How old is Ricardo Mello?

Ricardo Mello is 45 years old, born on December 21, 1980.

How tall is Ricardo Mello?

Ricardo Mello is 175 cm / 5'9".

Does Ricardo Mello use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Ricardo Mello uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Ricardo Mello left-handed or right-handed?

Ricardo Mello plays left-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Ricardo Mello won?

Ricardo Mello has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many Masters 1000 titles has Ricardo Mello won?

Ricardo Mello has not won a Masters 1000 title.

How many ATP titles has Ricardo Mello won?

Ricardo Mello has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent other title was Delray Beach in 2004.

What is Ricardo Mello's highest ATP ranking?

Ricardo Mello's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, first achieved on July 25, 2005.

What is Ricardo Mello's career win-loss record?

Ricardo Mello has a career ATP singles record of 52 wins and 87 losses (37.4%).

How much career prize money has Ricardo Mello earned?

Ricardo Mello has earned at least $1,484,044 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Ricardo Mello play professional tennis?

Ricardo Mello turned professional in 1999 and was active through 2013.

What is Ricardo Mello's best surface?

Ricardo Mello's best surface is hard court with a 40.0% win rate (32W-48L).

Who is Ricardo Mello's biggest rival?

Ricardo Mello's most frequent opponent is Thomaz Bellucci, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.

Ricardo Mello

BRA Age 45 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1999–2013

Peak ranking

50 (Jul 25, 2005)

Elo peak

1773 (66.6%ile)

Career record

52–87 (37.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,484,044

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Feb 14, 2013*	Sao Paulo	ATP 250	R32	Clay	Martin Alund #111	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012*	US Open	Grand Slam	R128	Hard	Grega Zemlja #99	5-7 6-7(3) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012*	US Open	Grand Slam	Q3 Q	Hard	Rik De Voest #173	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012*	US Open	Grand Slam	Q2 Q	Hard	Alessandro Giannessi #162	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	US Open	Grand Slam	Q1 Q	Hard	Joao Sousa #122	6-3 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Thomaz Bellucci	1	3	4	Feb 17, 2012	H2H
Mardy Fish	1	2	3	May 24, 2011	H2H
Rainer Schuettler	2	1	3	Feb 24, 2011	H2H
Albert Montanes	2	1	3	Feb 11, 2011	H2H
Juan Carlos Ferrero	0	3	3	Sep 2, 2010	H2H

Titles (1)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
2004	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Delray Beach
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Career Results

Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2001	20	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
2001	20	ATP	2	1	3	66.7%	311	133
2002	21	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
2002	21	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	138	144
2003	22	Qualifying Q	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—
2003	22	ATP	5	8	13	38.5%	142	128
2004	23	Qualifying Q	9	1	10	90.0%	—	—
2004	23	ATP	11	8	19	57.9%	128	71
2005	24	ATP	12	23	35	34.3%	71	111
2006	25	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2006	25	ATP	2	7	9	22.2%	111	134
2007	26	Qualifying Q	7	3	10	70.0%	—	—
2007	26	ATP	4	5	9	44.4%	134	257
2008	27	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2009	28	Qualifying Q	12	7	19	63.2%	—	—
2009	28	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	195	151
2010	29	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
2010	29	ATP	6	10	16	37.5%	151	76
2011	30	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2011	30	ATP	8	14	22	36.4%	76	85
2012	31	Qualifying Q	10	7	17	58.8%	—	—
2012	31	ATP	2	6	8	25.0%	85	286
2013	32	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	277	1,018
Career		—	52	87	139	37.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2001	20	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2001	20	ATP	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2002	21	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
2002	21	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	22	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
2003	22	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	8	13	38.5%
2004	23	Qualifying Q	6	0	6	100.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	9	1	10	90.0%
2004	23	ATP	11	5	16	68.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
2005	24	ATP	8	13	21	38.1%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	23	35	34.3%
2006	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2006	25	ATP	1	4	5	20.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
2007	26	Qualifying Q	6	1	7	85.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%
2007	26	ATP	3	4	7	42.9%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
2008	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2009	28	Qualifying Q	7	4	11	63.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	12	7	19	63.2%
2009	28	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2010	29	Qualifying Q	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
2010	29	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	10	16	37.5%
2011	30	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2011	30	ATP	2	7	9	22.2%	5	5	10	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	8	14	22	36.4%
2012	31	Qualifying Q	7	6	13	53.8%	2	0	2	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	10	7	17	58.8%
2012	31	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
2013	32	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	32	48	80	40.0%	19	29	48	39.6%	1	8	9	11.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	52	87	139	37.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2001	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
2002	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	7	12	41.7%
2004	23	0	2	2	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	6	0	6	100.0%	11	8	19	57.9%
2005	24	0	3	3	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	12	23	35	34.3%
2006	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
2007	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
2009	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2010	29	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%	5	1	6	83.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
2011	30	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	14	22	36.4%
2012	31	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%
2013	32	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	12	12	0.0%	7	18	25	28.0%	28	34	62	45.2%	17	22	39	43.6%	52	86	138	37.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 138/139 (99.3%) of Ricardo Mello's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2001	20	3	3.0	2.0	64.4%	64.4%	59.7%	60.2%	38.0%	62.1%	35.0%
2002	21	1	2.0	4.0	39.0%	75.0%	36.0%	0.0%	50.0%	51.2%	35.2%
2003	22	13	2.0	2.8	63.1%	60.4%	52.8%	52.6%	40.2%	57.4%	34.7%
2004	23	19	3.9	2.9	62.4%	66.6%	52.8%	66.9%	39.6%	61.6%	37.4%
2005	24	35	2.8	2.2	65.0%	64.9%	49.1%	54.0%	34.9%	59.1%	36.9%
2006	25	9	2.4	3.6	62.2%	63.0%	43.2%	51.2%	49.4%	55.8%	33.7%
2007	26	7	1.7	1.7	68.5%	65.5%	53.8%	57.8%	41.4%	62.2%	36.6%
2009	28	3	1.0	3.3	58.6%	68.0%	48.3%	37.8%	12.5%	59.8%	34.5%
2010	29	16	2.3	2.3	63.0%	62.3%	50.4%	55.1%	36.1%	57.4%	34.1%
2011	30	22	2.0	2.1	61.2%	64.1%	53.0%	51.5%	45.8%	59.5%	34.6%
2012	31	8	2.9	3.0	63.1%	68.0%	52.1%	54.9%	37.4%	62.0%	37.2%
2013	32	1	1.0	0.0	76.5%	53.8%	62.5%	57.1%	16.7%	55.9%	34.2%
Career		137	2.6	2.5	63.3%	64.4%	51.0%	54.8%	38.9%	59.2%	35.7%

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
2001	20	1536	60	65	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	25	100	—	1	0	—
2002	21	1508	49	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	8	0	—	0	0	—
2003	22	1540	64	62	53	—	38.7%	-1.00	57	25	60	3	2	60
2004	23	1736	90	90	—	—	51.0%	-0.14	63	22	83	7	3	70
2005	24	1557	67	73	39	—	34.6%	-1.18	67	9	29	3	4	43
2006	25	1490	41	66	18	—	33.3%	-1.34	44	0	25	2	2	50
2007	26	1576	83	85	—	—	44.4%	-0.22	78	0	—	1	1	—
2008	27	1551	77	—	—	—	—	—	32	—	—	0	0	—
2009	28	1587	81	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.06	54	0	—	0	1	—
2010	29	1608	82	79	66	—	37.5%	-1.08	83	10	—	3	0	100
2011	30	1668	87	79	76	16	39.0%	-0.92	90	7	60	4	4	50
2012	31	1626	83	78	76	—	33.3%	-0.75	69	0	—	1	3	25
2013	32	1604	80	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	7	0	—	0	0	—
Career		1598	74	77	56	19	38.4%	-0.99	68	10	50	25	20	56

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
2001	20	—	—	—	Q3
2002	21	—	Q2	Q2	Q2
2003	22	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q3
2004	23	R128	R128	Q1	R32
2005	24	R64	R128	R128	R64
2006	25	R128	Q1	—	Q2
2007	26	—	Q1	Q2	Q1
2008	27	—	—	Q2	Q1
2009	28	—	Q1	Q1	Q3
2010	29	—	R128	R128	R64
2011	30	R128	R128	R64	R128
2012	31	R64	—	—	R128

Masters 1000

Season	Age	CAN	CIN	IW	MIA	ROM
2004	23	—	—	—	R64	—
2005	24	R32	R64	R128	R64	R64
2007	26	—	—	—	R64	—
2009	28	—	—	Q2	R128	—
2010	29	—	—	R64	R128	—
2011	30	—	—	R64	R128	—
2012	31	—	—	Q1	Q1	—

