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Marcelo Melo

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Country	Brazil
Residence	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Born	(1983-09-23) September 23, 1983 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,405,508
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	304–209 (59.26%) (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 3 (October 6, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 3 (May 25, 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2015)
French Open	SF (2015)
Wimbledon	F (2013)
US Open	SF (2013, 2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2014)
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: May 25, 2015.

Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo (born September 23, 1983) is a Brazilian tennis player. He is the younger brother of Daniel Melo and grew up in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He stands at a height of 2.03 m (6 ft. 8 in.).

Primarily a doubles specialist, his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 3, which he achieved in October 2014. Melo shares with Bruno Soares the best Brazilian doubles player position of all time.

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. Playing with Ivan Dodig, he also reached the Wimbledon's doubles final in 2013; he won the doubles title of Masters 1000 Shanghai in 2013; and reached the doubles final on the ATP World Tour Finals in 2014. In men's doubles, Melo reached at least the semifinals of all four Grand Slams.

2007

After playing with different Brazilian partners in doubles, including André Sá, Melo went through a relatively successful period of his career, reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon doubles, with some matches lasting four hours. Melo and Sá reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. Also, in 2007, they won the tournament title of ATP 250 Estoril.

Melo underwent an anti-doping test in 2007, which was positive. He had taken medication containing banned substances for a headache, and Melo was suspended for 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.

2008

In 2008, Melo partnered with André Sá and had a good campaign, winning three ATPs together—Costa do Sauípe, Poertschach and New Haven. They came to play in the Masters Cup, in which the top eight doubles in the world compete, but they ended the year ranked No. 9 in the Champions Race; this was because Melo was injured in Wimbledon and took time to recover, and Melo and Sá had not made any major campaign in the Masters Series and Grand Slams. Melo and Sá later went on to play as reserves in the Masters Cup. They also participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

2009

In 2009, Melo and Sá won one ATP and reached the final of two other competitions. In Roland Garros, Melo reached the final of the Mixed Doubles with American player Vania King, losing the final by two sets to one. This was the first time since 2001 that a Brazilian reached the final of a Grand Slam. In ATP 500 Hamburg, a tournament that had once been a Masters Series, Melo and his partner the Slovak Filip Polasek finished as the runners-up. At the end of the year, Melo announced the end of his partnership with André Sá and his new partnership with Bruno Soares.

2010

In 2010, Melo and Soares reached the final of the ATP 250 Auckland at the beginning of the year. After that, they did not play well until May, when Melo won the title of the ATP 250 Nice. At Roland Garros, they defeated the brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan—the world's top doubles players—and reached the quarterfinal. They subsequently reached the semifinals 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.

2011

In 2011, Melo and Soares won two consecutive titles in the ATP 250 Chile and Brazil, and were runners-up in the ATP 500 Acapulco. They reached the semifinals of the ATP 250 Nice and Eastbourne, and Melo reached the Newport semifinal with André Sá. In August, Melo and 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 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 November, Melo and Soares reached the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 Paris. At the end of the year, Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares ended their partnership.

2012

In 2012, playing with Ivan Dodig, Melo was the runner-up at ATP 500 Memphis and reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He was also a quarterfinalist at the Masters 1000 Madrid with Marin Cilic. Melo participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics with Bruno Soares; they reached the quarterfinals after defeating the duo Berdych and Stepanek by 24–22 in the last set.

In the second half of 2012, Melo was a semifinalist in the Masters 1000 Cincinnati, and reached the third round of the US Open playing with Dodig. In October, partnered with Cilic, Melo was a semifinalist in the Masters 1000 Shanghai. With this, Melo reached the best rank in his career for a second time, reaching the 18th position worldwide. Playing with Soares, Melo won his 10th ATP doubles title in the ATP 250 Stockholm, reaching the 17th position worldwide. In the Masters 1000 Paris, Melo reached the semifinals, partnered with Cilic.

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 partnered with Bruno Soares in the Davis Cup. In March, Melo reached the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 Indian Wells with Dodig, and in May he reached the third round of Roland Garros. At Wimbledon 2013, Melo performed the best campaign of his career, reaching the final of the tournament. With this, Melo attained his best career ranking, reaching 14th position.

In the US Open 2013, he reached the semifinals for the first time in his career and again broke his personal record, reaching 11th position. 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 top 10 player, reaching the 8th position of the ATP rankings. He also reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Paris, first reaching the world doubles top 5.

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: 3 (1–2)

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]
Runner-up	2014	Monte Carlo	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3-6, 6-3, [8-10]
Runner-up	2014	Toronto	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4-6, 3-6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 31 (14 titles, 17 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–2) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–5) ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–8)

Titles by Surface Hard (7–9) Grass (0–3) Clay (7–5) Carpet (0–0)

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	Template:Country data IND 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	Template:Country data IND 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	Template:Country data JAM 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	Template:Country data IND 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]
Runner-up	13.	22 February 2014	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	David Marrero	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	14.	20 April 2014	Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3-6, 6-3, [8-10]
Runner-up	15.	10 August 2014	Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	16.	5 October 2014	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]
Runner-up	17.	16 November 2014	London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [7–10]
Winner	14.	1 March 2015	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González	7–6(7–2), 5–7, [10–3]

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F-S

G

NMS

NH

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 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	0 / 8	7–8
French Open	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	QF	3R	3R		0 / 8	13–8
Wimbledon	SF	3R	2R	2R	2R	QF	F	QF		0 / 8	20–7
US Open	QF	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	SF	SF		0 / 8	19–8
Win–Loss	8–3	5–4	3–4	6–4	3–4	8–4	11–4	11–4	4–1	0 / 32	59–31
Year-End Championship
Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F		0 / 2	6–3
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	QF	QF	SF	0 / 7	8–7
Miami	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	SF	0 / 8	7–8
Monte Carlo	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	F	SF	0 / 6	7–6
Rome	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	QF		0 / 3	2–3
Madrid	A	2R	2R	A	2R	QF	1R	1R		0 / 6	4–6
Canada	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	QF	F		0 / 5	5–4
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	1R	A	SF	1R	2R		0 / 5	4-5
Shanghai	Not Held		A	A	A	SF	W	QF		1 / 3	8–3
Paris	A	QF	1R	1R	QF	SF	SF	2R		0 / 7	9–7
Hamburg	A	2R	Held as Madrid (Clay)							0 / 1	1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	6–7	4–8	0–5	3–4	14–7	9–7	11–7	8–3	1 / 49	50–46
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–3	2–3	1–1	2-3	1–6		14–20
Year End Ranking	34	19	36	39	27	20	6	6		$2,166,269

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	QF	SF	1R	1R	2R		0 / 6	6–6
French Open	A	2R	F	A	QF	A	SF		0 / 4	6–4
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	SF	1R	2R	3R		0 / 7	8–7
US Open	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	QF		0 / 3	3–3
Win–Loss	1–1	2–4	7–4	7–2	2–3	1–2	8–4		0 / 20	23–20

External links

• Marcelo Melo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marcelo Melo at the International Tennis Federation
• Marcelo Melo at the Davis Cup

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