Fernando Meligeni career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Brazilian tennis player, Fernando Meligeni.

Career finals
DisciplineTypeWonLostTotalWR1
SinglesATP Tour23360.50
ATP Challenger Series376130.54
Satellite Tournaments42240.50
Olympic Games0000.00
Total1211230.52
DoublesATP Tour27071.00
ATP Challenger Series337100.33
Satellite Tournaments40000.00
Olympic Games0000.00
Total107170.69
Total2218400.55
1) WR = Winning Rate
2) Known as ATP World Tour since 2009.
3) Known as ATP Challenger Tour since 2009.
4) Predecessor of the ITF Men's Circuit.

Records and career milestones

Fernando 'Fino' Meligeni is one of the most successful brazilian tennis players.[1] He reached a career high of World no. 25 in October 1999 at singles and a career high World no. 34 in November 1997 at doubles. He won 10 ATP Tour titles, three in singles and seven in doubles. At the Summer Olympics in 1996, he reached the semi-finals, losing in the Bronze-medal match to Leander Paes, in what remains as the most successful run of Brazil in tennis at the Olympic Games.

He won the Gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, beating Marcelo Ríos in his final career match.

"Always said that, in the day of that I couldn't give 110% of me, I would retire. That day finally came. Now I want to be a normal guy." [2]

— Meligeni about ending his career.

Other career highlights include finishing inside the ATP Rankings top-100 year-end for ten consecutive years, from 1993 to 2002 and 10 ATP Challenger titles (seven in singles and three in doubles).

Career finals

Singles: 1 (4th place)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
4th Place 1996 Atlanta Olympics Hard Leander Paes 6–3, 2–6, 4–6

Singles: 1 (1 gold medal)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Games Hard Marcelo Ríos 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Year-End Championships (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (0–1)
ATP Tour (3–2)
Surface
Clay (3–2)
Hard (0–1)
Setting
Outdoors (3–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 27 February 1995 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico Clay Thomas Muster 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 1. 10 July 1995 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Christian Ruud 6–4, 6–4
Win 2. 6 May 1996 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, U.S. Clay Mats Wilander 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. 27 April 1998 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Sláva Doseděl 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2. 10 September 2001 Brasil Open, Brazil Hard Jan Vacek 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 3. 25 February 2002 Mexican Open, Mexico Clay Carlos Moyà 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 7 (7 titles)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Year-End Championships (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (1–0)
ATP Tour (6–0)
Surface
Clay (7–0)
Setting
Outdoors (7–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 10 November 1996 Chile Open, Chile Clay Gustavo Kuerten Dinu Pescariu
Albert Portas		 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. 7 April 1997 Portugal Open, Portugal Clay Gustavo Kuerten Andrea Gaudenzi
Filippo Messori		 6–2, 6–2
Win 3. 9 June 1997 Internazionali di Carisbo, Italy Clay Gustavo Kuerten Dave Randall
Jack Waite		 6–2, 7–5
Win 4. 14 July 1997 Stuttgart Open, Germany Clay Gustavo Kuerten Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana		 6–4, 6–4
Win 5. 27 October 1997 Bancolombia Open, Colombia Clay Luis Lobo Karim Alami
Maurice Ruah		 6–1, 6–3
Win 6. 6 July 1998 Swiss Open, Switzerland Clay Gustavo Kuerten Daniel Orsanic
Cyril Suk		 6–4, 7–5
Win 7. 22 March 1999 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco Clay Jaime Oncins Massimo Ardinghi
Vincenzo Santopadre		 6–2, 6–3

