Fino Meligeni

Fino Meligeni was a Brazilian tennis player who played professionally from 1990 to 2003. Meligeni achieved a career-best singles ranking of #25 in the world in October 1999, and a doubles ranking of #34 in the world in November 1997. He was on Brazil’s Davis Cup team from 1993 to 2002.

Meligeni’s first ATP World Tour singles title came in July 1995 at the Swedish Open when he beat Christian Ruud in straight sets. His first ATP doubles title came in the following November at the Chile Open with partner Guga Kuerten. On the ATP World Tour he won three singles titles and seven doubles titles during his career.

Meligeni competed in the singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics where he finished in fourth place after losing to [Leander Paes] in the bronze medal match. In 1999 he had his best performance at a Grand Slam when he reached the semi-finals of the French Open where he lost to Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine. In 2003 he won the gold medal in the singles at the Pan American Games with victory against Marcelo Ríos of Chile. Later the same year he retired and was named the Brazilian Sportsmen of the Year.