Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova

Marina Melnikova
Marina Melnikova 2014 in Moscow
Nation:	Russia
Birthday:	5th February 1989 (age 31)
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	64 kg
1st professional season:	2006
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Oleg Mannapov
Prize money:	$ 332,967
singles
Career record:	324: 321
Career title:	0 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	170 (May 4, 2015)
Current placement:	287
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	197: 173
Career title:	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking:	80 (June 20, 2016)
Current placement:	413
Last update of the infobox: September 16, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Marina Melnikova ( Russian Марина Анатольевна Мельникова , scientific transliteration ; English spelling Marina Melnikova ; born February 5, 1989 in Perm ) is a Russian tennis player .

Career

Melnikova, who started tennis at the age of five, prefers carpeting for her game. She has won five singles and 13 doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour so far.

At the double competition in Barcelona in 2008 she was in the main field of a WTA tournament for the first time . She made her debut at a Grand Slam tournament at the Wimbledon Championships in 2016 , for which she received a wildcard from the tournament event. Before that, she had tried several times to reach the main round via qualification.

Melnikowa trains in Marl and plays for the Westphalian division Dortmund TK RW 98.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 21, 2008	Limoges	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Valeria Savinych	1-0 task
2.	15th November 2014	Mumbai	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Tadeja Majerič	6: 2, 7: 6 4
3.	June 12, 2016	Surbiton	ITF $ 50,000	race	Stéphanie Foretz	6: 3, 7: 6 6
4th	September 24, 2017	Podgorica	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Jesika Malečková	6: 2, 6: 0
5.	December 8, 2018	Solapur	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Lu Jiajing	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	October 13, 2019	Hilton Head Island	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Elizabeth Halbauer	6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	November 10, 2007	Mallorca	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Sylwia Zagórska	Julia Glushko Charlène Vanneste	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	February 16, 2008	Albufeira	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Julia Glushko	Martina Babáková Jelena Chalova	6: 3, 0: 6, [11: 9]
3.	November 22, 2008	Astana	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Anastasia Poltoratskaya	Marina Shamayko Sopia Schapatawa	6: 1, 6: 1
4th	January 24, 2009	Kaarst	ITF $ 10,000	Carpet (hall)	Jelena Chalova	Julia Babilon Franziska Etzel	6: 3, 6: 2
5.	November 14, 2009	Le Havre	ITF $ 10,000	Sand (hall)	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Amandine Hesse Alizé Lim	6: 2, 7: 6 4
6th	4th December 2010	Ain Suchna	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Galina Fokina	Indra Bigi Nicole Clerico	6: 3, 2: 6, [13:11]
7th	January 22, 2011	Stuttgart-Stammheim	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Danielle Harmsen	Jana Čepelová Michaela Pochabová	3: 6, 6: 4, [14:12]
8th.	17th September 2011	Mestre	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Valentina Iwachnenko	Tímea Babos Magda Linette	6: 4, 7: 5
9.	April 13, 2013	Heraklion	ITF $ 10,000	carpet	Teodora Mirčić	Despina Papamichail Giulia Sussarello	6: 1, 6: 4
10.	July 10, 2015	Bursa	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Laura Pous Tió	Sopia Schapatawa Anastassija Wassyljewa	6: 4, 6: 4
11.	December 18, 2015	Ankara	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court (hall)	María José Martínez Sánchez	Paula Kania Lesley Kerkhove	6: 4, 5: 7, [10: 8]
12.	June 21, 2019	Montpellier	ITF $ 25,000 + H	sand	Eva Wacanno	Albina Khabibulina Julia Wachaczyk	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 3]
13.	August 31, 2019	Prague	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Suzan Lamens	Katarzyna Piter Anastasija Shoshyna	6: 2, 5: 7, [10: 8]
14th	November 10, 2019	Saint-Etienne	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Laura-Ioana couple	Cristina Bucșa Julia Wachaczyk	6: 3, 6: 7 7 , [11: 9]

Web links

Commons : Marina Melnikowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Marina Anatoljewna Melnikowa (English)
• ITF profile Marina Melnikova (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Мельникова Марина Анатольевна - РНИ 3913. Retrieved December 28, 2014 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Favorite experiences tremor in the final. Retrieved January 10, 2015 . 
3. ↑ team portrait . Retrieved January 10, 2015 .