Melissa Mazzotta

Melissa Mazzotta
Full nameMelissa Mazzotta
Country (sports) Venezuela
 United States
Born (1972-06-21) 21 June 1972 (age 52)
Retired2000
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Prize money$90,904
Singles
Career record138-142
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 182 (3 March 1997)
Doubles
Career record35-65
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 132 (23 November 1998)

Melissa Mazzotta (born 21 June 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela.

Biography

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Mazzotta is originally from Caracas but is based in Florida. She was a two-time All-American collegiate tennis player at the University of Miami.[1]

As a professional player, she reached a top singles ranking of 182 in the world. She featured in the qualifying draws of all four grand slam tournaments. Her WTA Tour career included a win over Rachel McQuillan in Los Angeles in 1994 and she was a doubles runner-up at Bogota in 1998.

She appeared in a total of six Fed Cup ties for her native Venezuela, two in 1991 and four in 1996.[2]

Mazzotta lives in Miami, where she operates a preschool.[3]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles (0-1)

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Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss February, 1998 Bogota, Colombia Tier IV Clay Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva Slovakia Janette Husárová
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–3, 2–6, 3–6

ITF finals

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–3)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 9 May 1988 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Finland Petra Thorén 2–6, 3–6
Win 2. 9 June 1991 Miramar, United States Hard United States Nicole Arendt 7-6, 6-1
Loss 3. 14 July 1991 Indianapolis, United States Clay United States Rachel Jensen 3-6, 0-6
Loss 4. 23 November 1997 Caracas, Venezuela Hard United States Katie Schlukebir 5-7, 5-7

Doubles (1-1)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1 June 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
Switzerland Miroslava Vavrinec
6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. 5 July 1998 Orbetello, Italy Clay Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga Italy Alice Canepa
Italy Tathiana Garbin
2–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Miami Hurricanes History: All-Americans". University of Miami. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Key Statistics". fedcup.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "After-hours child care". Miami Herald. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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