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Melinda Czink

The native form of this personal name is Czink Melinda. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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.

Melinda Czink
Czink in 2012
Country (sports) Hungary
ResidenceBudapest, Hungary/
Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.
Born (1982-10-22) 22 October 1982 (age 42)
Budapest
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2014
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,504,389
Singles
Career record437–325
Career titles1 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 37 (21 September 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2004, 2009)
French Open3R (2009)
Wimbledon3R (2011)
US Open3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record126–147
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 78 (10 May 2010)

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

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2000–2008

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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)

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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

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 28 (20–8)

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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)

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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

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  1. ^ "Ivanovic wins Canberra Classic". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  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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