Marina Melnikova

Marina Melnikova
Марина Мельникова

Melnikova at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova
Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(1989-02-05) 5 February 1989 Perm, Soviet Union
Height	1.73 m
Prize money	$208,788
Singles
Career record	237–244
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	170 (4 May 2015)
Current ranking	248 (25 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2015)
US Open	Q1 (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	182–158
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	87 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking	87 (25 April 2016)
Last updated on: 25 April 2016.

Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (Russian: Марина Анатольевна Мельникова; born 5 February 1989 in Perm) is a Russian tennis player.

Melnikova has won two singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 May 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 170. On 25 April 2016, she peaked at world number 87 in the doubles rankings.

Melnikova made her WTA tour debut at the 2008 Barcelona KIA – Doubles and also featured in the 2009 Ordina Open – Women's Doubles.

WTA finals

Doubles (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 April 2016	Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland	Hard (i)	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	6–3, 5–7, [8–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 November 2015	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Elise Mertens	Kanae Hisami Kotomi Takahata	1–6, 2–6

ITF finals (13–22)

Singles (2–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	15 September 2008	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Valeria Savinykh	1–0, ret.
Runner-up	1.	5 September 2011	Saransk, Russia	Clay	Alexandra Panova	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	10 February 2014	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Stephanie Vogt	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	23 June 2014	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Ysaline Bonaventure	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	10 November 2014	Mumbai, India	Hard	Tadeja Majerič	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (11–19)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–7) Clay (5–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 August 2007	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Marcella Koek	Nicole Clerico Davinia Lobbinger	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Winner	1.	5 November 2007	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Sylwia Zagórska	Julia Glushko Charlène Vanneste	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	11 February 2008	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Julia Glushko	Martina Babáková Elena Chalova	6–3, 0–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	2.	21 April 2008	Namangan, Uzbekistan	Hard	Chayenne Ewijk	Vasilisa Davydova Maria Zharkova	6–3, 5–7, [6–10]
Runner-up	3.	29 September 2008	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Michelle Gerards	Jana Jandová Kateřina Vaňková	3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	4.	3 November 2008	Majorca, Spain	Clay	Michelle Gerards	Benedetta Davato Giulia Gasparri	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	17 November 2008	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Marina Shamayko Sofia Shapatava	6–1, 6–1
Winner	4.	19 January 2009	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Elena Chalova	Julia Babilon Franziska Etzel	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	9 November 2009	Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Amandine Hesse Alizé Lim	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	5.	26 July 2010	Bree, Belgium	Clay	Marcella Koek	Sofie Oyen Demi Schuurs	0–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	29 November 2010	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Galina Fokina	Indra Bigi Nicole Clerico	6–3, 2–6, [13–11]
Runner-up	6.	6 December 2010	Ain Sukhna, Egypt	Clay	Galina Fokina	Sofiya Kovalets Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 2–6
Winner	7.	17 January 2011	Stuttgart, Germany	Hard (i)	Daniëlle Harmsen	Jana Čepelová Michaela Pochabová	3–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Runner-up	7.	24 January 2011	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Paula Kania	Nikola Fraňková Tereza Hladíková	6–3, 6–7(1–7), [8–10]
Runner-up	8.	27 June 2011	Pozoblanco, Spain	Hard	Sofia Shapatava	Nina Bratchikova Irena Pavlovic	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	12 September 2011	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Tímea Babos Magda Linette	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	23 January 2012	Kaarst, Germany	Carpet (i)	Alexandra Artamonova	Margarita Gasparyan Anna Smolina	7–6(7–2), 2–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	10.	16 July 2012	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Tadeja Majerič	Alice Balducci Federica di Sarra	w/o
Runner-up	11.	30 July 2012	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Lesley Kerkhove	Diana Buzean Daniëlle Harmsen	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	10 September 2012	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Katarzyna Piter Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	5–7, 1–6
Winner	9.	8 April 2013	Heraklion, Greece	Carpet	Teodora Mirčić	Despina Papamichail Giulia Sussarello	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	9 December 2013	Mérida, Mexico	Hard	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Vanesa Furlanetto Florencia Molinero	6–2, 6–7(8–10), [7–10]
Runner-up	14.	5 May 2014	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Beatriz García Vidagany	Andrea Gámiz Valeria Savinykh	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	11 August 2014	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Evgeniya Rodina	Ysaline Bonaventure Elise Mertens	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	25 August 2014	Fleurus, Belgium	Clay	Hilda Melander	Arantxa Rus Demi Schuurs	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	17.	17 November 2014	New Delhi, India	Hard	Elise Mertens	Liu Chang Lu Jiajing	3–6, 0–6
Winner	10.	6 July 2015	Bursa, Turkey	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	21 September 2015	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Mandy Minella	Ysaline Bonaventure Elise Mertens	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Runner-up	19.	5 October 2015	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Verónica Cepede Royg	María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková	5–7, 2–6
Winner	11.	14 December 2015	Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	María José Martínez Sánchez	Paula Kania Lesley Kerkhove	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]

External links

• Marina Melnikova at the Women's Tennis Association