Marcelo Melo

2007

After playing with different Brazilian partners in doubles, including André Sá, Melo went through a relatively successful period of his career, reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon doubles,^[2] with some matches lasting four hours. Melo and Sá reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. Also, in 2007, they won the tournament title of ATP 250 Estoril.^[3]

Melo underwent an anti-doping test in 2007, which was positive. He had taken medication containing banned substances for a headache, and Melo was suspended for two months. He returned to competition in November 2007, and at the first opportunity won the Buenos Aires Challenger without André Sá, who also was not in Adelaide triumph, the first week of 2008, when Melo played with the Argentine Martín García.^[3]

2008

In 2008, Melo partnered with André Sá and had a good campaign, winning three ATPs together—Costa do Sauípe, Poertschach and New Haven. They came to play in the Masters Cup, in which the top eight doubles in the world compete, but they ended the year ranked No. 9 in the Champions Race; this was because Melo was injured in Wimbledon and took time to recover, and Melo and Sá had not made any major campaign in the Masters Series and Grand Slams. Melo and Sá later went on to play as reserves in the Masters Cup.^[4] They also participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[3][5]

2009

Marcelo Melo at Delray Beach 2009

In 2009, Melo and Sá won one ATP and reached the final of two other competitions. In Roland Garros, Melo reached the final of the Mixed Doubles with American player Vania King, losing the final by two sets to one. This was the first time since 2001 that a Brazilian reached the final of a Grand Slam. In ATP 500 Hamburg, a tournament that had once been a Masters Series, Melo and his partner the Slovak Filip Polášek finished as the runners-up. At the end of the year, Melo announced the end of his partnership with André Sá and his new partnership with Bruno Soares.^[3]

2010

In 2010, Melo and Soares reached the final of the ATP 250 Auckland at the beginning of the year. After that, they did not play well until May, when Melo won the title of the ATP 250 Nice. At Roland Garros, they defeated the brothers Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan—the world's top doubles players—and reached the quarterfinal. They subsequently reached the semifinals of ATP 500 Hamburg, the final of the ATP 250 Gstaad, the third round of the US Open, the final of the ATP 250 Metz, and the semifinals of the ATP 500 Tokyo and ATP 250 Stockholm.^[3]

2011

In 2011, Melo and Soares won two consecutive titles in the ATP 250 Chile and Brazil, and were runners-up in the ATP 500 Acapulco. They reached the semifinals of the ATP 250 Nice and Eastbourne, and Melo reached the Newport semifinal with André Sá. In August, Melo and Soares competed in the semifinals of the ATP 500 Washington. In September, playing with Lukáš Dlouhý, Melo reached the final of the ATP 250 Metz. In October, with Soares, he reached the semifinals of the ATP 500 Valencia and the Japan Open Tennis Championships, and later the final of the ATP 250 Stockholm. In November, Melo and Soares reached the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 Paris. At the end of the year, Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares ended their partnership.^[3]

2012

Marcelo Melo playing at grass

In 2012, playing with Ivan Dodig, Melo was the runner-up at ATP 500 Memphis and reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He was also a quarterfinalist at the Masters 1000 Madrid with Marin Čilić. Melo participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics with Bruno Soares; they reached the quarterfinals after defeating the duo Berdych and Stepanek by 24–22 in the last set.^[6][7]

In the second half of 2012, Melo was a semifinalist in the Masters 1000 Cincinnati, and reached the third round of the US Open playing with Dodig. In October, partnered with Cilic, Melo was a semifinalist in the Masters 1000 Shanghai. With this, Melo reached the best rank in his career for a second time, reaching the 18th position worldwide. Playing with Soares, Melo won his 10th ATP doubles title in the ATP 250 Stockholm, reaching the 17th position worldwide. In the Masters 1000 Paris, Melo reached the semifinals, partnered with Cilic.^[3]

2013

Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig

In 2013, Melo won the ATP 250 Brisbane in preparation for the Australian Open, along with Tommy Robredo; this was his 11th ATP title. In February, Melo defeated the Bryan brothers in the US partnered with Bruno Soares in the Davis Cup. In March, Melo reached the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 Indian Wells with Dodig, and in May he reached the third round of Roland Garros. At Wimbledon 2013, Melo performed the best campaign of his career, reaching the final of the tournament. With this, Melo attained his best career ranking, reaching 14th position.^[3]

