Melinda Czink

Melinda Czink
	Czink in 2012
Country (sports)	Hungary
Residence	Budapest, Hungary/; Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Born	22 October 1982 (age 42); Budapest
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
Career titles	1 WTA, 20 ITF
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
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 78 (10 May 2010)

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.

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 and only 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, and first entered the top 100 in 2003. Czink won several singles and doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

At the 2005 Canberra International, Czink lost in the final round of qualifying to Ana Ivanovic, but after being selected as a lucky loser, she went on to reach her first-ever WTA Tour singles finals which she lost to Ivanovic again.^[1]

2009

She reached the top 50 and won her first title at Quebec City;^[2]^[3] as the fifth seed, she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in the semifinal,^[2] and Lucie Šafářová in the final.^[2] 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

Czink started the year at the 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; 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 play with a protected rank at Wimbledon. As the lowest-ranked player in the major 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 season at the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to qualifier Vania King, in straight sets. Following this, she continued her hardcourt season at the Sydney International. In the first round of the main draw, she was defeated by Chanelle Scheepers. At the Australian Open, Czink lost in her second qualifying match.

Her next tournament was the Mexican Open. In the first round, she defeated Canadian Stéphanie Dubois in straight sets, before falling to Estrella Cabeza Candela. She then qualified for the Miami 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 Morocco Open. 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. In the main draw, she defeated fellow qualifier Mervana Jugić-Salkić but fell in the second round to top seed Sara Errani, in three sets.

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

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	LQ	2R	1R	A	LQ	1R	2–7
French Open	A	LQ	1R	A	2R	1R	LQ	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	4–7
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	4–8
US Open	LQ	3R	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	A	LQ	1R	A	3–5
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–1	2–4	0–3	0–0	4–4	0–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	13–27

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

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
WTA Premier
International (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2005	Canberra International, Australia	Tier IV	Hard	Ana Ivanovic	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2009	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Lucie Šafářová	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jan 2010	Brisbane International, Australia	International	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
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 28 (20–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jun 2000	ITF Hoorn, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Anousjka van Exel	5–7, 6–7
Win	1.	Feb 2001	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Magdalena Zděnovcová	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	2.	Apr 2001	ITF Belgrade, Serbia	10,000	Clay	Ana Timotić	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	2.	Sep 2001	ITF Raleigh, United States	10,000	Clay	Allison Baker	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	Oct 2001	ITF Aventura, United States	10,000	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	6–4, 6–3
Win	4.	Jan 2002	ITF Miami, United States	10,000	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	7–5, 6–2
Win	5.	Feb 2002	ITF Saltillo, Mexico	40,000	Hard	Petra Russegger	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Win	6.	Feb 2002	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	40,000	Hard	Yuliana Fedak	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	7.	Feb 2002	ITF Matamoros, Mexico	40,000	Hard	Melisa Arévalo	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	Mar 2002	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	25,000	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	5–7, 5–7
Win	8.	May 2002	ITF Sea Island, United States	25,000	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4.	Nov 2002	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	25,000	Hard	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	4–6, 2–6
Win	9.	May 2003	ITF Bromma, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Ivana Abramović	6–1, 6–2
Win	10.	Jun, 2003	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	6–3, 6–3
Win	11.	Jul 2003	ITF Modena, Italy	50,000	Clay	Sun Tiantian	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5.	Jul 2003	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	50,000	Clay	Vera Dushevina	6–7, 2–6
Loss	6.	Nov 2003	ITF Mexico City	10,000	Hard	Kira Nagy	2–6, 3–6
Win	12.	Nov 2003	ITF Puebla, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Carla Tiene	6–3, 6–2
Win	13.	Feb 2004	ITF Waikoloa, United States	50,000	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	7–6, 6–2
Win	14.	Nov 2004	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–0, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	7.	Jun 2005	ITF Fano, Italy	75,000	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	Nov 2005	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States	50,000	Clay	Bethanie Mattek	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	15.	Jan 2007	ITF Waikoloa, United States	50,000	Hard	Edina Gallovits	6–2, 6–3
Win	16.	Aug 2007	ITF Washington, United States	75,000	Hard	Olga Savchuk	7–5, 7–5
Win	17.	Sep 2007	ITF Ashland, United States	50,000	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Win	18.	Oct 2008	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	50,000	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	19.	Apr 2011	ITF Dothan, United States	50,000	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 6–3
Win	20.	May 2011	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	50,000	Clay	Alison Riske	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	16 September 2001	ITF Greenville, US	10,000	Hard	Salome Devidze	Gaelle Adda Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	30 September 2001	ITF Raleigh, US	10,000	Clay	Allison Baker	Tracey O'Connor Leanne Baker	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	21 January 2002	ITF Miami, US	10,000	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	Stephanie Mabry Karin Miller	4–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Loss	2.	12 May 2003	ITF Bromma, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Gisela Dulko María Emilia Salerni	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	21 July 2003	ITF Innsbruck, Austria	50,000	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	3.	1 December 2003	ITF Palm Beach Gardens, US	50,000	Clay	Erica Krauth	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Panova	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4.	15 November 2005	ITF Tucson, US	75,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Win	4.	17 July 2007	ITF Boston, US	50,000	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu	6–1, 6–3
Win	5.	20 July 2007	Lexington Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Casey Dellacqua Natalie Grandin	6–2, 7–6⁽⁸⁾
Win	6.	17 September 2007	ITF Albuquerque, US	75,000	Hard	Angela Haynes	Līga Dekmeijere Varvara Lepchenko	7–5, 6–4
Win	7.	3 March 2008	Las Vegas Open, US	50,000	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 6–2
Win	8.	11 May 2008	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	75,000	Clay	Sunitha Rao	Stéphanie Foretz Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–4, 6–2
Win	9.	6 October 2008	ITF Pittsburgh, US	50,000	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 7–5
Loss	5.	9 February 2009	Midland Classic, US	75,000	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Chen Yi Rika Fujiwara	5–7, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Loss	6.	21 September 2009	ITF Albuquerque, US	75,000	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Mashona Washington Riza Zalameda	3–6, 2–6
Win	10.	10 February 2013	Midland Classic, US	100,000	Hard (i)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

References

^ "Ivanovic wins Canberra Classic". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ 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

[1] "Ivanovic wins Canberra Classic". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[kicker2009-2] 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.

[Quebec_results-3] 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.

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