- Melinda Czink
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Melinda Czink Country Hungary
Residence New York, United States Born October 22, 1982
Budapest, HungaryHeight 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 2000 Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money $1,180,319 Singles Career record 372–257 Career titles 1 WTA, 20 ITF Highest ranking No. 37 (September 21, 2009) Current ranking No. 147 (Oct 3, 2011) Grand Slam results Australian Open 2R (2004, 2009) French Open 3R (2009) Wimbledon 3R (2011) US Open 3R (2003) Doubles Career record 119–130 Career titles 0 WTA, 9 ITF Highest ranking No. 78 (May 10, 2010) Last updated on: July 4, 2011. Melinda Czink (born October 22, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 37.
She has reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana Ivanović in Canberra. In 2009, she defeated Lucie Šafářová in Quebec City for her first WTA Tour title. On the ITF Tour, she has won 20 singles titles.
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Tennis career
2000–2008
She played her first tournament at Budapest as a wild-carded in 2000. She entered the top 100 first in 2003 also later she fall out. She won several single and double ITF titles, see below.
2009
She reached the top-50 and won her first title at Quebec. As 5th seeded she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in the semifinal 6–3, 6–3 and Lucie Šafářová in the final 4–6, 6–3, 7–5. She also reached one semifinal and four quarterfinals during the season. At the end of the year she played at the Tournament of Champions at Bali where she lost to Aravane Rezaï 3–6, 5–7 and to Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–7(1), 4–6 in Round Robin.
2010
She started the year at Brisbane International in Australia as 7th seeded. She defeated Lucie Hradecká in the first round 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second 6–3, 2–6, 6–1. In the quarterfinals she lost to Justine Henin 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5). Meanwhile she reached the doubles final with Arantxa Parra Santonja where they lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká by 6–2, 6–7(3), 4–10. Next she played at Moorilla Hobart International where she lost to Gisela Dulko in the first round 4–6, 2–6. Now she is facing to the Australian Open where she lost in the first round to Stefanie Vögele 5–7, 7–6(5), 7–9.
2011
Czink missed the Australian Open.
She won two ITF events in Dothan 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 10th 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 7-5 6-3. In the third round for the first time, Czink lost to the 20th seed from China, Peng Shuai 6-2 7-6(5).
Titles
Singles titles (21)
Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0) WTA Championships (0) Premier Mandatory (0) Premier 5 (0) Premier (0) International (1) ITF Titles (20) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. February 4, 2001 Istanbul
Hard Magdalena Zdenovcova
5–7 6–1 6–2 2. September 30, 2001 Raleigh
Clay Ally Baker
6–3 6–2 3. October 7, 2001 Aventura, Florida
Clay Neyssa Etienne
6–4 6–3 4. January 27, 2002 Miami
Hard Lindsay Lee-Waters
7–5 6–2 5. February 3, 2002 Saltillo
Hard Petra Russegger
6–1 3–6 6–4 6. February 10, 2002 Monterrey
Hard Yuliana Fedak
6–3 3–6 6–1 7. February 17, 2002 Matamoros
Hard Melisa Arevalo
6–2 6–3 8. May 12, 2002 Sea Island
Clay Ashley Harkleroad
6–1 5–7 6–3 9. May 18, 2003 Bromma
Clay Ivana Abramović
6–1 6–2 10. June 22, 2003 Lenzerheide
Clay Stefanie Haidner
6–3 6–3 11. July 20, 2003 Modena
Clay Sun Tiantian
6–3 6–3 12. November 23, 2003 Puebla
Hard Carla Tiene
6–3 6–2 13. February 1, 2004 Waikoloa
Hard María Emilia Salerni
7–6 6–2 14. November 28, 2004 San Luis Potosí
Hard Mariana Díaz-Oliva
6–0 5–7 6–3 15. January 28, 2007 Waikoloa
Hard Edina Gallovits
6–2 6–3 16. August 5, 2007 Washington, D.C.
Hard Olga Savchuk
7–5 7–5 17. September 30, 2007 Ashland
Hard Varvara Lepchenko
6–1 2–6 6–4 18. October 12, 2008 Pittsburgh
Hard Varvara Lepchenko
6–2 3–6 6–1 19. September 20, 2009 Quebec City
Carpet Lucie Šafářová
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 20. April 18, 2011 Dothan
Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
6–2, 6–3 21. May 2, 2011 Indian Harbour Beach
Clay Alison Riske
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2010 US Open.
Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career W-L Australian Open 1R 2R A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2–6 French Open A 1R A 2R 1R A 3R 1R 3–5 Wimbledon A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1–6 U.S. Open 3R 1R A 1R A A 2R A 3–4 Grand Slam Win-Loss 2–2 1–4 0–1 2–4 0–3 0–0 4–4 0–3 9–21 - A = did not participate in the tournament
Doubles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2010 US Open.
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career W-L Australian Open 1R A A A A A 2R 1–2 French Open A A 1R A A 1R 1R 0–3 Wimbledon A A 1R A A 1R 1R 0–3 U.S. Open A A 1R A A 1R A 0–2 Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–10 - A = did not participate in the tournament
External links
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Hungarian female singles tennis players as of September 19, 2011
1. Gréta Arn (671) · 2. Melinda Czink (145
10) · 3. Ágnes Szávay (173
2) · 4. Tímea Babos (192
11) · 5. Réka-Luca Jani (203
6)
6. Vaszilisza Bulgakova (57021) · 7. Katalin Marosi (573
170) · 8. Zsófia Susányi (919
1) · 9. Vanda Lukács (930
2) · 10. Zsófia Mikó (1,041
6)
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Hungarian female tennis players
- Olympic tennis players of Hungary
- Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- People from Budapest
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