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Replaced unreferenced text about early football career w/ junior career from news ref posted to the unnameable site, pro career based on translation of fr.wikipedia, leaving a gap between 2 and another 2021 - present. Added 2022 World Games w/ ref since category present, a couple of other bits from refs I found. Updated intro and infobox from the 2 stats sites (one of which also refs birthdate and birthplace). This edit is not an endorsement of the WMF.
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'''Baptiste Masotti''' (born 5 June 1995, in [[Niort]]) is a French professional squash player. As of February 2018, he was ranked number 83 [[squash rankings|in the world]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/3678/baptiste-masotti|title = Baptiste Masotti &#124; Professional Squash Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/5702-baptiste-masotti|title = Squash Info &#124; Baptiste Masotti &#124; Squash}}</ref>
'''Baptiste Masotti''' (born 5 June 1995, in [[Niort]]) is a French professional [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player. {{As of|2024|07}}, he was ranked number 19 [[squash rankings|in the world]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/3678/baptiste-masotti|title = Baptiste Masotti |website=PSA World Tour |publisher=[[Professional Squash Association]] |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> his highest career rank was 13, on 29 January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/5702 |title = Baptiste Masotti (France) |website=Squash Info |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref>


==Career==
Baptiste Masotti made his sports debut in 2001, while aged 6, at Olympique Léodgarien, a Niort-area football club, where he played as a center-forward through the youth categories until his mid teenage years. Schooled in Jean-Zay, La Zup, Niort, his passion for squash was ignited through his father's legacy. Jean-Michel Masotti was himself a nationally ranked squash player before he, his wife Anne, and their newborns Marion and Baptiste settled in La Moucherie, Saint-Liguaire, Niort, in the late 1990s. At Olympique Léodgarien, Baptiste played along several soon-to-become notable players such as Alex Mathé-Cathala, whose superior footballing abilities were evident even as a child.
===Junior career===
In his early teens, Masotti played [[Association football|football]] in Niort as well as squash. In 2009, after winning bronze in the under-15s division of the {{ill|French Squash Championships|fr|Championnat de France de squash|de|Französische Squash-Meisterschaften}}, he chose to focus on squash and was selected for the French national under-15s team at the European Championships in May 2009.<ref name=SO>{{cite news |url=https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/football/ligue1/baptiste-masotti-a-tout-d-un-grand-9860262.php |title=Baptiste Masotti a tout d'un grand |newspaper=[[Sud Ouest]] |date=5 April 2011 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> Training at the Squash Academy in [[La Rochelle]], he won the national championship in 2010 as an under-15 and 2011 as an under-17.<ref name=SO/>

===Senior career===
In 2019, Masotti for the first time played for the French senior team at the [[2019 Men's World Team Squash Championships|WSF World Team Championships]].<ref name=dream>{{cite news |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/mens-world-teams-appearance-a-dream-come-true-for-baptiste-masotti/ |title=Men's World Teams Appearance a 'Dream Come True' for Baptiste Masotti |publisher=[[World Squash Federation]] |date=17 April 2020 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref>

===Professional career===
Masotti debuted in the [[Professional Squash Association]] in the [[2019–20 PSA World Tour|2019–20 season]]. In October 2019 he played in his first platinum-level tournament, the {{ill|Egyptian Squash Open|fr|Open d'Égypte de squash|de|Egyptian Open}},<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ffsquash.com/fr/actualites-squash/2328-cib-egyptian-open-quatre-francais-en-lice.html |title=CIB Egyptian Open: quatre Français en lice |publisher=[[French Squash Federation]] |date=24 October 2019 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> where he defeated the former [[European Squash Individual Championships|European champion]] [[Borja Golán]], the former world 4th-ranked [[Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (squash player)|Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Pascal Coville |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Squash/Actualites/Open-d-egypte-le-francais-baptiste-masotti-s-offre-un-exploit/1073601 |title=Open d'Égypte: le Français Baptiste Masotti s'offre un exploit |newspaper=[[L'Équipe]] |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> and the former [[World Junior Squash Championships|world junior champion]] [[Ng Eain Yow]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Kng Zheng Guan |url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2019/10/533978/third-round-ko-eain-yow |title=Third round KO for Eain Yow |newspaper=[[The New Straits Times]] |date=28 October 2019 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref> to reach the quarter-finals.<ref name=dream/> At the 2020 [[Tournament of Champions (squash)|Tournament of Champions]], he defeated the former top-ranked England player [[Adrian Waller]] in the first round.<ref name=dream/> In December 2019, he was ranked in the top 50 for the first time, and in February 2020, in the top 40; when rankings were frozen because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], he was ranked number&nbsp;37.<ref name=dream/>

