Ricardo Mello

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Ricardo Mello

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Country	Brazil
Residence	Campinas, Brazil
Date of birth	December 21, 1980
Place of birth	Campinas, Brazil
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Turned Pro	1999
Retired	Active
Plays	Left
Career Prize Money	$736,758(US$)
Singles
Career record:	37 - 47
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	50 (July 25, 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd round (2004)
French Open	1st (2004/05)
Wimbledon	1st (2004)
U.S. Open	2nd (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	7 - 18
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	118 (July 7, 2005)
Infobox last updated on: July 14, 2006.

Contents 1 Ricardo Mello 2 Early Days 3 Beginnings of his Career 4 Sponsorship 5 2006 5.1 International hall of fame championships, Newport 2006 5.2 RCA Championships, Indianapolis 6 Titles (1) 7 Singles (1)

[edit] Ricardo Mello

Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian tennis player. His preference is for the clay court where he has won his best titles. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. He has been at the top of Brazilian tennis along with Marcos Daniel and Gustavo Kuerten for a considerable period and is now considered to be in his prime. His best singles rank was 50th in 2005. He has won a single tournament on the pro tour and plays most of his tennis in futures.

[edit] Early Days

Ricardo was born in the city of Campinas, Brazil and it was there at the age of 3 he started to play tennis. Campins is a one hour drive from the famous Brazilian city of San Paulo.

[edit] Beginnings of his Career

At the age of 15 he drew a wildcard into a tournament in his hometown of Campinas. He lost this tournament to veteran and once French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten. However he gained his first ATP career points. In 1999 Ricardo won his first futures in Uruguay and Paraguay.

[edit] Sponsorship

The current sponsor for his shoes and racquet's is Babolat.

[edit] 2006

[edit] International hall of fame championships, Newport 2006

Ricardo played number one seed Andrew Murray. Andy was in control of the first set winning 6-1, but Mello turned it round, winning the second set 6-1. Ricardo took the 3rd and final set and he had 3 set points before losing in the tie-break 7-5. The final score was 1-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7).

[edit] RCA Championships, Indianapolis

In the first round Ricardo faced Jean-Rene Lisnard whom he bet in straight sets 7-5, 7-5, in what was a tough game for both of them. In the second round he faced 14th seed Vincent Spadea and lost rather easily 6-3, 6-1.

[edit] Titles (1)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (1)

Titles by Surface Hard (1) Clay (0) Grass (0) Carpet (0)

[edit] Singles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 February, 2004	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Vincent Spadea (USA)	7-6,6-3