In the US Open 2013, he reached the semifinals for the first time in his career and again broke his personal record, reaching 11th position.^[3] Melo won his first Masters 1000 title in October; playing with Dodig, they won Masters 1000 Shanghai, defeating Roger Federer and also the Bryan brothers. Melo became for the first time a world top 10 player, reaching the 8th position of the ATP rankings.^[3] He also reached the semifinals of the Masters 1000 Paris, first reaching the world doubles top 5.^[3]

2014

In 2014, Melo's best results were the semifinal of the US Open, the final of the ATP World Finals, the final of the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo and Canada, the final of the ATP 500 in Rio and Tokyo, and the title of the ATP 250 Auckland. Remained in the top 10 world doubles throughout the year.^[3]

2015: First Grand Slam title and World No.1

In 2015, Melo had a great first half of the year by reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time. Melo won the Acapulco tournament, and reaching the semifinals of the first 3 Masters 1000 of the year: Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo. In June, he won his maiden doubles Grand Slam of his career, winning Roland Garros alongside Ivan Dodig by defeating the Bryan brothers in the final. At Wimbledon, Melo reached the Quarter Finals.

In Cincinnati, Melo reached his 4th Masters 1000 level semi-final of the year. In October, Melo won back-to-back-to-back tournaments, first in Tokyo, followed by the Shanghai Masters (with Raven Klaasen). In Vienna, playing alongside Łukasz Kubot, Melo guaranteed his place at the top of the ATP Doubles Ranking by advancing to the semi-final.^[8] Melo and Kubot went on to win the tournament.

2016

Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, 2016 Vienna Open Champions

After 22 weeks in ATP No.1 Doubles Ranking, Melo was surpassed by Jamie Murray on April 4.^[9] Melo returned to ATP No.1 Doubles Ranking on May 9 and he stayed until on June 6, 2016.^[10][11] Melo alongside Ivan Dodig won two Masters 1000 doubles tournaments (Toronto and Cincinnati).^[12][13] In October, Melo partnered with Łukasz Kubot defeated Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin to win the Vienna Open Doubles Title.

2017: Wimbledon men's doubles champion

Marcelo Melo with Łukasz Kubot at the Citi Open in 2017

In March Melo with his doubles partner Łukasz Kubot reached the doubles final at Indian Wells Masters. Eighth seeded Melo and Kubot reached the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals after breezing past tricky wild card duo, Nick Kyrgios and Nenad Zimonjić. The Brazilian-Polish pair then defeated fourth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares to reach the final against the 6th seeds, South Africa's Raven Klaasen and his American doubles partner, Rajeev Ram.^[14] At the 2017 Miami Open Melo and Kubot dropped only three sets en route to the final, defeating Marcus Daniell & Marcelo Demoliner, Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecău, Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares in QF and Daniel Nestor & Brian Baker in SF to reach their second straight ATP Masters 1000 final.^[15] In the final the sixth-seeded Melo & Kubot defeated American duo Nick Monroe and Jack Sock in straight sets. They made it all the way together at an ATP event for the first time this season. It was their first ever Masters 1000 title won as a team as well.^[16]

At Wimbledon, coming from back-to-back grass-court titles at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Halle, no. 4 seeds Melo and Kubot faced four 5-set matches to claim the men's doubles crown (Melo's second major title), defeating no. 16 seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in a final which took 4 hours 39 minutes and five sets to complete.^[17]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2015	French Open	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Łukasz Kubot	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 13–11
Loss	2018	US Open	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	3–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2009	French Open	Clay	Vania King	Liezel Huber Bob Bryan	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]

