- Ricardo Mello
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Ricardo Mello
country=BRA
residence=Campinas ,Brazil
datebirth= birth date and age|1980|12|21
placebirth=Campinas ,Brazil
height= height|m=1.75
weight= convert|66|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 1999
plays= Left-handed
careerprizemoney=US$ 891,427
singlesrecord= 43–57
singlestitles= 1
highestsinglesranking= 50 (July 25 ,2005 )
AustralianOpenresult= 2nd (2005)
FrenchOpenresult= 1st (2004, 2005)
Wimbledonresult= 1st (2005)
USOpenresult= 3rd (2004)
doublesrecord= 7–19
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= 118 (July 11 ,2005 )
updated=October 4 ,2008 Ricardo Mello is a
Brazil iantennis player. His preference is for theclay court where he has won his best titles in the unranked tournaments on the ATP Tour. He has had the occasional win inhard court tournaments. His best singles rank was 50th in2005 . He has won a singles tournament on the pro tour and plays most of his tennis in Futures andSatellite tournaments .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. At the age of 15 he drew a wildcard into a tournament in his hometown. He lost this tournament to veteran andFrench Open winnerGustavo Kuerten . However he gained his first ATP career points. In1999 Ricardo won his first futures inUruguay andParaguay .ponsorship
The current sponsor for his shoes and racquets is
Babolat .2006
At the
Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships , Mello played number one seedAndy Murray . Murray was in control of the first set, winning 6–1, but Mello won the second set 6–1. Mello took the 3rd and final to a tie-break after having 3 set points. He lost in the breaker 7–5. The final score was 1–6, 6–1, 6–7 (5–7).At the
RCA Championships inIndianapolis , Mello facedJean-Rene Lisnard in the first round, and won in straight sets 7–5, 7–5. In the second round he faced 14th seedVincent Spadea and lost 6–3, 6–1.Titles (11)
Singles (9)
External links
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*DavisCupplayerlink|id=30017880
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