Cecilia Raquel Costa Melgar[1] (born 26 December 1992) is a Chilean former tennis player.

Cecilia Costa Melgar
Full nameCecilia Raquel Costa Melgar
Country (sports) Chile
Born (1992-12-26) 26 December 1992 (age 31)
Viña del Mar, Chile
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Prize money$47,890
Singles
Career record137–109 (55.7%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 367 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open JuniorQ2 (2010)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record111–91 (55.0%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 216 (8 September 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Junior1R (2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–6
Medal record
Representing  Chile
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellín women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellín women's doubles

Costa Melgar won four singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 367. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 216 in the doubles rankings.

Since her debut for Chile in 2010, Costa Melgar has realized a 15–6 record for her country in Fed Cup competition.

After retiring from professional tennis, Costa Melgar became a beach tennis player.[2]

ITF finals edit

Singles: 10 (4–6) edit

Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (4–6)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Aug 2008 ITF Bell Ville, Argentina Clay   Verónica Spiegel 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2. Oct 2011 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Patricia Kú Flores 7–6(6), 5–7, 3–6
Loss 3. Jul 2012 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay   Guadalupe Moreno 5–7, 3–6
Loss 4. Aug 2012 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia Clay   Camila Silva 4–6, 7–6(1), 3–6
Win 1. Sep 2012 ITF Pereira, Colombia Clay   Anastasia Kharchenko 6–2, 6–3
Win 2. Sep 2012 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Yuliana Lizarazo 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3. Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Daniela Seguel 6–4, 6–2
Loss 5. Nov 2012 ITF Quillota, Chile Clay   Camila Silva 5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win 4. Aug 2013 ITF La Paz, Bolivia Clay   Macarena Olivares López 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 6. Nov 2013 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Nadia Podoroska 2–6, 7–5, 5–3 ret.

Doubles: 17 (7–10) edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (6–9)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Nov 2009 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Andrea Koch Benvenuto   Agustina Eskenazi
  Paula Ormaechea
6–1, 6–3
Win 2. May 2011 ITF Itaparica, Brazil Hard   Flávia Guimarães Bueno   Isabella Robbiani
  Luciana Sarmenti
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 1. Aug 2011 ITF Versmold, Germany Clay   Daniela Seguel   Elizaveta Ianchuk
  Julia Mayr
4–6, 3–6
Loss 2. Oct 2011 ITF São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Gabriela Cé   Maria Fernanda Alves
  Karina Venditti
2–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Oct 2011 ITF Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Belén Ludueña   Patricia Kú Flores
  Katherine Miranda Chang
4–6, 5–7
Loss 4. Mar 2012 ITF Puebla, Mexico Hard   Flávia Guimarães Bueno   Ivette López
  Ana Paula de la Peña
1–6, 6–7(0)
Win 3. Sep 2012 ITF Pereira, Colombia Clay   Anastasia Kharchenko   Gabriela Coglitore
  Patricia Kú Flores
6–1, 6–0
Loss 5. Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Daniela Seguel   Aranza Salut
  Carolina Zeballos
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 4. Oct 2012 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Daniela Seguel   Ornella Caron
  Aranza Salut
6–3, 6–4
Win 5. Nov 2012 ITF Quillota, Chile Clay   Camila Silva   Sofía Luini
  Bárbara Montiel
6–1, 6–1
Loss 6. Aug 2013 ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia Clay   Camila Giangreco Campiz   María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
  Daniela Ruiz
5–7, 3–6
Win 6. Sep 2013 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France Clay   Daniela Seguel   Alizé Lim
  Laura Thorpe
6–4, 6–2
Loss 7. Sep 2013 ITF Seville, Spain Clay   Gaia Sanesi   Paula Cristina Gonçalves
  Florencia Molinero
3–6, 5–7
Loss 8. Oct 2013 ITF Casablanca, Morocco Clay   Anastasia Grymalska   Paula Kania
  Valeria Solovyeva
6–7(3), 4–6
Loss 9. Dec 2013 ITF Santiago, Chile Clay   Daniela Seguel   Verónica Cepede Royg
  María Irigoyen
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 7. Jul 2014 ITF Knokke, Belgium Clay   Aliona Bolsova   Justine De Sutter
  Sofie Oyen
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 10. Oct 2014 ITF Lima, Peru Clay   Nathaly Kurata   Sofía Luini
  Guadalupe Pérez Rojas
4–6, 3–6

References edit

  1. ^ "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Costa Melgar Cecilia Raquel". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Cecilia Costa ITF Beach Tennis". www.itftennis.com.

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