ATP 500

Season	Age	TKY	WAS
2007	26	—	R64
2010	29	Q1	—
2012	31	—	Q1

ATP 250

Season	Age	ACO	ATL	AUC	BRI	BUE	CHN	DLB	EST	GST	HER	HOU	LYO	MET	MUN	NWP	QUE	SHA	SPB	STG	STU	TKY	VIE	WAS	WSA	ASB	BAN	BEL	COS	LOS	MEM	NEW	NOT	SAN	SAO
2001	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	22	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—
2004	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	24	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	R64	R32	—	—
2006	25	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—
2009	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	Q3	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—
2010	29	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—
2012	31	—	Q3	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	Q3	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	R16
2013	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 25, 2005

First top 100

Sep 13, 2004

First top 50

Jul 25, 2005

First top 20

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First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1999	18	914	912	909	896	794	784	787	556	533	518	460	484
2000	19	480	491	355	347	348	313	310	330	330	289	313	311
2001	20	302	286	339	337	271	275	169	180	151	156	149	133
2002	21	135	137	120	123	136	139	148	129	140	133	130	144
2003	22	139	136	132	112	115	118	139	183	149	137	127	128
2004	23	128	127	133	154	149	140	135	113	67	61	71	71
2005	24	56	54	53	55	53	54	50	56	88	108	113	111
2006	25	147	176	176	145	144	142	129	132	140	136	135	134
2007	26	131	131	127	149	153	146	171	183	205	217	252	257
2008	27	226	239	244	214	199	217	204	207	189	196	197	198
2009	28	163	182	168	201	203	196	237	187	164	162	152	151
2010	29	142	114	106	92	90	92	89	81	80	78	76	76
2011	30	77	74	79	90	89	89	91	113	123	84	85	85
2012	31	102	124	129	141	140	138	154	167	155	256	282	286
2013	32	351	390	408	424	454	456	476	483	717	1016	1013	1018

Similar Players

Other ATP players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Flavio Saretta	BRA	44	1,792	0	142	68	74	47.9%	2001-2009	Match log
Thomaz Bellucci	BRA	21	1,937	4	380	179	201	47.1%	2008-2023	Match log
Andre Sa	BRA	55	1,708	0	136	48	88	35.3%	1997-2007	Match log
Kenneth Carlsen	DEN	41	1,754	3	512	239	273	46.7%	1992-2007	Match log
Alberto Martin	ESP	34	1,799	3	485	218	267	44.9%	1996-2010	Match log
Robin Haase	NED	33	1,860	2	457	202	255	44.2%	2006-2023	Match log
Denis Istomin	UZB	33	1,900	2	436	191	245	43.8%	2006-2022	Match log
Joao Sousa	POR	28	1,917	4	436	189	247	43.3%	2008-2024	Match log
Victor Hanescu	ROU	26	1,843	1	412	186	226	45.1%	2002-2015	Match log
Nicolas Mahut	FRA	37	1,926	4	403	179	224	44.4%	2000-2019	Match log
David Prinosil	GER	28	1,800	3	373	165	208	44.2%	1992-2004	Match log
Pablo Andujar	ESP	32	1,862	4	404	164	240	40.6%	2007-2023	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ricardo Mello?: Ricardo Mello is 45 years old, born on December 21, 1980.
Which country is Ricardo Mello from?: Ricardo Mello is from Brazil.
How tall is Ricardo Mello?: Ricardo Mello is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Ricardo Mello use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Ricardo Mello uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Ricardo Mello left-handed or right-handed?: Ricardo Mello plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ricardo Mello won?: Ricardo Mello has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Ricardo Mello won?: Ricardo Mello has not won a Masters 1000 title.
How many ATP titles has Ricardo Mello won?: Ricardo Mello has won 1 ATP singles title across all categories. The most recent other title was Delray Beach in 2004.
What is Ricardo Mello's highest ATP ranking?: Ricardo Mello's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, first achieved on July 25, 2005.
What is Ricardo Mello's career win-loss record?: Ricardo Mello has a career ATP singles record of 52 wins and 87 losses (37.4%).
How much career prize money has Ricardo Mello earned?: Ricardo Mello has earned at least $1,484,044 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Ricardo Mello play professional tennis?: Ricardo Mello turned professional in 1999 and was active through 2013.
What is Ricardo Mello's best surface?: Ricardo Mello's best surface is hard court with a 40.0% win rate (32W-48L).
Who is Ricardo Mello's biggest rival?: Ricardo Mello's most frequent opponent is Thomaz Bellucci, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.