Alexandre Simoni #105 def. Ricardo Mello #175

6-4 6-3

Alexandre Simoni defeated Ricardo Mello 6-4 6-3 in the 2001 Costa Do Sauipe quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 15, 2001*
Tournament: Costa Do Sauipe
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 9m

Match Statistics

Stat	Alexandre Simoni	Ricardo Mello
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	54	71
First serve points won %	85	57
Second serve points won %	68	69
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	77	61
Return points won %	39	23
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Alexandre Simoni	Ricardo Mello
Country	BRA	BRA
Birth date	Jul 2, 1979	Dec 21, 1980
Age	22	20
Height	188 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	105	175
Ranking points (entering)	395	219
Elo (entering)	1,512	1,554
Current career W-L	10–20	52–87
Current career earnings	$394,788	$1,484,044

Pre-match H2H

Alexandre Simoni #105 0 – 0 Ricardo Mello #175

Path

Alexandre Simoni's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Gonzalez #186	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2001	R16
Nikolay Davydenko #109	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2001	R32

Alexandre Simoni's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan Vacek #106	6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2001	SF

Ricardo Mello's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Massu #79	1-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2001	R16
Andre Sa #108	6-1 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2001	R32