Year-End Championships

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	ATP Finals, London	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	2017	ATP Finals, London	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Henri Kontinen John Peers	4–6, 2–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2013	Shanghai Masters	Hard	Ivan Dodig	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), [10–2]
Loss	2014	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	2014	Canadian Open	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 3–6
Win	2015	Shanghai Masters (2)	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Win	2015	Paris Masters	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	2016	Canadian Open	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 6–4
Win	2016	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Loss	2017	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	2017	Miami Open	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Nicholas Monroe Jack Sock	7–5, 6–3
Win	2017	Madrid Open	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2017	Shanghai Masters	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Henri Kontinen John Peers	4–6, 2–6
Win	2017	Paris Masters (2)	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers	7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–6]
Win	2018	Shanghai Masters (3)	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 56 (32 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2007	Estoril Open, Portugal	International	Clay	André Sá	Martín García Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	2–0	Jan 2008	Adelaide International, Australia	International	Hard	Martín García	Chris Guccione Robert Smeets	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	3–0	Feb 2008	Brasil Open, Brazil	International	Clay	André Sá	Albert Montañés Santiago Ventura	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	4–0	May 2008	Hypo Group Tennis International, Austria	International	Clay	André Sá	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 6–7(3–7), [13–11]
Loss	4–1	Jun 2008	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom	International	Grass	André Sá	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	5–1	Aug 2008	New Haven Open, United States	International	Hard	André Sá	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	7–5, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Mar 2009	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	André Sá	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–2	May 2009	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	André Sá	Andrei Pavel Horia Tecău	6–7(9–11), 6–2, [10–7]
Loss	6–3	Jun 2009	Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom (2)	250 Series	Grass	André Sá	Wesley Moodie Mikhail Youzhny	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	6–4	Jul 2009	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Filip Polášek	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–5	Jan 2010	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Bruno Soares	Marcus Daniell Horia Tecău	7–5, 6–4
Win	7–5	May 2010	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Bruno Soares	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	7–6	Aug 2010	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Bruno Soares	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [9–11]
Loss	7–7	Sep 2010	Open de Moselle, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Dustin Brown Rogier Wassen	3–6, 3–6
Win	8–7	Feb 2011	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Bruno Soares	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	9–7	Feb 2011	Brasil Open, Brazil (2)	250 Series	Clay	Bruno Soares	Pablo Andújar Daniel Gimeno Traver	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	9–8	Feb 2011	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Clay	Bruno Soares	Victor Hănescu Horia Tecău	1–6, 3–6
Loss	9–9	Sep 2011	Open de Moselle, France	250 Series	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	Jamie Murray André Sá	4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss	9–10	Oct 2011	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 3–6
Loss	9–11	Feb 2012	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, United States	500 Series	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	10–11	Oct 2012	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Robert Lindstedt Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–6]
Win	11–11	Jan 2013	Brisbane International, Australia (2)	250 Series	Hard	Tommy Robredo	Eric Butorac Paul Hanley	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	11–12	Jul 2013	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	12–12	Oct 2013	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Ivan Dodig	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), [10–2]
Win	13–12	Jan 2014	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Julian Knowle	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	13–13	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	David Marrero	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	4–6, 2–6
Loss	13–14	Apr 2014	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	13–15	Aug 2014	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 3–6
Loss	13–16	Oct 2014	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]
Loss	13–17	Nov 2014	ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [7–10]
Win	14–17	Mar 2015	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Santiago González	6–7(2–7), 7–5, [3–10]
Win	15–17	Jun 2015	French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss	15–18	Aug 2015	Washington Open, United States	500 Series	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 2–6
Win	16–18	Oct 2015	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard (i)	Raven Klaasen	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
Win	17–18	Oct 2015	Shanghai Masters, China (2)	Masters 1000	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–18	Oct 2015	Vienna Open, Austria	500 Series	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Jamie Murray John Peers	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–6]
Win	19–18	Nov 2015	Paris Masters, France	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	19–19	Jun 2016	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Ivan Dodig	Dominic Inglot Daniel Nestor	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	20–19	Aug 2016	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 6–4
Win	21–19	Aug 2016	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Ivan Dodig	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Win	22–19	Oct 2016	Vienna Open, Austria (2)	500 Series	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Loss	22–20	Mar 2017	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [8–10]
Win	23–20	Apr 2017	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Nicholas Monroe Jack Sock	7–5, 6–3
Win	24–20	May 2017	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 6–3
Win	25–20	Jun 2017	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Łukasz Kubot	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	6–3, 6–4
Win	26–20	Jun 2017	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Łukasz Kubot	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	27–20	Jul 2017	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Łukasz Kubot	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 13–11
Loss	27–21	Aug 2017	Washington Open, United States	500 Series	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Henri Kontinen John Peers	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	27–22	Oct 2017	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Henri Kontinen John Peers	4–6, 2–6
Win	28–22	Nov 2017	Paris Masters, France (2)	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers	7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	28–23	Nov 2017	ATP Finals, United Kingdom	Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Henri Kontinen John Peers	4–6, 2–6
Win	29–23	Jan 2018	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Jan-Lennard Struff Viktor Troicki	6–3, 6–4
Win	30–23	Jun 2018	Halle Open, Germany (2)	500 Series	Grass	Łukasz Kubot	Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	30–24	Sep 2018	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Mike Bryan Jack Sock	3–6, 1–6
Win	31–24	Oct 2018	China Open, China	500 Series	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	6–1, 6–4
Win	32–24	Oct 2018	Shanghai Masters, China (3)	Masters 1000	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Mixed doubles