Melissa Mazzotta

Full name	Melissa Mazzotta
Country (sports)	Venezuela  United States
Born	(1972-06-21) 21 June 1972 (age 51)
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

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