Marcelo Melo

Marcelo Melo

Country	Brazil
Residence	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Born	(1983-09-23) September 23, 1983 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,559,414
Singles
Career record	1–0 (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 273 (November 21, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	235–174 (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 5 (November 4, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 5 (November 4, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2014)
French Open	QF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	F (2013)
US Open	SF (2013)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2013)
Olympic Games	QF (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2010)
French Open	F (2009)
Wimbledon	SF (2010)
US Open	QF (2013)
Last updated on: November 4, 2013.

Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo (born September 23, 1983) is a Brazilian tennis player. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he reached the men's doubles semifinals at Wimbledon in 2007 and the quarterfinal at the 2007 US Open. In 2009, he reached the mixed doubles final at the French Open with American Vania King, becoming the seventh Brazilian to reach the final of a Grand Slam and the first since Gustavo Kuerten. He is the younger brother of Daniel Melo, and grew up in Belo Horizonte. He stands at a height of 2.03 m (6 ft. 8 in.).

2007

After playing with different Brazilian partners in doubles, starring alongside André Sá, he went through a relatively successful period of his career, reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon doubles,^[1] with games that came to last four hours. After that, they reached the quarter-finals of the US Open. Also, in 2007, they won the tournament title of ATP 250 Estoril.^[2]

The result for an anti-doping test in 2007 resulted positive for the tennis player. He had taken medication for a headache, although as the drug contained banned substances, Melo ended up being suspended two months. He returned to competition in November 2007, and at the first opportunity, won the Buenos Aires Challenger without André Sá, who also was not in Adelaide triumph, the first week of 2008, when Melo played with the Argentine Martin Garcia.^[2]

2008

In 2008, Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo has partnered with André Sá fixed and had a good campaign, winning three ATPs together (Costa do Sauípe, Poertschach and New Haven). They came to play by a spot in the Masters Cup, where the top eight doubles in the world compete, but they ended the year ranked No. 9 ranking in the Champions Race, for two reasons: Melo was injured in Wimbledon and took time to recover, and Melo/Sá hadn't made any major campaign in the Masters Series and Grand Slams. Melo/Sá later went on to the Masters Cup, but as reserves.^[3] They also participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[4][2]

2009

In 2009, Melo/Sá won one ATP and reached the final of two others. In Roland Garros, Melo managed to reach the final of Mixed Doubles with American player Vania King, losing the final by two sets to one; however, this was the first time since 2001 that a Brazilian reached the final of a Grand Slam. ATP 500 Hamburg, a tournament that had once been a Masters Series, Melo, in partnership with the Slovak Filip Polasek, finished as the runner-up. At the end of the year, Melo announced the end of his partnership with André Sá and his new partnership with Bruno Soares.^[2]

2010

In 2010, Melo/Soares reached the final of the ATP 250 Auckland at the beginning of the year, although he fell ill and did not recover until May, at which point he obtained the title of the ATP 250 Nice. At Roland Garros, they managed to defeat the No.1 duo in the world, brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, and reached the quarter-final. They subsequently reached the semi-finals of ATP 500 Hamburg, the final of the ATP 250 Gstaad, the third round of the US Open, the final of the ATP 250 Metz, and the semifinals of the ATP 500 Tokyo and ATP 250 Stockholm.^[2]

2011

In 2011, Melo/Soares won two consecutive titles in the ATP 250 Chile and Brazil, and runner-up of ATP 500 Acapulco. They still managed to go to the semifinals in ATP 250 Nice and Eastbourne, and the Newport semifinal with André Sá. In August, Melo/Soares competed in the semifinals of the ATP 500 Washington. In September, playing with Lukas Dlouhy, Melo reached the final of the ATP 250 Metz. In October, with Bruno Soares, he reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 Valencia and the Japan Open Tennis Championships, and later the final of the ATP 250 Stockholm. In in November, they reached the quarter-final of the Masters 1000 Paris. At the end of the year, Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares ended their partnership.^[2]

