Full name | Fernando Ariel Meligeni | ||||||||
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Country (sports) | Brazil | ||||||||
Residence | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 12 April 1971||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||
Turned pro | 1990 | ||||||||
Retired | 2003 | ||||||||
Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||
Prize money | $2,555,367 | ||||||||
Singles | |||||||||
Career record | 202–217 | ||||||||
Career titles | 3 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 25 (11 October 1999) | ||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (1997) | ||||||||
French Open | SF (1999) | ||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2001) | ||||||||
US Open | 3R (1997) | ||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||
Grand Slam Cup | 1R (1999) | ||||||||
Olympic Games | SF – 4th (1996) | ||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||
Career record | 63–64 | ||||||||
Career titles | 7 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 34 (3 November 1997) | ||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2003) | ||||||||
French Open | QF (1998) | ||||||||
US Open | 1R (1997, 1998) | ||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||
Davis Cup | SF (2000) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Fernando Ariel Meligeni (born 12 April 1971), nicknamed Fininho (diminutive form in Portuguese for thin), is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He won three singles (and 7 doubles) titles and reached the semifinals of both the 1999 French Open and the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was known for taking matches to the limit (tiebreaks and five sets). His favorite surface was clay.[1]