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Melinda Czink

Hun
Residence: Budapest, Hungary
DOB: October 22, 1982
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Height: 5' 10 1/4" (1.78 m)
Weight: 136 3/4 lbs. (62 kg)
Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2000)
JANUARY - Reached 2r at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. to No.3 seed Bartoli); reached QF at Hobart (as qualifier, l. to Rybarikova 60 16 76(7); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break); reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.22 seed Zheng in 3s).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Memphis (l. to Foretz in 3s).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Monterrey (l. to No.4 seed Zheng); fell in Indian Wells and Miami qualifying.

APRIL - Fell 1r at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Paszek in 3s); reached QF at Charleston (d. No.4 seed Petrova en route, falling to No.6 seed Bartoli; win over world No.10 Petrova was first Top 10 win); reached SF at Fès (d. No.3 seed Pavlyuchenkova en route; ret. vs. top seed and eventual champion Medina Garrigues w/GI illness).

MAY - Reached 2r at Estoril (l. to No.6 seed Makarova 75 third set); fell 1r at Warsaw (l. to Zakopalova in 3s); reached 3r at Roland Garros (d. No.28 seed Bammer en route; l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova).

JUNE - Reached QF at Birmingham (as No.16 seed, d. No.3 seed Wozniak en route; l. to Mirza); withdrew from 's-Hertogenbosch w/Achilles injury; fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to No.17 seed Mauresmo in 3s).

JULY - Withdrew from Bastad w/Achilles injury; reached 2r at Stanford (l. to top seed S.Williams).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Los Angeles (l. to Makarova in 3s); reached 3r at Cincinnati (d. No.11 seed Ivanovic en route; ret. vs. No.8 seed Wozniacki w/low back injury); made Top 50 debut on August 24 (rose from No.52 to No.50); reached 2r at US Open (l. to No.2 seed S.Williams).

SEPTEMBER - Won first Tour singles title at Quebec City (as No.5 seed, d. No.3 seed Wozniak en route to final, then d. No.4 seed Safarova for title); made Top 40 debut afterwards on September 21 (rose from No.52 to No.37); reached 2r at Beijing (as qualifier, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva).

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Osaka (as No.7 seed, withdrew prior to match vs. No.4 seed Schiavone w/right foot injury).

NOVEMBER - Fell in RR stage at Bali (went 0-2 in RR stage).
2000 - Played first Tour qualifying at Budapest (as WC); also played on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Fell in Tour qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won five singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2003 - First Top 100 season; played first three Tour main draws, reaching QF at Helsinki and 3r at US Open but falling 1r at Australian Open; fell in Tour qualifying four times (incl. Roland Garros); won four singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on August 11 (after Helsinki; rose from No.107 to No.95).

2004 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 14 times (incl. other three majors and Olympics) and in Tour qualifying once; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Second Top 100 season; runner-up at Canberra (l. in final round of qualifying to Ivanovic; as LL, l. to qualifier Ivanovic in final - believed to be a Tour first); QF at Kolkata; reached 2r three times; fell 1r seven times (incl. Wimbledon) and in Tour qualifying eight times (incl. US Open).

2006 - Third Top 100 season; SF at Bangalore (l. to Kostanic Tosic); QF four times, at Canberra, Pattaya City, Rabat and Bali (d. No.19 Hantuchova en route for first Top 20 win); reached 2r three times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other two majors) and in Tour qualifying five times.

2007 - QF at Bangalore; reached 2r once; fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and in Tour qualifying 11 times (incl. US Open); won three singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - QF at Québec City; reached 3r twice and 2r four times; fell 1r four times and in Tour qualifying 10 times (incl. all four majors); won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Québec City; 2008 - ITF/Pittsburgh, PA-USA; 2007 - ITF/Waikoloa, HI-USA, ITF/Washington, DC-USA, ITF/Ashland, KY-USA; 2004 - ITF/Waikoloa, HI-USA, ITF/San Luis Potosi-MEX; 2003 - ITF/Bromma-SWE, ITF/Lenzerheide-SUI, ITF/Modena-ITA, ITF/Puebla-MEX; 2002 - ITF/Miami, FL-USA, ITF/Saltillo-MEX, ITF/Monterrey-MEX, ITF/Matamoros-MEX, ITF/Sea Island, GA-USA; 2001 - ITF/Istanbul 1-TUR, ITF/Raleigh, NC-USA, ITF/Aventura, FL-USA.
Finalist (1): 2005 - Canberra.
Semifinalist (2): 2009 - Fès; 2006 - Bangalore.
Quarterfinalist (11): 2009 - Hobart, Charleston, Birmingham; 2008 - Québec City; 2007 - Bangalore; 2006 - Canberra, Pattaya City, Rabat, Bali; 2005 - Kolkata; 2003 - Helsinki.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Las Vegas, NV-USA (w/Voracova), ITF/Zagreb-CRO (w/Rao), ITF/Pittsburgh, PA-USA (w/Lee-Waters); 2007 - ITF/Boston, MA-USA (w/Grandin), ITF/Lexington, KY-USA (w/Lee-Waters), ITF/Albuquerque, NM-USA (w/Haynes); 2003 - ITF/Palm Beach Gardens, FL-USA (w/Krauth); 2001 - ITF/Greenville, SC-USA (w/Devidze), ITF/Raleigh, NC-USA (w/Baker).

ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-04; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2004.
Coached by Ian Barstow and Phil Dent ... Mother Agnes and father Istvan run their own business in Budapest; brother Peter works for Morgan Stanley in Hungary (went to Manhattan College on an athletic scholarship); has two cats (Funny, Bence) ... Introduced to tennis at age 10 by father; likes all surfaces ... Favorite movies include The Shawshank Redemption; favorite book is Pride and Prejudice; likes rock music, Hungarian food (especially her mom's), reading, going to the movies and hanging out on the beach ... Favorite country to visit is Australia (people are friendly, honest and love sports) ... Admires her mother for working hard and never giving up, and father for seeing the cup always half full.