Marcelo Melo
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| Country (sports) |
 Brazil
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|---|---|
| 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 | $3,890,723 |
| 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 | 380–243 (61%) (ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 22 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (November 2, 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 8 (November 21, 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, 2016) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2010) |
| French Open | F (2009) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2010) |
| US Open | QF (2013) |
| Last updated on: November 21, 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 won Roland Garros, was runner-up in Wimbledon, won 5 Masters 1000 titles 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.
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.
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