title: Melissa Mazzotta
text: # 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)
  
  | 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 |
  