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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 QF at Brisbane (as No.7 seed, l. to WC Henin 76 third set); fell 1r at Hobart (l. to No.8 seed Dulko); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Voegele 97 third set).

FEBRUARY - Withdrew from Paris [Indoors] w/right adductor strain; fell 1r at Dubai (l. to No.10 seed Pennetta); fell 1r at Kuala Lumpur (as No.5 seed, l. to WC Yan 36 75 76(5); held 3mp at 5-4 third set).

MARCH - Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. to Date Krumm); reached 2r at Miami (l. to No.32 seed Kirilenko 46 62 76(4); held 2mp in third set - 1mp at 5-2, 1mp at 5-3).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to No.3 seed Cibulkova); fell 1r at Charleston (as No.15 seed, l. to Krajicek); fell 1r at Fes (as No.4 seed, l. to Voracova).

MAY - Fell 1r at Estoril (as No.5 seed, l. to Voegele); fell 1r at Madrid (ret. vs. Dulgheru w/left shoulder injury); withdrew from Warsaw w/left shoulder injury; fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to Goerges).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Birmingham (as No.11 seed, l. to Erakovic); fell 1r at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Barrois); fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to No.7 seed A.Radwanska).
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; 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.

2009 - First Top 50 season; won first Tour singles title at Québec City (as No.5 seed, d. No.3 seed Wozniak en route to final, then d. No.4 seed Safarova for title); SF once, at Fès (d. No.3 seed Pavlyuchenkova en route; ret. vs. top seed and eventual champion Medina Garrigues w/GI illness); QF four times, at Hobart (as qualifier, l. to Rybarikova 60 16 76(7); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break), Charleston (d. No.4 seed Petrova en route; l. to No.6 seed Bartoli), Birmingham (as No.16 seed, d. No.3 seed Wozniak en route; l. to Mirza) and Osaka (as No.7 seed, withdrew prior to match vs. No.4 seed Schiavone w/right foot injury); reached 3r twice, at Roland Garros (d. No.28 seed Bammer en route; l. to No.7 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova) and Cincinnati (d. No.11 seed Ivanovic en route; ret. vs. No.8 seed Wozniacki w/low back injury); reached 2r seven times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.22 seed Zheng in 3s) and US Open (l. to No.2 seed S.Williams); fell 1r five times, incl. Wimbledon (l. to No.17 seed Mauresmo in 3s); fell in Tour qualifying twice; fell in RR stage at Bali (went 0-2 in RR stage; did not qualify for SF); having started year at No.105, broke back into Top 100 then made Top 50 debut on August 24 (rose from No.52 to No.50) and reached career-high No.37 on September 21 (after Québec City; rose from No.52 to No.37); withdrew from 's-Hertogenbosch and Bastad w/Achilles injury.
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.

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).
Finalist (1): 2010 - Brisbane (w/Parra Santonja).

ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-04, 2006; 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.