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Category
ATP Challenger Series (7–6)
Surface
Clay (6–5)
Hard (1–1)
Setting
Outdoors (7–6)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 25 April 1993 Challenger São Paulo Challenger I, Brazil Clay Pablo Escribano 6–2, 6–1
Winner 18 July 1993 Challenger Campinas Challenger, Brazil Clay Luiz Mattar 6–4, 6–2
Winner 12 September 1993 Challenger São Paulo Challenger II, Brazil Hard Nicolás Pereira 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 17 October 1993 Challenger Recife Challenger, Brazil Hard Mark Petchey 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 12 June 1994 Challenger Campinas Challenger, Brazil Clay Jérôme Golmard 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 11 September 1994 Challenger Natal Challenger, Brazil Clay Alejo Mancisidor 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 9 October 1994 Challenger Ribeirão Preto Challenger, Brazil Clay Luis Morejón 6–3, 6–3
Winner 20 October 1996 Challenger Cairo Challenger, Egypt Clay Alberto Berasategui 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 8 June 1997 Challenger Czech Open, Czech Republic Clay Bohdan Ulihrach 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up 28 September 1997 Challenger São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Clay Lucas Arnold Ker 4–6, 0–1 RET
Runner-up 17 May 1998 Challenger Košice Open, Slovakia Clay Dominik Hrbatý 5–7, 4–6
Winner 18 October 1998 Challenger São Paulo Challenger, Brazil Clay Marcelo Filippini 6–1, 6–4
Winner 8 May 2000 Challenger Guadalajara Challenger, Mexico Clay Hugo Armando 7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Category
ATP Challenger Series (3–7)
Surface
Clay (2–6)
Hard (1–1)
Setting
Outdoors (3–7)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 13 September 1992 Challenger Guarujá Open, Brazil Hard Danilo Marcelino Maurice Ruah
Mario Tabares		 Walkover
Runner-up 27 September 1992 Challenger Open Bogotá, Colombia Clay William Kyriakos Nicolás Pereira
Mario Tabares		 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up 23 February 1993 Challenger Punta del Este Challenger, Uruguay Clay William Kyriakos Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Mark Koevermans		 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2 May 1993 Challenger Rome Challenger, Italy Clay Danilo Marcelino David Nainkin
Grant Stafford		 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 9 May 1993 Challenger Jerusalem Challenger, Israel Clay Danilo Marcelino Gilad Bloom
Christian Saceanu		 6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Winner 12 September 1993 Challenger São Paulo Challenger II, Brazil Hard Danilo Marcelino Martin Blackman
Gaston Etlis		 6–1, 7–5
Winner 17 November 1996 Challenger Campinas Challenger, Brazil Clay Gustavo Kuerten Pablo Albano
Nicolás Lapentti		 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 23 February 1997 Challenger Punta del Este Challenger, Uruguay Clay Nelson Aerts Daniel Orsanic
Martín Rodríguez		 2–6, 4–6
Winner 2 March 1997 Challenger Salinas Challenger, Ecuador Clay André Sá Donald Johnson
Francisco Montana		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 14 October 2000 Challenger Guadalajara Challenger, Mexico Clay Flávio Saretta Hugo Armando
Alexander Waske		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–7(7–9)

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Category
Satellite (2–2)
Surface
Clay (2–2)
Setting
Outdoors (2–2)
Outcome Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 14 April 1991 Satellite Santa Maria, Brazil Masters 1 (Week 4) Clay Roberto Jabali 4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12 May 1991 Satellite Novo Hamburgo, Brazil Masters 2 (Week 4) Clay João Zwetsch 2–6, 5–7
Winner 19 May 1991 Satellite Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Masters 3 (Week 1) Clay Hernán Gumy 6–4, 7–5
Winner 9 June 1991 Satellite Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Masters 3 (Week 3) Clay Hernán Gumy 6–4, 6–3

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003 SR W–LWin (%)
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 0 / 8 1–8 11%
French Open A A 4R 1R 3R 1R 2R 4R SF 2R 3R 2R Q1 0 / 10 18–10 64%
Wimbledon A A A 1R A A A A A 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 11 5–11 31%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–4 2–2 0–3 4–3 3–3 6–3 1–4 4–3 2–4 0–1 0 / 33 25–33 43%
ATP Masters Series1
Indian Wells A A Q3 A A A 1R Q1 2R 1R A A Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami A A Q1 2R 1R 1R 2R A A 3R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A 3R 2R A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Rome A A A A A A A A 3R A A Q1 A 0 / 1 2–1 66%
Stuttgart2 A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–5 4–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 0 / 21 13–21 38%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 4th Not Held A Not Held 0 / 1 4–2 66%
Davis Cup A A PO Z1 Z1 PO 1R 1R QF SF QF 1R A 0 / 6 13–16 45%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 7–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 7 17–18 49%
Career statistics
1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin (%)
Tournaments Played 2 4 7 19 19 18 19 21 26 21 16 23 8 203
Titles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 50%
Finals 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
Overall Win–Loss 2–2 3–4 6–9 15–20 24–18 20–20 25–21 19–22 28–28 16–24 18–17 20–24 6–8 3 / 203 202–217 48.21%
Win (%) 50% 43% 40% 43% 57% 50% 54% 46% 50% 40% 51% 45% 43% 48.21%
Year-end Ranking 206 167 98 92 66 93 68 57 29 100 72 75 213 $2,555,367

