- Meilen Tu
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Meilen Tu Country United States
Residence Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California, USA Born January 17, 1978
Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USAHeight 5' 4 (1.63 m) Turned pro 1994 Retired 2008 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career prize money $ 1,315,123 Singles Career record 312–277 Career titles 1 WTA, 4 ITF Highest ranking No. 35 (June 11, 2007) Grand Slam results Australian Open 2nd Rd ('97, '99, '01, '02) French Open 2nd Rd (2001) Wimbledon 3rd Rd (2002) US Open 2nd Rd (1997, 2001) Doubles Career record 161–184 Career titles 4 WTA, 4 ITF Highest ranking No. 31 (April 12, 2004) Last updated on: February 24, 2007. Meilen Tu (traditional Chinese: 涂美倫, simplified Chinese: 涂美伦, Hanyu Pinyin: Tú Měilún) (born January 17, 1978) is a former American professional female tennis player. Tu was born in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California to Taiwanese parents.
Tu has won one WTA Tour singles title, four WTA Tour doubles titles, four ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and three ITF Women's Circuit doubles titles.
At the 2006 DFS Classic, June 12–18, Tu reached the semi-finals but she lost to Vera Zvonareva, who then won the title.
She currently works as an agent for Lagardère Unlimited Tennis, working closely with players such as Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki, Chang Kai-chen, Anna Chakvetadze, Sharon Fichman and Samuel Groth.
Titles
Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I Event (0) WTA Tour (1) ITF Circuit (4) Singles
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. Jan 7, 2001 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Paola Suárez
7–6(10), 6–2 External links
US Open girls' singles champions 1974 Ilana Kloss • 1975 Natasha Chmyreva • 1976 Marise Kruger • 1977 Claudia Casabianca • 1978 Linda Siegel • 1979 Alycia Moulton • 1980 Susan Mascarin • 1981 Zina Garrison • 1982 Beth Herr • 1983 Elizabeth Minter • 1984 Katerina Maleeva • 1985 Laura Garrone • 1986 Elly Hakami • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Carrie Cunningham • 1989 Jennifer Capriati • 1990 Magdalena Maleeva • 1991 Karina Habšudová • 1992 Lindsay Davenport • 1993 Maria Francesca Bentivoglio • 1994 Meilen Tu • 1995 Tara Snyder • 1996 Mirjana Lučić • 1997 Cara Black • 1998 Jelena Dokić • 1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya • 2000 María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Marion Bartoli • 2002 Maria Kirilenko • 2003 Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Michaëlla Krajicek • 2005 Victoria Azarenka • 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Kristína Kučová • 2008 Coco Vandeweghe • 2009 Heather Watson • 2010 Daria Gavrilova • 2011 Grace Min
Categories:- Living people
- 1978 births
- American female tennis players
- American people of Taiwanese descent
- American sportspeople of Chinese descent
- People from Los Angeles, California
- People from Tarzana, Los Angeles
- Tennis people from California
- United States Open champions (tennis)
- Asian-American women in sports
- Asian-American tennis players
- American tennis biography stubs
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