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

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 male 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).

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
4th place	1996	Atlanta Olympics	Hard	Leander Paes	6–3, 2–6, 4–6

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 1995	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win	1.	Jul 1995	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Christian Ruud	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	May 1996	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, U.S.	Clay	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–2
Win	3.	Apr 1998	Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Sláva Doseděl	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2.	Sep 2001	Brasil Open, Brazil	Hard	Jan Vacek	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss	3.	Feb 2002	Mexican Open, Mexico	Clay	Carlos Moyá	6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Nov 1996	Chile Open, Chile	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Dinu Pescariu Albert Portas	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	Apr 1997	Portugal Open, Portugal	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Andrea Gaudenzi Filippo Messori	6–2, 6–2
Win	3.	Jun 1997	Internazionali di Carisbo, Italy	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Dave Randall Jack Waite	6–2, 7–5
Win	4.	Jul 1997	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	Oct 1997	Bancolombia Open, Colombia	Clay	Luis Lobo	Karim Alami Maurice Ruah	6–1, 6–3
Win	6.	July 1998	Swiss Open, Switzerland	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Daniel Orsanic Cyril Suk	6–4, 7–5
Win	7.	Mar 1999	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Massimo Ardinghi Vincenzo Santopadre	6–2, 6–3

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

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 Gastón 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)

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

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.

1. 1995 Swedish Open Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Gilbert Schaller (31) 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 2R Óscar Martínez (87) 7–5, 6–1 QF Magnus Norman (367) 6–4, 6–3 SF Carlos Costa (53) 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 F Christian Ruud (62) 6–4, 6–4

2. 1996 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Fabio Maggi (220) 6–4, 6–3 2R Todd Woodbridge (28) 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1 QF Patrick Rafter (86) 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–1 SF Jason Stoltenberg (61) 2–6, 6–0, 6–4 F Mats Wilander (85) 6–4, 6–2

3. 1998 Prague Open Round Opponent (Rank) Score 1R Andrei Cherkasov (184) 6–4, 6–3 2R Yevgeny Kafelnikov (6) 6–4, 6–4 QF Andrei Chesnokov (1346) 6–3, 6–1 SF Dinu Pescariu (123) 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2) F Slava Doseděl (47) 6–1, 6–4

4. 2003 Santo Domingo Pan American Games Round Opponent (Rank) Score 2R Carlos Berlocq (291) 6–2, 6–2 3R Gabriel Montilla (687) Walkover QF Jeff Morrison (145) 6–3, 6–4 SF José de Armas (284) 6–4, 6–2 F Marcelo Ríos (44) 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)

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]

  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

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).

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

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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, Florianópolis, 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, Florianópolis, 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

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:

References