Melinda Czink

Melinda Czink (born 22 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. On 21 September 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 37.

Melinda Czink

Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary/Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Born	22 October 1982 Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2014
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,504,389
Singles
Career record	437–325 (57.3%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 37 (21 September 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2004, 2009)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2011)
US Open	3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	126–147 (46.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 78 (10 May 2010)

Czink reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana Ivanovic in Canberra. In 2009, she defeated Lucie Šafářová in Quebec City for her first WTA Tour title. On the ITF Circuit, she won 20 singles and nine doubles titles.

Tennis career

2000–2008

She played her first tournament at Budapest as a wildcard in 2000. She first entered the top 100 in 2003. She won several singles and doubles ITF titles.

2009

She reached the top 50 and won her first title at Quebec.[1][2] As fifth seed, she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in the semifinal,[1] and Lucie Šafářová in the final.[1] She also reached one semifinal and four quarterfinals during the season. At the end of the year, she played at the Tournament of Champions in Bali where, she lost to Aravane Rezaï, and to Sabine Lisicki, in the round-robin stage.

2010

She started the year at Brisbane International in Australia as seventh seed. She defeated Lucie Hradecká in the first round, and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second, both in three sets. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Justine Henin. She reached the doubles final with Arantxa Parra Santonja, where they lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká. Next, she played the Hobart International, where she lost to Gisela Dulko in the first round, in straight sets. In the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Stefanie Vögele.

2011

Czink missed the Australian Open. She won two ITF events in Dothan, Alabama, and Indian Harbour Beach before returning to Grand Slam play with a protected rank at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. As the lowest-ranked player in the tournament at world No. 262, she drew tenth-seed Samantha Stosur in the first round. She recorded the biggest win of her career by upsetting the Australian, 6–3, 6–4. She then beat Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus in two sets. In the third round, Czink lost for the first time to the 20th-seed Peng Shuai.

2012

Czink began the 2012 season at the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to qualifier Vania King in straight sets. Following this loss, she continued her hard-court season at the Apia International Sydney. In the main draw, she was defeated by Chanelle Scheepers in the first round. At the Australian Open, Czink lost in her second qualifying match.

Czink's next tournament was the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. In the first round, she defeated Canadian Stéphanie Dubois in straight sets, before falling to Estrella Cabeza Candela in the second round. She then qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open. In the first round, she crushed Alberta Brianti, but her run was cut short by 2011 French Open champion Li Na. She continued her U.S. season by qualifying for the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.

Czink's next tournament was the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. She qualified without dropping a set, but was ousted by third seed Petra Cetkovská in the first round of the main draw.

Czink then headed to her home tournament at the Budapest Grand Prix. She faced fellow qualifier Mervana Jugić-Salkić in the first round of the main draw. She defeated Jugić-Salkić but fell in the second round to top seed Sara Errani, in three sets.

At the French Open, Melinda crushed Anne Keothavong, 6–1, 6–2, in the first round, but was defeated by 22nd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the following round.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)	Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)	Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)	International (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 January 2005	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Ana Ivanovic	5–7, 1–6
Winner	1.	20 September 2009	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Lucie Šafářová	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)	Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)	Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–0)	International (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 January 2010	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), [4–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 28 (20–8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jun 2000	ITF Hoorn, Netherlands	Clay	Anousjka van Exel	5–7, 6–7
Win	1.	Feb 2001	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Magdalena Zděnovcová	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	Apr 2001	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Ana Timotić	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	2.	Sep 2001	ITF Raleigh, United States	Clay	Allison Baker	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	Oct 2001	ITF Aventura, United States	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	6–4, 6–3
Win	4.	Jan 2002	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	7–5, 6–2
Win	5.	Feb 2002	ITF Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Petra Russegger	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win	6.	Feb 2002	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Yuliana Fedak	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	7.	Feb 2002	ITF Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	Mar 2002	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	5–7, 5–7
Winner	8.	May 2002	ITF Sea Island, United States	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4.	Nov 2002	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	4–6, 2–6
Win	9.	May 2003	ITF Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Ivana Abramović	6–1, 6–2
Win	10.	Jun, 2003	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	6–3, 6–3
Win	11.	Jul 2003	ITF Modena, Italy	Clay	Sun Tiantian	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5.	Jul 2003	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Vera Dushevina	6–7, 2–6
Loss	6.	Nov 2003	ITF Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Kira Nagy	2–6, 3–6
Win	12.	Nov 2003	ITF Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Carla Tiene	6–3, 6–2
Win	13.	Feb 2004	ITF Waikoloa, United States	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	7–6, 6–2
Win	14.	Nov 2004	ITFSan Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–0, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	Jun 2005	ITF Fano, Italy	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	Nov 2005	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Bethanie Mattek	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	15.	Jan 2007	ITF Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Edina Gallovits	6–2, 6–3
Win	16.	Aug 2007	ITF Washington, United States	Hard	Olga Savchuk	7–5, 7–5
Win	17.	Sep 2007	ITF Ashland, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Win	18.	Oct 2008	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	19.	Apr 2011	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 6–3
Win	20.	May 2011	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Alison Riske	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 2001	Greenville, United States	Hard	Salome Devidze	Gaelle Adda Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	30 September 2001	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Allison Baker	Tracey O'Connor Leanne Baker	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	21 January 2002	Miami, United States	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	Stephanie Mabry Karin Miller	4–6, 7–6^(5), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	12 May 2003	Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Gisela Dulko María Emilia Salerni	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	21 July 2003	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	3.	1 December 2003	Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Erica Krauth	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Panova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	15 November 2005	Tucson, United States	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Winner	4.	17 July 2007	Boston, United States	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu	6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 July 2007	Lexington, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Casey Dellacqua Natalie Grandin	6–2, 7–6^(10–8)
Winner	6.	17 September 2007	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	Līga Dekmeijere Varvara Lepchenko	7–5, 6–4
Winner	7.	3 March 2008	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	11 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Sunitha Rao	Stéphanie Foretz Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	6 October 2008	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	9 February 2009	Midland, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Chen Yi Rika Fujiwara	5–7, 6–7^(7–9)
Runner-up	6.	21 September 2009	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Mashona Washington Riza Zalameda	3–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	10 February 2013	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	LQ	2R	1R	A	LQ	1R	2–7
French Open	LQ	1R	A	2R	1R	LQ	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	4–7
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	4–8
US Open	3R	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	A	LQ	1R	A	3–5
Win–Loss	2–2	1–4	0–1	2–4	0–3	0–0	4–4	0–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	13–26

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	2–3
French Open	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0–3
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0–4
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0–3
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–13

References

1. WTA (20 September 2009). "Görges verpasst das Finale". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. WTA (20 September 2009). "Turnierdiagramm 2009 Quebec, Kanada". kicker.de. Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

External links

• Melinda Czink at the Women's Tennis Association
• Melinda Czink at the International Tennis Federation
• Melinda Czink at the Billie Jean King Cup