Melissa Mazzotta

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.

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.

Mazzotta lives in Miami, where she operates a preschool.

WTA Tour finals Doubles (0-1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 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) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 9 May 1988 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Petra Thorén 2–6, 3–6Win 2. 9 June 1991 Miramar, United States Hard Nicole Arendt 7-6, 6-1Loss 3. 14 July 1991 Indianapolis, United States Clay Rachel Jensen 3-6, 0-6Loss 4. Caracas, Venezuela Hard Katie Schlukebir 5-7, 5-7

Doubles (1-1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 1 June 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Fabiola Zuluaga Larissa Schaerer Miroslava Vavrinec 6–2, 6–1Loss 2. 5 July 1998 Orbetello, Italy Clay Fabiola Zuluaga Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin 2–6, 3–6