Baptiste Masotti (born 5 June 1995, in Niort) is a French professional squash player. As of February 2018, he was ranked number 83 in the world.[1][2]

Baptiste Masotti
Country France
Born (1995-06-05) 5 June 1995 (age 28)
Niort, France
RetiredActive
Highest rankingNo. 37 (April 2020)
Current rankingNo. 37 (July 2020)
Title(s)5
Tour final(s)14
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  France
World Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Washington D.C. Team
Last updated: July 2020.

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.

Beyond squash, Baptiste Masotti also boasts a passion for railways and, amongst all, consistently refers to the "rails de Saint-Liguaire" [sic] as a "turning point in [his] life".

References edit

  1. ^ "Baptiste Masotti | Professional Squash Association".
  2. ^ "Squash Info | Baptiste Masotti | Squash".