In the [[2020–21 PSA Men's World Squash Championship|2020–21 World Championship]], he reached the third round, where he was knocked out by former [[2016 Men's World Open Squash Championship|world champion]] [[Karim Abdel Gawad]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Martial Debeaux |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/niort/squash-championnats-du-monde-le-niortais-baptiste-masotti-peut-voir-plus-haut |title=Championnats du monde de squash: le Niortais Baptiste Masotti peut voir plus haut |newspaper=[[La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest|La Nouvelle République]] |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2024 |language=fr }}</ref> In November 2021 he broke into the top 20.

Masotti reached the quarter-finals at the [[Squash at the 2022 World Games|2022 World Games]], losing to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thesquashsite.com/2022-world-games |title=World Games 2022 |website=The Squash Site |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref>

After reaching the last 16 in the 2024 Tournament of Champions, he reached his highest career rank of number&nbsp;13 on 29&nbsp;January 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/featured-news/masotti-reaches-career-best-position-in-latest-mens-world-rankings/ |title=Masotti Reaches Career-Best Position In Latest Men's World Rankings |website=[[PSA World Tour]] |date=29 January 2024 |access-date=7 July 2024 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:53, 8 July 2024

Baptiste Masotti
Country France
Born (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 29)
Niort, France
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Turned Pro2019
RetiredActive
Highest rankingNo. 13 (January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 19 (July 2024)
Title(s)6
Tour final(s)16
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  France
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Washington D.C. Team
Last updated: July 2024.

Baptiste Masotti (born 5 June 1995, in Niort) is a French professional squash player. As of July 2024, he was ranked number 19 in the world;[1] his highest career rank was 13, on 29 January 2024.[2]

Career

Junior career

In his early teens, Masotti played football in Niort as well as squash. In 2009, after winning bronze in the under-15s division of the French Squash Championships [fr; de], he chose to focus on squash and was selected for the French national under-15s team at the European Championships in May 2009.[3] Training at the Squash Academy in La Rochelle, he won the national championship in 2010 as an under-15 and 2011 as an under-17.[3]

Senior career

In 2019, Masotti for the first time played for the French senior team at the WSF World Team Championships.[4]

Professional career

Masotti debuted in the Professional Squash Association in the 2019–20 season. In October 2019 he played in his first platinum-level tournament, the Egyptian Squash Open [fr; de],[5] where he defeated the former European champion Borja Golán, the former world 4th-ranked Miguel Ángel Rodríguez[6] and the former world junior champion Ng Eain Yow[7] to reach the quarter-finals.[4] At the 2020 Tournament of Champions, he defeated the former top-ranked England player Adrian Waller in the first round.[4] In December 2019, he was ranked in the top 50 for the first time, and in February 2020, in the top 40; when rankings were frozen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was ranked number 37.[4]

In the 2020–21 World Championship, he reached the third round, where he was knocked out by former world champion Karim Abdel Gawad.[8] In November 2021 he broke into the top 20.

Masotti reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Games, losing to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez.[9]

After reaching the last 16 in the 2024 Tournament of Champions, he reached his highest career rank of number 13 on 29 January 2024.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Baptiste Masotti". PSA World Tour. Professional Squash Association. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Baptiste Masotti (France)". Squash Info. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Baptiste Masotti a tout d'un grand". Sud Ouest (in French). 5 April 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Men's World Teams Appearance a 'Dream Come True' for Baptiste Masotti". World Squash Federation. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ "CIB Egyptian Open: quatre Français en lice" (in French). French Squash Federation. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ^ Pascal Coville (26 October 2019). "Open d'Égypte: le Français Baptiste Masotti s'offre un exploit". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ Kng Zheng Guan (28 October 2019). "Third round KO for Eain Yow". The New Straits Times. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ^ Martial Debeaux (20 July 2021). "Championnats du monde de squash: le Niortais Baptiste Masotti peut voir plus haut". La Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  9. ^ "World Games 2022". The Squash Site. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Masotti Reaches Career-Best Position In Latest Men's World Rankings". PSA World Tour. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.


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