1The Masters Series included the Canada Masters and the Cincinnati Masters, but Meligeni never played in these tournaments.
2This event was held in Stockholm until 1994, Essen in 1995, Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001 and Madrid from 2002 on.

Titles detail

Notes:

  • 1995: Defeated three seeded players, en route to title: Schaller (2nd), Costa (5th) and Ruud (6th).
  • 1996: In terms of games played, this was the most difficult title for Meligeni: 120 games and three tiebreaks.
  • 1998: Defeated top-10 Kafelnikov (6) in the quarterfinal match; first top-10 win of that year (defeated Kafelnikov again, in Gstaad).
  • 2003: Final event of Meligeni's career. Entered the event with a bye into the second round. Only victory over Ríos as a professional player.[2]

Grand Slam singles seedings

  Did not play   Not seeded   Played in Qualifier   Seeded 17–32   Seeded 9–16   Seeded 10–4   Seeded no. 3   Seeded no. 2   Seeded no. 1

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1992AbsentAbsentAbsentNot seeded
1993AbsentNot seededAbsentNot seeded
1994Not seededNot seededNot seededNot seeded
1995AbsentNot seededAbsentNot seeded
1996Not seededNot seededAbsentNot seeded
1997Not seededNot seededAbsentNot seeded
1998Not seededNot seededAbsentNot seeded
1999Not seededNot seededAbsentNot seeded
2000Not seededNot seededNot seededNot seeded
2001AbsentNot seededNot seededNot seeded
2002Not seededNot seededNot seededNot seeded
2003Not seededQualifierAbsentAbsent

Record against top 10 players

Meligeni's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold (ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup matches).

Top 10 wins
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
Wins00000012500109
No. Player Rank Tournament Surface Rd Score Meligeni Rank
1997
1. Michael Chang 2 Atlanta, United States Clay 1R 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 72
1998
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 Prague, Czech Republic Clay 2R 6–4, 6–4 75
3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay 1R 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 50
1999
4. Tim Henman 7 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 2R 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 51
5. Pete Sampras 2 Rome, Italy Clay 2R 6–3, 6–1 58
6. Patrick Rafter 3 French Open, Paris, France Clay 3R 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 54
7. Àlex Corretja 6 French Open, Paris, France Clay QF 6–2, 6–2, 6–0 54
8. Carlos Moyá 6 Long Island, United States Hard 1R 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–3 29
2002
9. Andy Roddick 9 Washington, D.C, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 6–4 61