2012

In 2012, playing with Ivan Dodig, Melo was the runner-up at ATP 500 Memphis, and reached the quarter-finals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He was also a quarter-finalist at the Masters 1000 Madrid with Marin Cilic. Participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics, with Bruno Soares, reaching the quarter-finals, after defeating the duo Berdych/Stepanek by 24–22 in the last set.^[5][6]

In the second half of 2012, he was a semifinalist in the Masters 1000 Cincinnati, and came to the third round of the US Open, along with Dodig. In October, with Cilic, Melo was a semifinalist in the Masters 1000 Shanghai. With this, Melo reached his best rank in his career for a second time, reaching the 18th position worldwide. Playing with Bruno Soares, Melo earned his 10th ATP doubles title in ATP 250 Stockholm, reaching the 17th position worldwide. In last year's tournament, Masters 1000 Paris, Melo reached the semifinals, along with Cilic.^[2]

2013

In 2013, Melo won the ATP 250 Brisbane in preparation for the Australian Open, along with Tommy Robredo; this was his 11th ATP title. In February, Melo defeated the Bryan brothers in the US along with Bruno Soares in the Davis Cup. In March, Melo made the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 Indian Wells with Dodig. He then reached the third round of Roland Garros in May.

In Wimbledon 2013, Marcelo Melo performed the best campaign of his career, reaching the final of the tournament. With this, Melo attained his best career ranking, making 14th position.^[2]

In US Open 2013, he reached the semifinals for the first time in his career. With this, Melo again broke his personal record, reaching 11th position.^[2]

Melo won his first Masters 1000 title in October. Playing with Dodig, they won Masters 1000 Shangai defeating Roger Federer and also the Bryan brothers. Melo became, for the first time, a world's top 10, reaching the 8th position of the ATP rankings.^[2]

He also reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Paris, first reaching the world doubles top 5.^[2]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	2009	French Open	Clay	Vania King	Bob Bryan Liezel Huber	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	Shanghai	Hard	Ivan Dodig	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), [10–2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 25 (13–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	April 29, 2007	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	André Sá	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Winner	2.	January 6, 2008	Next Generation Adelaide International, Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Martín García	Chris Guccione Robert Smeets	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	3.	February 11, 2008	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	André Sá	Albert Montañés Santiago Ventura	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	4.	May 18, 2008	Hypo Group Tennis International, Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	André Sá	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [13–11]
Runner-up	1.	June 9, 2008	Queen's Club Championships, London, Great Britain	Grass	André Sá	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	5.	August 17, 2008	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States	Hard	André Sá	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	March 1, 2009	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	André Sá	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	May 25, 2009	Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	André Sá	Andrei Pavel Horia Tecău	6–7(9–11), 6–2, [10–7]
Runner-up	3.	June 14, 2009	Queen's Club Championships, London, Great Britain	Grass	André Sá	Wesley Moodie Mikhail Youzhny	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	4.	July 26, 2009	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Filip Polášek	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	January 11, 2010	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bruno Soares	Marcos Daniell Horia Tecău	5–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	May 22, 2010	Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Bruno Soares	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	6.	August 1, 2010	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Bruno Soares	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Runner-up	7.	September 26, 2010	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard	Bruno Soares	Dustin Brown Rogier Wassen	3–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	February 5, 2011	Movistar Open, Santiago, Chile	Clay	Bruno Soares	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	9.	February 12, 2011	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Bruno Soares	Pablo Andújar Daniel Gimeno-Traver	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	February 26, 2011	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Bruno Soares	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	September 25, 2011	Open de Moselle, Metz, France	Hard (i)	Lukáš Dlouhý	Jamie Murray André Sá	4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	10.	October 23, 2011	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	February 26, 2012	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	10.	October 21, 2012	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–6]
Winner	11.	January 6, 2013	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Tommy Robredo	Eric Butorac Paul Hanley	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Runner-up	12.	July 6, 2013	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	13 October 2013	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	Ivan Dodig	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	7–6(7-2), 6–7(6–8), [10–2]
Winner	13.	11 January 2014	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Julian Knowle	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Doubles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till US Open 2013.

Mixed doubles performance timeline

References

External links

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