Marcelo Melo

Full name is Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo...His nickname is "Girafa" (Giraffe) since he's tall...Began playing at age seven in Belo Horizonte with his family since they all played...Father, Paulo Ernane Davi de Melo, is a system analyst; mother, Roxane Pinheiro Davi de Melo, is retired...Has two older brothers, Ernane and Daniel...Admires football great Ronaldo and played sport until he was 15 but then dedicate more time into tennis...His favourite football team is Cruzeiro...As a junior, was 16-under and 18-under Brazilian national champion...Considers his mental ability and volley as strengths and favourite surfaces are hard and grass courts.

2012 -- The Brazilian doubles specialist finished in Top 20 for the 2nd time and played with 10 different partners during season. His best results came with Croat Dodig, as a duo they compiled an 18-10 match record and finished No. 14 in ATP Doubles Team Rankings...Won his 10th career ATP doubles title in Stockholm (w/Soares), a 6th straight year with a title • Reached final in Memphis in February (w/Dodig) and SF in 4 other tournaments...In Grand Slam play, advanced to QF at Roland Garros, Wimbledon (w/Dodig) and at the London Olympics (w/Soares), winning 24-22 3rd set 2R over Berdych-Stepanek (longest doubles final set in Olympics)...

2011 -- Played in 4 finals, winning titles in Santiago and Costa do Sauipe (w/Soares). Also reached Metz final (w/Dlouhy)...

2010 -- Partnering Brazilian compatriot Soares, the duo reached four ATP World Tour finals lifting one title….In January, finished runner-up at Auckland (l. to Daniell-Tecau)…Lifted first team title at Nice in May, beating Bopanna-Qureshi 16 63 10-5 in final… "It was our second final this year, so we are really excited to have won. For sure we'll celebrate this first title and I hope it will be one of many. We played really well and came from Davis Cup in good form. It was a good week for us"…Made it to third title match at Gstaad in July (l. to Brunstrom-Nieminen) and advanced to the Metz final (l. to Brown-Wassen)…Also posted five SF runs and two QFs (including Roland Garros)…Represented Brazil in Davis Cup ties versus Uruguay and India...

2009 -- The towering Brazilian compiled a 14-14 match record through mid-June with countryman Andre Sa, winning title in Kitzbuehel (d. Pavel-Tecau) in May and reaching finals in Delray Beach (l. to Bryans) in February and Queen's for second straight year at Queen's (l. to Moodie-Youzhny)...

2008 -- The Brazilian compiled a career-best season and finished in Top 20 in ATP Doubles Rankings for first time...Captured four ATP doubles titles in five finals and won a personal-high 42 matches...Opened season with title in Adelaide (w/M. Garcia)...In February, captured title on home soil at Costa do Sauipe (w/Sa) followed by SF in Memphis...Failed to win back-to-back matches again until May when they captured Poertschach title (d. Knowle-Melzer)...Performed well on grass with runner-up finish at Queen's in London (l. to Nestor-Zimonjic), SF exit at Nottingham and 3rd RD at Wimbledon...In August, won New Haven title (d. Bhupathi-Knowles) and reached 3rd RD at US Open...Closed season with SF in Metz and QF at AMS Paris...Served as alternates at Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai...Finished No. 9 in ATP Doubles Race (w/Sa), compiling a 36-21 record together, and No. 19 individually...Earned a career-high $184,544...

2007 -- A breakthrough season, winning his first ATP doubles title in Estoril (w/Sa) and capturing three Challenger titles -- San Luis Potosi (w/Chardy), Bermuda (w/Sa) and Buenos Aires (w/Prieto)...Also runner-up in Sao Paulo (w/Simoni) and Mexico City-1 (w/Zeballos) Challengers...In Grand Slam play, won three five-setters at Wimbledon en route to SF, including a 28-26 fifth set win over Hanley-Ullyett in 2nd RD...At US Open, lost to Hanley-Ullyett in QF...Finished in Top 50 for first time at No. 34...

2006 -- Best results were five titles on Challenger circuit -- Campos do Jordao, Bogota and Belo Horizonte (w/Sa), Medillin (w/Ghem), and Quito (w/Silva)...

2005 -- Split time between Futures and Challengers, adding six doubles titles in Futures events and added a title at Bogota Challenger (w/Dabul) in July...

2004 -- Won nine doubles titles on Futures circuit with five different partners (Cubas, Melo, Soares, Engel, and Pitta)...

2003 -- Captured Colombia #1 Futures title (w/B. Soares), Brazil #3A (w/brother Daniel), and Mexico #16 (w/Bonatto)...

2002 -- Teamed with brother Daniel to win Challenger in Belo Horizonte and also won two Brazilian Futures events (w/B. Soares)...

2013

As a first-time pairing with Robredo, they captured the Brisbane title (d. Butorac-Hanley in Match TB win)…Represented Brazil in 3-2 Davis Cup World Group 1R loss away to United States…Partnering Soares, improved to 5-1 together in the competition, with five-set win over Bryan twins…Partnered Marrero to Oeiras SFs (l. to S. Gonzalez-Lipsky)…