0% (18–42).
Who has Massimo Cierro faced most often?: Massimo Cierro's most frequent opponent is Hans Schwaier, with a head-to-head record of 2–1 across 3 meetings.