Davide Scala Explained

Davide Scala
Fullname:Davide Scala
Birth Date:2 January 1972
Birth Place:Bologna, Italy
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$168,066
Singlesrecord:8–13
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 117 (15 September 1997)
Doublesrecord:0–3
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 336 (23 April 2001)

Davide Scala (born 2 January 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Biography

Scala, a right-handed player from Bologna, 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 Tim Henman, en route to the third round.[1] Playing as a qualifier, he was the only Italian to make it past the first round of the tournament.[2]

Other noted performances include a win over American veteran Patrick McEnroe at the Washington Classic and a quarter-finals appearance at the Bournemouth International, both in 1997.[3]

He had a career-best ranking of 117 in the world.

Notes and References

  1. News: Scala agli ottavi. 14 May 1997. RAI. Italian. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161930/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/sport/tennis/199705/14/337a292101751/. dead.
  2. News: Tennis Glance. 20 May 1997. Las Vegas Sun. 21 February 2018.
  3. News: Davide Scala, da Henman ai sogni da coach. 19 June 2012. Spazio Tennis. Italian. 21 February 2018.