Marcelo Melo  | | Country | Brazil | | Residence | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | | Date of birth | September 23, 1983 (1983-09-23) (age 26) | | Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | | Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | | Weight | 87 kg (190 lb; 13.7 st) | | Turned pro | 1998 | | Plays | Right-handed; two-handed backhand | | Career prize money | $484,921 | | Singles | | Career record | 0 – 0 | | Career titles | 0 | | Highest ranking | No. 273 (November 21, 2005) | | Doubles | | Career record | 81-53 | | Career titles | 6 | | Highest ranking | No. 18 (February 2, 2009) | | Grand Slam Doubles results | | Australian Open | 2r (2009) | | French Open | 2r (2007, 2008) | | Wimbledon | SF (2007) | | US Open | QF (2007) | | Last updated on: July 27, 2009. | Marcelo Melo (born September 23, 1983) is a Brazilian tennis player, currently ranked 22nd in the world in doubles. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he has reached the Mens Doubles semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships 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 only the seventh Brazilian to reach the final of a Grand Slam, and the first since Gustavo Kuerten. [edit] Titles (6) [edit] Doubles (6) | Legend | | Grand Slam (0) | | Tennis Masters Cup (0) | | ATP Masters Series (0) | | ATP Tour (6) | | | Titles by Surface | | Hard (2) | | Grass (0) | | Clay (4) | | Carpet (0) | | | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score | | 1. | April 29, 2007 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay |  André Sá |  Martín García
Sebastián Prieto | 3–6, 6–2, [10–6] | | 2. | January 6, 2008 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Martín García |  Chris Guccione
Robert Smeets | 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] | | 3. | February 11, 2008 | Costa do Sauípe, Brazil | Clay | André Sá |  Albert Montañés
Santiago Ventura | 4–6, 6–2, [10–7] | | 4. | May 18, 2008 | Pörtschach, Austria | Clay | André Sá |  Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer | 7–5, 6–7(3), [13–11] | | 5. | August 17, 2008 | New Haven, USA | Hard | André Sá |  Mahesh Bhupathi
 Mark Knowles | 7–5, 6–2 | | 6. | May 25, 2009 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | André Sá |  Andrei Pavel
Horia Tecau | 6–7(9), 6–2, [10–7] | [edit] Runner-ups (5) [edit] Doubles (4) | Legend | | Grand Slam (0) | | Tennis Masters Cup (0) | | ATP Masters Series (0) | | ATP World Tour 500 Series (1) | | ATP Tour (3) | | | Titles by Surface | | Hard (1) | | Grass (2) | | Clay (1) | | Carpet (0) | | | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score | | 1. | June 9, 2008 | London, Great Britain | Grass | André Sá |  Daniel Nestor
 Nenad Zimonjić | 6–4, 7–6(3) | | 2. | March 1, 2009 | Delray Beach, United States | Hard | André Sá |  Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan | 6–4, 6–4 | | 3. | June 14, 2009 | London, Great Britain | Grass | André Sá |  Wesley Moodie
 Mikhail Youzhny | 6–4, 4–6, [10–6] | | 4. | July 26, 2009 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay |  Filip Polášek |  Simon Aspelin
Paul Hanley | 6–3, 6–3 | [edit] Mixed Doubles (1) [edit] Trivia - Melo plays doubles with André Sá of Brazil.
- Marcelo & his men's doubles partner André Sá made it into the Wimbledon record books when they beat Kevin Ullyett and Paul Hanley in the fifth set with the score "28-26". It was the longest match in The Championships history lasting 6 hours, 13 minutes. There were 102 games in total, which was 10 games short of Charlie Pasarell and Pancho Gonzalez's record-breaking encounter in 1969. However, it was the longest match, in terms of games, since the tiebreak was introduced.
[edit] External links | Persondata | | NAME | Melo, Marcelo | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Melo, Marcelo | | SHORT DESCRIPTION | | | DATE OF BIRTH | 1983-9-23 | | PLACE OF BIRTH | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | | DATE OF DEATH | | | PLACE OF DEATH | |
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