Ricardo Mello def. Santiago Ventura, 2005 Costa Do Sauipe Quarterfinal

Match Information

Date: Feb 19, 2005*
Tournament: Costa Do Sauipe
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 20m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ricardo Mello	Santiago Ventura
Aces	6	3
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	53.0%	46.0%
First serve points won %	72.0%	65.0%
Second serve points won %	54.0%	27.0%
Break points saved %	33.0%	25.0%
Break points converted %	75.0%	67.0%
Service points won %	64.0%	45.0%
Return points won %	55.0%	36.0%
Total points won %	59.0%	41.0%
Match Serve+	+1.0	-18.0
Match Return+	+18.0	-1.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2005 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Ricardo Mello	Santiago Ventura
Country	BRA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 21, 1980	Jan 5, 1980
Age	24	25
Height	175 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	56	84
Ranking points (entering)	667	477
Elo (entering)	1,735	1,600
Current career W-L	52–87	38–59
Current career earnings	$1,484,044	$1,260,406

Pre-match H2H

Ricardo Mello #56 0 – 0 Santiago Ventura #84

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Path

Ricardo Mello's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martin Vassallo Arguello #227	6-3 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2005	R16
Albert Montanes #96	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2005	R32

Ricardo Mello's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rafael Nadal #48	6-2 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 2005	SF

Santiago Ventura's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Corretja #126	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 2005	R16
Nicolas Almagro #89	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2005	R32