Melinda Czink

Hungarian tennis player

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. 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.

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.

She reached the top 50 and won her first title at Quebec City; as the fifth seed, she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in the semifinal, and Lucie Šafářová in the final. 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.

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.

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.

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.

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Jun 2000ITF Hoorn, Netherlands10,000 Clay Anousjka van Exel 5–7, 6–7Win 1. Feb 2001ITF Istanbul, Turkey10,000 Hard Magdalena Zděnovcová 5–7, 6–1, 6–2Loss 2. Apr 2001 ITF Belgrade, Serbia10,000 Clay Ana Timotić 3–6, 7–5, 5–7Win 2. Sep 2001 ITF Raleigh, United States10,000 Clay Allison Baker 6–3, 6–2Win 3. Oct 2001 ITF Aventura, United States10,000 Clay Neyssa Etienne 6–4, 6–3Win 4. Jan 2002ITF Miami, United States10,000 Hard Lindsay Lee Waters 7–5, 6–2Win 5. Feb 2002ITF Saltillo, Mexico40,000 Hard Petra Russegger 6–1, 3–6, 6–4Win 6. Feb 2002ITF Monterrey, Mexico40,000 Hard Yuliana Fedak 6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win 7. Feb 2002ITF Matamoros, Mexico40,000 Hard Melisa Arévalo 6–2, 6–3Loss 3. Mar 2002ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico25,000 Clay María Sánchez Lorenzo 5–7, 5–7Win 8. May 2002ITF Sea Island, United States25,000 Clay Ashley Harkleroad 6–1, 5–7, 6–3Loss 4. Nov 2002ITF Mount Gambier, Australia25,000 Hard Stéphanie Cohen Aloro 4–6, 2–6Win 9. May 2003ITF Bromma, Sweden25,000 Clay Ivana Abramović 6–1, 6–2Win 10. Jun, 2003ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000 Clay Stefanie Haidner 6–3, 6–3Win 11. Jul 2003ITF Modena, Italy50,000 Clay Sun Tiantian 6–3, 6–3Loss 5. Jul 2003ITF Innsbruck, Austria50,000 Clay Vera Dushevina 6–7, 2–6Loss 6. Nov 2003ITF Mexico City10,000 Hard Kira Nagy 2–6, 3–6Win 12. Nov 2003ITF Puebla, Mexico25,000 Hard Carla Tiene 6–3, 6–2Win 13. Feb 2004ITF Waikoloa, United States50,000 Hard María Emilia Salerni 7–6, 6–2Win 14. Nov 2004ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico25,000 Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–0, 5–7, 6–3Loss 7. Jun 2005ITF Fano, Italy75,000 Clay Kaia Kanepi 6–3, 1–6, 5–7Loss 8. Nov 2005ITF Palm Beach Gardens, United States50,000 Clay Bethanie Mattek 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 15. Jan 2007ITF Waikoloa, United States50,000 Hard Edina Gallovits 6–2, 6–3Win 16. Aug 2007ITF Washington, United States75,000 Hard Olga Savchuk 7–5, 7–5Win 17. Sep 2007ITF Ashland, United States50,000 Hard Varvara Lepchenko 6–1, 2–6, 6–4Win 18. Oct 2008ITF Pittsburgh, United States50,000 Hard Varvara Lepchenko 6–2, 3–6, 6–1Win 19. Apr 2011ITF Dothan, United States50,000 Clay Stéphanie Foretz Gacon 6–2, 6–3Win 20. May 2011ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States50,000 Clay Alison Riske 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 16 September 2001ITF Greenville, US10,000 Hard Salome Devidze Gaelle Adda Lindsay Lee Waters 6–1, 6–4Win 2. 30 September 2001ITF Raleigh, US10,000 Clay Allison Baker Tracey O'Connor Leanne Baker 6–4, 1–6, 6–4Loss 1. 21 January 2002 ITF Miami, US10,000 Clay Neyssa Etienne Stephanie Mabry Karin Miller 4–6, 7–6(5), 2–6Loss 2. 12 May 2003 ITF Bromma, Sweden25,000 Clay Zsófia Gubacsi Gisela Dulko María Emilia Salerni 4–6, 3–6Loss 3. 21 July 2003ITF Innsbruck, Austria50,000 Clay Mara Santangelo Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 3. 1 December 2003ITF Palm Beach Gardens, US50,000 Clay Erica Krauth Alina Jidkova Tatiana Panova 6–1, 6–2Loss 4. 15 November 2005 ITF Tucson, US 75,000 Hard Maria Fernanda Alves Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek 6–4, 6–7, 1–6Win 4. 17 July 2007ITF Boston, US50,000 Hard Natalie Grandin Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu 6–1, 6–3Win 5. 20 July 2007Lexington Challenger, US50,000 Hard Lindsay Lee Waters Casey Dellacqua Natalie Grandin 6–2, 7–6(8)Win 6. 17 September 2007ITF Albuquerque, US75,000 Hard Angela Haynes Līga Dekmeijere Varvara Lepchenko 7–5, 6–4Win 7. 3 March 2008Las Vegas Open, US50,000 Hard Renata Voráčová Chan Chin wei Tetiana Luzhanska 6–3, 6–2Win 8. 11 May 2008Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia75,000 Clay Sunitha Rao Stéphanie Foretz Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–4, 6–2Win 9. 6 October 2008ITF Pittsburgh, US50,000 Hard Lindsay Lee Waters Raquel Kops Jones Abigail Spears 6–2, 7–5Loss 5. 9 February 2009Midland Classic, US75,000 Hard Lindsay Lee Waters Chen Yi Rika Fujiwara 5–7, 6–7(7)Loss 6. 21 September 2009ITF Albuquerque, US75,000 Hard Lindsay Lee Waters Mashona Washington Riza Zalameda 3–6, 2–6Win 10. 10 February 2013Midland Classic, US100,000 Hard (i) Mirjana Lučić Baroni Maria Fernanda Alves Samantha Murray 5–7, 6–4, [10–7]