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Injuries have been a significant factor in Massa's career as a professional. He has suffered three shoulder operations, hip operation, a stress fracture in his right hand. In April 2005, he had an accident in attempting to evade a girl at a tournament, he fell on his right shoulder and it was broken
243:. Together with Nalbandian and Coria, Massa represented Argentina in the Junior Davis Cup in 1996 and 1997. As a junior, Massa won the AsunciĂłn Bowl junior, which was G1 level event, the level under the junior Grand Slams, Banana and Orange Bowls without losing where he defeated
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Challenger where he qualified for the main draw and lost a total of 35 games in the tournament inclusive of the qualifying rounds. He followed that with a tournament victory in
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Massa's last injury was a hip problem. While the recovery was difficult, he hoped to retire on his own terms and not because of the injuries. His last tournament was
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850:"Massa's Junior Record"
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215:(born 22 March 1981 in
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206:No. 102 (8 July 2002)
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27:Country (sports)
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195:Career titles
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269:Resistencia
110:Prize money
51:, Argentina
986:Categories
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816:References
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318:defeating
265:Luis Horna
62:1981-03-22
931:La NaciĂłn
809:6–4, 7–6
790:La Serena
778:6–3, 7–6
759:Dubrovnik
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635:SĂŁo Paulo
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465:Opponent
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375:Dubrovnik
357:2004–2008
316:SĂŁo Paulo
306:2001–2003
282:defeated
255:1998–2000
177:Q1 (2002)
157:Q1 (2003)
113:$ 300,279
45:Residence
39:Argentina
728:Szczecin
666:Santiago
573:AsunciĂłn
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462:Surface
371:Szczecin
340:Santiago
288:AsunciĂłn
965:at the
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182:Doubles
173:US Open
118:Singles
94:Retired
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468:Score
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