Ricardo Mello
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Ricardo Mello
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| Country |  Brazil |
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| Residence | Campinas, Brazil |
| Born | December 21, 1980 Campinas, Brazil |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (150 lb) |
| Turned pro | 1999 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Career prize money | US$1,365,624 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 58–87 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 50 (July 25, 2005) |
| Current ranking | No. 131 (April 2, 2012) |
| 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 | 7–20 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 118 (July 11, 2005) |
| Last updated on: August 9, 2010. | |
Ricardo Mello is a Brazilian 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) and reached 3 semifinals at Brazil Open, on the pro tour. Plays most of his tennis in Challenger tournaments, where he has won fifteen singles titles and three doubles titles.
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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, 7–6(7–2), 6–3.
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. The final score was 1–6, 6–1, 6–7(5).
At the RCA Championships in Indianapolis, Mello faced Jean-René Lisnard in the first round and won in straight sets, 7–5, 7–5. In the second round, he faced 14th seed Vincent Spadea and lost, 3-6, 1-6.
Titles (1)
Singles (1)
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 1 | September 13, 2004 | Delray Beach, United States | 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 |
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| 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 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | ||
| Win–Loss | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0 / 16 | 7–16 |
| Year End Ranking | 70 | 112 | 133 | 251 | 199 | 151 | 76 | 85 | |||
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