Melinda Czink

Melinda Czink (born 22 October 1982) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. On 21 September 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 Ivanovic 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.

2000–2008

She played her first tournament at Budapest as a wild-carded in 2000. She entered the top 100 first in 2003 but slid down later. She won several single and double ITF titles, see below.

2009

She reached the top 50 and won her first title at Quebec. As fifth seed, 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 in Bali where, she lost to Aravane Rezaï, 3–6, 5–7, and to Sabine Lisicki, 6–2, 6–7(1), 4–6, in the round-robin stage.

2010

She started the year at Brisbane International in Australia as seventh seed. 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, 6–2, 6–7(3), 4–10. Next, she played the Moorilla Hobart International, where she lost to Gisela Dulko in the first round, 4–6, 2–6. In the Australian Open, 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 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, 7–5, 6–3. In the third round for the first time, Czink lost to the 20th seed from China, Peng Shuai, 2–6, 6–7(5).

2012

Czink began the 2012 season at the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to qualifier Vania King in straight sets, 3–6, 4–6. Following this loss, she continued her hard-court season at the Apia International Sydney, where she won all three of her qualifying matches with wins over Silvia Soler Espinosa, Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, and Eleni Daniilidou. In the main draw, she was defeated by Chanelle Scheepers, 4–6, 2–6 in the first round. At the Australian Open, Czink lost in her second qualifying match to Nina Bratchikova in straight sets.

Czink's next tournament was the 2012 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. In the first round, she defeated Canadian Stéphanie Dubois in straight sets, before falling to Estrella Cabeza Candela in the second round. After this, she headed to Indian Wells for the BNP Paribas Open, but was eliminated by Alla Kudryavtseva in three sets in the first round of qualifying. Melinda then lost in the second round of an ITF event in Florida.

Czink then qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open, posting wins over Patricia Mayr-Achleitner and Laura Robson. In the first round, she crushed Italy's Alberta Brianti, 6–1, 6–2, but her run was cut short by 2011 French Open champion Li Na. After this, Melinda took a break from the WTA Tour and played another ITF tournament in Florida, losing in the first round to top seed Lucie Hradecká.

Melinda continued her U.S season by qualifying for the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. However, she was sent crashing out in the first round by Anastasia Rodionova, 2–6, 6–2, 1–6. After this, she flew to Denmark for the e-Boks Open, defeating Maria Abramović, Kathrin Wörle, and Amra Sadiković to qualify. She lost in three sets to Anne Keothavong in the first round.

Melinda's next tournament was the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. She qualified without dropping a set, but was ousted by third seed Petra Cetkovská in the first round of the main draw. Due to her recent success, she cracked the top one 120 for the first time in over a year.

Czink then headed to her home tournament at the Budapest Grand Prix. In the first round of qualifications, she overcame French teenager Kristina Mladenovic, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, and backed this up by demolishing Slovak Romana Tabak in the final round of qualifying. She faced fellow qualifier Mervana Jugić-Salkić in the first round of the main draw. She defeated Jugić-Salkić, 6–7(3), 6–0, 6–3, but fell in the second round to top seed Sara Errani, 4–6, 6–1, 1–6.

After this, Melinda played the 100K Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes, beating second seed Tímea Babos, 3–6, 7–6 ^7–4, 6–2, in the first round on the way to the quarterfinals, where she fell to wildcard Caroline Garcia in three sets. She then lost in the first round of a 50K event in France to Aravane Rezaï.

At the French Open, Melinda crushed British Anne Keothavong, 6–1, 6–2, in the first round, but was defeated by 22nd seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6, in the following round.

2013

Czink lost in the first round of the Australian Open.

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 January 2005	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Ana Ivanovic	5–7, 1–6
Winner	1.	20 September 2009	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Lucie Šafářová	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 January 2010	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–7(3–7), [4–10]

Singles: 28 (20–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	June 12, 2000	Hoorn, Netherlands	Clay	Anousjka Van Exel	5–7 6–7
Winner	1.	February 4, 2001	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Magdalena Zděnovcová	5–7 6–1 6–2
Runner-up	2.	April 22, 2001	Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Ana Timotić	3–6 7–5 5–7
Winner	2.	September 30, 2001	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Ally Baker	6–3 6–2
Winner	3.	October 7, 2001	Aventura, United States	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	6–4 6–3
Winner	4.	January 27, 2002	Miami, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	7–5 6–2
Winner	5.	February 3, 2002	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Petra Russegger	6–1 3–6 6–4
Winner	6.	February 10, 2002	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Yuliana Fedak	6–3 3–6 6–1
Winner	7.	February 17, 2002	Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Melisa Arevalo	6–2 6–3
Runner-up	3.	March 29, 2002	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	5–7 5–7
Winner	8.	May 12, 2002	Sea Island, United States	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	6–1 5–7 6–3
Runner-up	4.	November 25, 2002	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	4–6 2–6
Winner	9.	May 18, 2003	Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Ivana Abramović	6–1 6–2
Winner	10.	June 22, 2003	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	6–3 6–3
Winner	11.	July 20, 2003	Modena, Italy	Clay	Sun Tiantian	6–3 6–3
Runner-up	5.	July 27, 2003	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Vera Dushevina	6–7 2–6
Runner-up	6.	November 16, 2003	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Kira Nagy	2–6 3–6
Winner	12.	November 23, 2003	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Carla Tiene	6–3 6–2
Winner	13.	February 1, 2004	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	7–6 6–2
Winner	14.	November 28, 2004	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–0 5–7 6–3
Runner-up	7.	June 28, 2005	Fano, Italy	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	6–3 1–6 5–7
Runner-up	8.	November 29, 2005	Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Bethanie Mattek	6–4 4–6 4–6
Winner	15.	January 28, 2007	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Edina Gallovits	6–2 6–3
Winner	16.	August 5, 2007	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Olga Savchuk	7–5 7–5
Winner	17.	September 30, 2007	Ashland, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–1 2–6 6–4
Winner	18.	October 12, 2008	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–2 3–6 6–1
Winner	19.	April 18, 2011	Dothan, United States	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 6–3
Winner	20.	May 2, 2011	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Alison Riske	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles Finals: 16 (10-6)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	16 September 2001	Greenville, United States	Hard	Salome Devidze	Gaelle Adda Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	30 September 2001	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Allison Baker	Tracey O'Connor Leanne Baker	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	21 January 2002	Miami, United States	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	Stephanie Mabry Karin Miller	4–6, 7–6(5), 2–6
Runner-up	2.	12 May 2003	Bromma, Sweden	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Gisela Dulko María Emilia Salerni	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	21 July 2003	Innsbruck, Austria	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	3.	1 December 2003	Palm Beach Gardens, United States	Clay	Erica Krauth	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Panova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	15 November 2005	Tucson, United States	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Winner	4.	17 July 2007	Boston, United States	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu	6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	20 July 2007	Lexington, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Casey Dellacqua Natalie Grandin	6–2, 7–6(10–8)
Winner	6.	17 September 2007	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Angela Haynes	Līga Dekmeijere Varvara Lepchenko	7–5, 6–4
Winner	7.	3 March 2008	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Renata Voráčová	Chan Chin-wei Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	11 May 2008	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Sunitha Rao	Stéphanie Foretz Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	6 October 2008	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	9 February 2009	Midland, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Yi Chen Rika Fujiwara	5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up	6.	21 September 2009	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Mashona Washington Riza Zalameda	3–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	10 February 2013	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

Singles

Doubles