R16 Costa Do Sauipe 2003

Ricardo Mello #173 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #43

2-6 6-2 6-4

Ricardo Mello defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2003 Costa Do Sauipe round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 12, 2003*
Tournament: Costa Do Sauipe
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 54m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ricardo Mello	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	2	5
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	72.0%	64.0%
First serve points won %	59.0%	73.0%
Second serve points won %	62.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	70.0%	33.0%
Break points converted %	67.0%	30.0%
Service points won %	60.0%	63.0%
Return points won %	37.0%	40.0%
Total points won %	50.0%	50.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Ricardo Mello	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	BRA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 21, 1980	Aug 30, 1979
Age	22	24
Height	175 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	173	43
Ranking points (entering)	217	845
Elo (entering)	1,518	1,815
Current career W-L	52–87	307–270
Current career earnings	$1,484,044	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Ricardo Mello #173 0 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela #43

Path

Ricardo Mello's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul Capdeville #522	6-7(4) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2003	R32

Ricardo Mello's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gustavo Kuerten #14	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2003	QF

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Todd Larkham #136	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2003	R32