Davis Cup

Participations: (13–16)
Group membership
World Group (5–11)
WG Play-offs (2–3)
Group I (6–2)
Group II (0)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
Matches by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (12–11)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–3)
Matches by Type
Singles (13–16)
Doubles (0)
Matches by Setting
Indoors (1–3)
Outdoors (12–13)
Matches by Venue
Brazil (10–5)
Away (3–11)
Rubber result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
1–3; 22–26 September 1993; Royal Primerose Tennis Club, Brussels, Belgium; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Defeat 1 II Singles  Belgium Filip Dewulf 2–6, 1–6, 5–7
Defeat 2 IV Singles Bart Wuyts 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
2–3; 8–10 July 1994; Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru; Americas Zone Group I Semifinal; Clay surface
Victory 3 I Singles  Peru José Luis Noriega 6–2, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Defeat 4 IV Singles Jaime Yzaga 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
5–0; 3–5 February 1995; Barra Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Americas Zone Group I Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory 5 II Singles  Bahamas Roger Smith 6–0, 7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Victory 6 V Singles (dead rubber) Mark Knowles 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
3–2; 9–11 February 1996; Estadio Nacional del Chile, Santiago, Chile; Americas Zone Group I Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory 7 I Singles  Chile Sergio Cortés 6–1, 6–1, 7–5
Defeat 8 IV Singles Marcelo Ríos 2–6, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
4–1; 5–7 February 1996; Tênis Clube de Santos, Santos, Brazil; Americas Zone Group I Semifinal; Clay surface
Victory 9 II Singles  Venezuela Jimy Szymanski 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Victory 10 IV Singles Nicolás Pereira 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
4–1; 20–22 September 1996; Trans-America Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil; World Group Play-offs; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat 11 I Singles  Austria Thomas Muster 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Victory 12 V Singles Markus Hipfl Walkover[N 1]
1–4; 7–9 February 1997; Tennis Country Club, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; World Group 1st Round; Clay surface
Defeat 13 II Singles  United States Jim Courier 6–3, 1–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Defeat 14 V Singles (dead rubber) Alex O'Brien 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
5–0; 19–21 September 1997; Costão Santinho Hotel, Florianópolis, Brazil; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Victory 15 II Singles  New Zealand Brett Steven 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
2–3; 3–5 April 1998; Moinhos de Vento Park, Porto Alegre, Brazil; World Group 1st Round; Clay surface
Defeat 16 II Singles  Spain Àlex Corretja 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat 17 V Singles Carlos Moyá 6–7(4–7), 2–6, 2–6
3–0; 25–27 September 1998; Costão Santinho Hotel, Florianópolis, Brazil; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Victory 18 I Singles  Romania Adrian Voinea 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
3–2; 2–4 April 1999; Lérida Tennis Club, Lérida, Spain; World Group 1st Round; Clay surface
Defeat 19 I Singles  Spain Carlos Moyá 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 0–6, 4–6
2–3; 16–18 July 1999; Sports Palace, Pau, France; World Group Quarterfinal; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat 20 II Singles  France Cédric Pioline 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Victory 21 V Singles (dead rubber) Sébastien Grosjean 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
4–1; 4–6 February 2000; Municipal Centre, Florianopolis, Brazil; World Group Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Victory 22 I Singles  France Cédric Pioline 7–5, 5–7, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
3–2; 7–9 April 2000; Marapendi Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; World Group Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Defeat 23 I Singles  Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 1–6, 5–7, 2–6
Victory 24 V Singles Karol Kučera 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4
0–5; 14–16 July 2000; ANZ Stadium, Brisbane, Australia; World Group Semifinal; Grass surface
Defeat 25 II Singles  Australia Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 2–6, 3–6
Defeat 26 V Singles (dead rubber) Patrick Rafter 3–6, 4–6
4–1; 9–11 February 2001; Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; World Group 1st Round; Clay surface
Victory 27 II Singles  Morocco Hicham Arazi 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 4–3 RET
1–3; 6–8 April 2001; Florianapolis Court Tennis Centre, Florianopolis, Brazil; World Group Quarterfinal; Clay surface
Defeat 28 II Singles  Australia Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 3–6, 3–6
1–4; 8–10 February 2002; Sports Culture Palace, Ostrava, Czech Republic; World Group 1st Round; Carpet(i) surface
Defeat 29 II Singles  Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
4–0; 20–22 September 2002; Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Victory 30 I Singles  Canada Frank Dancevic 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
  1. Does not count as a win.

References
General sources

Information about career finals, Grand Slam seedings, singles and doubles performance timelines, head-to-head records against top-10 players, and national team participation are from these sources:

  • "Career Singles Activity". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  • "Career Doubles Activity". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  • "ITF's Profile". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  • "Davis Cup Profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
References
  1. "Os dez maiores tenistas brasileiros da Era Aberta". Esporte Final (in Portuguese). February 2, 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. "Fernando Meligeni tira o seu circo de campo". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). June 5, 2003. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
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