Melanie Klaffner

Melanie Klaffner
2014 at the Nuremberg Insurance Cup
Nickname:	Meli
Nation:	Austria
Birthday:	22nd May 1990 (age 30)
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	65 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Jürgen Waber
Prize money:	$ 233,405
singles
Career record:	394: 269
Career title:	0 WTA , 15 ITF
Highest ranking:	175 (January 27, 2014)
Current placement:	505
Double
Career record:	256: 163
Career title:	0 WTA, 23 ITF
Highest ranking:	148 (May 25, 2009)
Current placement:	496
Last update of the infobox: March 9, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Melanie Klaffner (born May 22, 1990 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs ) is an Austrian tennis player .

Career

Thanks to her mother Luise's enthusiasm for tennis, Melanie Klaffner got her first tennis racket at the age of five. In 1998 she played her first tournament for ten-year-olds in Bad Hall , which she won. Then she finished third at the state championship in Wels. It was there that young trainers first became aware of her and so she joined the OÖTV squad in 1999. Klaffner trains with Eric van Harpen in Waldshut-Tiengen . She lives with her parents Luise and Gerhard Klaffner in Weyer , where she was born; her father is mayor there.

2004 to 2008

Klaffner made her first appearance in professional tennis in 2004 at the age of 14 in qualifying for the WTA tournament in Linz , where she lost to Magüi Serna . In 2005 she played three ITF tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals in Puerto Ordaz . In the 2006 season she won her first ITF tournament in Balş ; in the final she defeated Diana Buzean 6: 3, 6: 4. In 2006 she also had her first Fed Cup appearance; she played for the first time against a top 20 player, Ai Sugiyama , to whom she was defeated 5: 7, 1: 6.

In 2007 she won one ITF singles and two ITF doubles. In 2007 she was in the main field for the first time on the WTA Tour . She received wild cards for the WTA tournaments in Bad Gastein and Linz , where she failed in the opening round. In 2008 she won four ITF double titles and she celebrated her first win on the WTA Tour at the tournament in Bad Gastein against Lucie Šafářová .

2009 to 2013

In 2009 she reached two finals at ITF level, both of which she lost; in doubles she celebrated two tournament victories. In 2010 she came in the world rankings for the first time in the top 200. Therefore, in three WTA tournaments and one Grand Slam tournament, she tried to qualify to reach the main draw, without success. However, she won two singles and two doubles titles at ITF tournaments.

In 2011 she won two ITF double titles. She was less successful in singles; she only reached one ITF semi-finals. As a result, she fell out of the top 300 in the world rankings. In 2012, she won two singles and two doubles titles at ITF tournaments. In 2013 she had her most successful season to date; she won five ITF singles titles and was again in the top 200.

Since 2014

In 2014 she played for the first time qualifying for the Australian Open and the French Open . However, they failed in the first round. On January 27, 2014, she achieved her highest world ranking with rank 175. In 2014 she only reached one ITF semi-finals, so she fell out of the top 300 again.

In 2015 she won the singles and doubles competition at the ITF tournament in Sharm El-Sheikh in February and the individual title at the ITF tournaments in Casablanca and Cairo in autumn .

