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Ricardo Mello #100 def. Vincent Spadea #24

7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 2004*
Tournament	Delray Beach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Ricardo Mello
Score	7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Vincent Spadea
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Ricardo Mello	Vincent Spadea
Aces	1	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	55	54
First serve points won %	68	72
Second serve points won %	64	42
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ricardo Mello	Vincent Spadea
Country	BRA	USA
Birth date	Dec 21, 1980	—
Age	23	—
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	100	24
Ranking points (entering)	425	1,165
Elo (entering)	1,737	1,787
Career W-L	52–87	310–348
Career earnings	$1,484,044	$5,004,860

Pre-match H2H

Ricardo Mello 0 – 0 Vincent Spadea

Path

Ricardo Mello's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	SF	Mario Ancic	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	QF	Jerome Golmard	6-7(2) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2004	R16	Mardy Fish	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2004	R32	Gilles Elseneer	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ricardo Mello's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Vincent Spadea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	SF	Jeff Salzenstein	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 2004	QF	Hugo Armando	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2004	R16	James Blake	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2004	R32	Alejandro Falla	4-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data