- The native form of this personal name is Czink Melinda. This article uses the Western name order.
Melinda Czink
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| Country |
Hungary |
| Residence |
New York, United States |
| Date of birth |
October 22, 1982 (1982-10-22) (age 26) |
| Place of birth |
Budapest, Hungary |
| Height |
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight |
62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st) |
| Turned pro |
2000 |
| Plays |
Left; Two-handed backhand |
| Career prize money |
$788,212 |
| Singles |
| Career record |
325–224 |
| Career titles |
0 WTA, 18 ITF |
| Highest ranking |
No. 52 (July 6, 2009) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
2nd (2004, 2009) |
| French Open |
3rd (2009) |
| Wimbledon |
2nd (2006) |
| US Open |
3rd (2003) |
| Doubles |
| Career record |
105–108 |
| Career titles |
0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking |
No. 100 (February 16, 2009) |
| Last updated on: June 15, 2009. |
Melinda Czink (born October 22, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On July 6, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 52.
She has reached 1 WTA Tour singles final: 2005 Canberra (lost to Ana Ivanović). On the ITF Tour, she has won an incredible 18 singles titles.
Titles
Singles titles (18)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Titles (18) |
| 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 |
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 |
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 2009 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Career W-L |
| Australian Open |
1R |
2R |
A |
1R |
1R |
A |
2R |
2–5 |
| French Open |
A |
1R |
A |
2R |
1R |
A |
3R |
3–4 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
1R |
1R |
2R |
1R |
A |
1R |
1–5 |
| U.S. Open |
3R |
1R |
A |
1R |
A |
A |
|
2–3 |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss |
2-2 |
1-4 |
0-1 |
2-4 |
0-3 |
0-0 |
3-3 |
8-17 |
- A = did not participate in the tournament
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