Marcelo Saliola

Marcelo Saliola (born 31 December 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.

Saliola was the runner-up in the 1988 Junior Orange Bowl and won the South American Junior Championships in 1991, for the under 18 age bracket.[1]

He had his best result on the ATP Tour at 1991 Brasilia Open when he made it into the round of 16, with a win over second seed and world number 12 Emilio Sánchez. He was a doubles quarter-finalist in the 1994 Colombia Open, partnering Otavio Della, with whom he won five Challenger titles.[2]

The Brazilian won a bronze medal in the singles event at the 1991 Pan American Games

Challenger titles

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1993	Cotia, Brazil	Hard	Otavio Della	Danilo Marcelino Francisco Roig	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
2.	1993	Sao Luis, Brazil	Hard	Otavio Della	Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
3.	1994	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Otavio Della	Nelson Aerts Danilo Marcelino	6–4, 6–2
4.	1994	Fortaleza, Brazil	Hard	Otavio Della	Bill Barber Ivan Baron	W/O
5.	1994	Natal, Brazil	Clay	Otavio Della	Gastón Etlis Ricardo Mena	6–4, 6–3

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