Melissa Mazzotta

Melissa Mazzotta
Full name	Melissa Mazzotta
Country (sports)	Venezuela; United States
Born	21 June 1972 (age 52)
Retired	2000
College	University of Miami
Prize money	$90,904
Singles
Career record	138-142
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 182 (3 March 1997)
Doubles
Career record	35-65
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 132 (23 November 1998)

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

Biography

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

Doubles (0-1)

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

ITF finals

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

Singles (1–3)

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

Doubles (1-1)

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