Ricardo Mello

Ricardo Mello

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Campinas, Brazil
Born	(1980-12-21) 21 December 1980 Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2013
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,483,919
Singles
Career record	60–94 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 50 (25 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2012)
French Open	1R (2004, 2005, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	11–25 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 118 (11 July 2005)

Ricardo Mello (born 21 December 1980) is a Brazilian retired tennis player. His preference is for clay courts. He has had the occasional win in hard court tournaments. His best singles rank was no. 50 in 2005. He has won a singles tournament (Delray Beach in 2001) and reached the semifinals 3 times at the Brasil Open. Plays most of his tennis in Challenger tournaments, where he has won fifteen singles titles and three doubles titles.

Early days

Ricardo was born in Campinas, Brazil and started to play tennis at the age of 3. At 15, he drew a wildcard into a tournament in his hometown. He lost to veteran and French Open winner Gustavo Kuerten. However, he gained his first ATP career points. In 1999, Ricardo won his first Futures events in Uruguay and Paraguay.

Sponsorship

The current sponsor for his clothes, shoes and racquets is Babolat.

2004

Mello won his lone ATP title at Delray Beach in 2004, defeating Vincent Spadea in the final.

2006

At the Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, Mello played top seed Andy Murray. Murray was in control of the first set, winning 6–1, but Mello won the second set 6–1. Mello took the third and final to a tiebreak, after having three set points. He lost in the tiebreak 5–7.

At the RCA Championships in Indianapolis, Mello faced Jean-René Lisnard in the first round and won in straight sets. In the second round, he faced 14th seed Vincent Spadea and lost.

ATP career titles

Singles: 1 (1–0)

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

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 September 2004	Delray Beach, USA	Hard	Vincent Spadea	7–6(7–2), 6–3

Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Australian Open	1R	2R	1R					1R	2R	0 / 5	2–5
French Open	1R	1R		LQ		LQ	1R	1R		0 / 4	0–4
Wimbledon		1R		LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	2R		0 / 3	1–3
US Open	3R	2R		LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	4–5
Win–Loss	2–3	2–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–4	1–2	0 / 17	7–17
Year End Ranking	70	112	133	251	199	151	76	85

External links

• Ricardo Mello at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ricardo Mello at the Davis Cup