Fed Cup

Melanie Klaffner made her debut in the Fed Cup at the age of 16 . She played a singles and a doubles game against Japan , which she lost both. In 2007 Austria played in Dornbirn against Australia in World Group II. Klaffner played doubles with Yvonne Meusburger ; they lost 4: 6, 3: 6. Nevertheless, Austria won 4-1 and was able to play against Israel for promotion to World Group I. Your record in the Fed Cup now shows 15 wins and 16 defeats.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 28, 2006	Balș	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Diana Buzean	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	June 16, 2007	Lenzerheide	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
3.	May 16, 2010	Tanjung Selor	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Zhang Ling	6: 3, 7: 6 1
4th	September 26, 2010	Telavi	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Iryna Buryachok	3: 6, 6: 0, 3: 0 task
5.	19th February 2012	Glue	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Tereza Smitková	2: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 1
6th	December 23, 2012	Djibouti	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Amandine Hesse	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
7th	February 24, 2013	Muzaffarnagar	ITF $ 25,000	race	Weronika Kapschaj	6: 2, 6: 0
8th.	March 24, 2013	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Valeria Podda	6: 3, 6: 1
9.	March 31, 2013	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Natela Dsalamidse	6: 1, 6: 0
10.	May 5, 2013	Phuket	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Doroteja Eric	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
11.	30th of June 2013	Zlín	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Kristína Kučová	6: 3, 6: 2
12.	February 8, 2015	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Yuuki Tanaka	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 2
13.	November 7, 2015	Casablanca	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Irina Chromatschewa	2: 6, 7: 6 7 , 2: 1 exercise
14th	5th December 2015	Cairo	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Naomi Totka	6: 4, 6: 2
15th	November 6, 2016	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Ana Vrljić	7: 5, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	May 13, 2007	Rabat	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Silvia Disderi Samia Medjahdi	6: 1, 6: 4
2.	June 1, 2007	Oslo	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Eva Hoch	Mari Andersson Karoline Steiro	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	May 11, 2008	Antalya	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Ksenia Mileuskaya	Oksana Kalashnikova Pemra Özgen	6: 2, 7: 5
4th	June 1, 2008	Galatina	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Jessica Moore	Maria Fernanda Alves Maria Irigoyen	3: 6, 6: 1, [10: 6]
5.	June 8, 2008	Grado	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Mariana Duque Mariño	Marinne Giraud Christina Wheeler	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	November 2, 2008	Istanbul	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court (hall)	Sandra Martinovic	Çağla Büyükakçay Pemra Özgen	6: 4, 6: 7, [10: 6]
7th	March 1, 2009	Biberach	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court (hall)	Sandra Klemenschits	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	3: 6, 6: 4, [17:15]
8th.	May 10, 2009	Indian Harbor Beach	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Heidi El Tabakh	Tetiana Luzhanska Lilia Osterloh	6: 3, 3: 6, [10: 7]
9.	July 11, 2010	Valladolid	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Anna Smith	Yera Campos Molina Leticia Costas	6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 5
10.	October 31, 2010	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Karolina Kosińska	Nina Bratchikova Ágnes Szatmári	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
11.	October 23, 2011	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Nina Bratchikova	Tadeja Majerič Aleksandrina Najdenowa	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 3
12.	October 30, 2011	Lagos	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Ágnes Szatmári	Danka Kovinić Elina Switolina	6: 0, 6: 7 1 , 6: 3
13.	March 25, 2012	Bangalore	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Tamaryn Hendler	Tadeja Majerič Anja Prislan	6: 4, 6: 7, [10: 6]
14th	August 12, 2012	Bursa	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Erika Takao Remi Tezuka	6: 2, 6: 2
15th	January 31, 2015	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Anastasija Sevastova	Caroline Rohde-Moe Midori Yamamoto	6: 4, 6: 4
16.	April 16, 2016	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Julia Wachaczyk	Katie Boulter Oleksandra Korashvili	6: 4, 1: 6, [13:11]
17th	October 30, 2016	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Ana Bianca Mihaila	Ola Abou Zekry Anastasia Pribylova	6: 4, 6: 2
18th	April 1, 2017	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Laura-Ioana Andrei	Emilie Francati Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	6: 4, 7: 5
19th	April 21, 2018	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Anna Morgina	Alicia Barnett Julia Terziyska	7: 5, 6: 1
20th	January 26, 2019	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Magali Kempen	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Fiona Ganz	6: 4, 6: 1
21st	16th March 2019	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Julia Wachaczyk	Noa Liauw a Fong Merel Hoedt	6: 2, 6: 2
22nd	April 20, 2019	Cairo	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Despina Papamichail	Júlia Konishi Camargo Silva Katya Malikova	6: 3, 6: 1
23.	20th July 2019	Baja	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Mayar Sherif	Réka Luca Jani Lara balances	6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 8]

World ranking positions at the end of the season

year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
singles	1095	825	409	257	246	231	338	448	177	400	477	463	544	553	628
Double	-	-	325	183	170	174	182	478	377	407	455	518	613	451	504

Web links

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• WTA profile of Melanie Klaffner (English)
• ITF profile of Melanie Klaffner (English)
• Fed Cup statistics from Melanie Klaffner (English)