Brazilian tennis player Marcelo Melo is a national icon. A doubles specialist, Melo gained worldwide fame when he was ranked the world number one in November 2015 and is hailed as the best Brazilian doubles player of all time.
Born in Belo Horizonte, Melo comes from a sporting family and is the brother of professional tennis player Daniel Melo. After learning to play tennis at the age of seven, Melo began his professional career in the 2000s. At ...