Junior career Masotti's father, Jean-Michel Masotti, was also a nationally ranked squash player. Baptiste Masotti took up the sport when he was 11. In his early teens, he also played
football in Niort as well as squash. In 2009, after winning bronze in the under-15s division of the , he chose to focus on squash and was selected for the French national under-15s team at the European Championships in May 2009. He attended a boarding school while training at the Squash Academy in
La Rochelle,
Professional career Masotti debuted in the
Professional Squash Association in the
2019–20 season while studying commerce and marketing. where he defeated the former
European champion Borja Golán, the former world 4th-ranked
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and the former
world junior champion Ng Eain Yow to reach the quarter-finals. In November 2021 he broke into the top 20. Masotti reached the quarter-finals at the
2022 World Games, losing to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez. In 2023 he reached the quarter-finals of the
Canary Wharf Classic, losing to
Mostafa Asal, ranked number 1 at the time. In December 2023, Masotti won a bronze medal with France, at the
2023 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand. After reaching the last 16 in the 2024 Tournament of Champions, he reached his highest career rank of number 13 on 29 January 2024. After a surprise first round exit from the
2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship in May, he won another bronze medal with France, at the
2024 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Hong Kong. In May 2026 he won a bronze medal at the
2026 European Team Championships in Amsterdam. == References ==