Marcelo Melo

Marcelo Melo

Country (sports)	Brazil
Residence	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Born	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	$3,241,963
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	344–224 (60.56%) (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 1 (November 2, 2015)
Current ranking	No. 2 (April 4, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2015)
French Open	W (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: April 4, 2016.

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. 1, which he achieved in November 2015, the best Brazilian doubles player position of all time. In 2015, Melo became the first Brazilian male ever to win a French Open doubles title, playing alongside Croatian Ivan Dodig.

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.

Career

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] They also participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[2][4]

2009

Marcelo Melo at Delray Beach 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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

2012

Marcelo Melo playing at grass

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.^[5][6]

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.^[2]

2013

Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig

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.^[2]

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.^[2] Melo won his first Masters 1000 title in October; playing with Dodig, they won Masters 1000 Shanghai, 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.^[2] He also reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Paris, first reaching the world doubles top 5.^[2]

2014

In 2014, Melo's best results were the semifinal of the US Open, the final of the ATP World Finals, the final of the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo and Canada, the final of the ATP 500 in Rio and Tokyo, and the title of the ATP 250 Auckland. Remained in the top 10 world doubles throughout the year.^[2]

2015: World No.1

In 2015, Melo had a great first half of the year by reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time. Melo won the Acapulco tournament, and reaching the semifinals of the first 3 Masters 1000 of the year: Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo. In June, he won his maiden doubles Grand Slam of his career, winning Roland Garros alongside Ivan Dodig by defeating the Bryan brothers in the final. At Wimbledon, Melo reached the Quarter Finals.

In Cincinnati, Melo reached his 4th Masters 1000 level semi-final of the year. In October, Melo won back-to-back-to-back tournaments, first in Tokyo, followed by the Shanghai Masters (with Raven Klaasen). In Vienna, playing alongside Lukasz Kubot, Melo guaranteed his place at the top of the ATP Doubles Ranking by advancing to the semi-final.^[7] Melo and Kubot went on to win the tournament.

2016

After 22 weeks in ATP No.1 Doubles Ranking, Melo is surpassed by Jamie Murray on April 4.^[8]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

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
Winner	2015	French Open	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), 7–5

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: 5 (3–2)

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
Winner	2015	Shanghai (2)	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2015	Paris	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 37 (19 titles, 18 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (1–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–1) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–2) ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–6) ATP World Tour 250 Series (12–8)

Titles by Surface Hard (11–10) Grass (0–3) Clay (8–5) 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	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	Marcus 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]
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	ATP World Tour Finals, 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]
Winner	15.	6 June 2015	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Runner-up	18.	8 August 2015	Citi Open, Washington, United States	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 2–6
Winner	16.	11 October 2015	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	17.	18 October 2015	Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China (2)	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Winner	18.	25 October 2015	Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Jamie Murray John Peers	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–6]
Winner	19.	11 November 2015	BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

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 2016 Miami Open.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	SF	3R	0 / 9	9–9
French Open	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	QF	3R	3R	W		1 / 9	19–8
Wimbledon	SF	3R	2R	2R	2R	QF	F	QF	QF		0 / 9	23–8
US Open	QF	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	SF	SF	1R		0 / 9	19–9
Win–Loss	8–3	5–4	3–4	6–4	3–4	8–4	11–4	11–4	13–3	2–1	1 / 36	70–34
Year-End Championship
Tour Finals	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F	SF		0 / 3	8–5
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	QF	QF	SF	1R	0 / 8	8–8
Miami	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	SF	2R	0 / 9	8–9
Monte Carlo	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	F	SF	SF	0 / 7	9–7
Rome	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	QF	QF		0 / 4	3–4
Madrid	A	2R	2R	A	2R	QF	1R	1R	2R		0 / 7	4–7
Canada	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	QF	F	2R		0 / 6	5–6
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	1R	A	SF	1R	2R	SF		0 / 6	6–6
Shanghai	Not Held		A	A	A	SF	W	QF	W		2 / 4	12–2
Paris	A	QF	1R	1R	QF	SF	SF	2R	W		1 / 7	13–7
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	15–7	1–2	3 / 59	69–57
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–3	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–5	6–1	0–0	19–18
Year End Ranking	34	19	36	39	27	20	6	6	1		$2,166,269

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	QF	SF	1R	1R	2R	1R	QF	A	0 / 8	8–8
French Open	A	2R	F	A	QF	A	SF	A	A		0 / 4	6–4
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	SF	1R	2R	3R	A	A		0 / 7	8–7
US Open	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	QF	A	A		0 / 3	3–3
Win–Loss	1–1	2–4	7–4	7–2	2–3	1–2	8–4	0–1	2–1		0 / 22	25–22

References

1. Melo semifinalist at Wimbledon
2. "History of the Marcelo Melo games at the ATP site". ATP. 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
3. Sá and Melo come as reserves at Masters Cup
4. Sports Reference
5. "Soares and Melo finally win game with length record and pass to QF". Globoesporte. August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
6. "Soares and Melo stop before French say goodbye to London". Globoesporte. August 2, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
7. "Marcelo Melo goes to the semi in Vienna and become world No. 1 in doubles". Globoesporte. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
8. "Com direito a bolada na nuca, Melo é derrotado e perde posto de número 1". Globoesporte. March 27, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

External links

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