Career
Massa plays right-handed, and uses a single-handed backhand. Massa who is known by the nickname "Yayo", started playing tennis at the age of 5. He was part of the same generation that produced David Nalbandian and Guillermo Coria.
1998–2000
Massa turned professional in 1998, where he started off playing Futures tournaments.
His best results of the year were losing in the Peru F3 semi finals to Luis Horna and the quarter finals of the Resistencia to Guillermo Coria. 2004–2008
2004 saw Massa make the final of the Forest Hills Challenger as a qualifier before retiring against Juan Pablo Guzmán in the final.
This run included the Szczecin Challenger where he qualified for the main draw and lost a total of 35 games in the tournament inclusive of the qualifying rounds. 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 instantly. Massa"s last injury was hip problem and did not play a tournament in 2008. Massa has said the recovery is the most difficult part of all the injuries that he has suffered and hopes to retire on his own terms and not because of the injuries.
Currently Massa is coaching Argentine junior Aranza Salut.
