Daniel Melo (born July 4, 1977, in

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

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) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player from Brazil. He is the older brother of

Marcelo Melo Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

, also a tennis player. Melo has won one

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title, 2001 Brasil Open doubles title when, together with Enzo Artoni, he defeated

Gastón Etlis Gastón Etlis (born 4 November 1974) is a former tennis player from Argentina. The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest ATP rankings of World No. 114 in singles May 2000 and World No. 17 in doubles in January ...

and

Brent Haygarth Brent Haygarth (born 27 December 1967) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player use ...

in the final 6–3, 1–6, 7–6.

Career titles

Doubles (1)

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* * 1977 births Living people Brazilian male tennis players Sportspeople from Belo Horizonte Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub