Nicole Melichar

Nicole Melichar

Melichar at the 2015 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
Full name	Nicole Melichar
Country (sports)	United States
Born	July 29, 1993 Brno, Czech Republic
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Prize money	$161,713
Singles
Career record	114–117
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	400 (September 24, 2012)
Current ranking	620 (July 11, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	134–142
Career titles	1 WTA 125K, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	67 (June 6, 2016)
Current ranking	67 (July 11, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	1R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016)
US Open	—
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: July 11, 2016.

Nicole Melichar (Czech: Nicole Melicharová) is an American tennis player.

Melichar was born on July 29, 1993, in Brno, Czech Republic, but moved to Stuart, Florida with her parents shortly after her birth.^[1] Her older sister, Jane, played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport aged just 1 year old.^[1]

Melichar has won one WTA 125K series doubles title, as well as two singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On September 24, 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 400. On June 6, 2016, she peaked at world number 67 in the doubles rankings.

Melichar competed at the 2012 US Open, partnering Brian Battistone, in mixed doubles, after having won the National Wildcard Playoffs.^[2]

WTA finals

Doubles (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1) 125K series (1–0)

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

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 12, 2015	International	Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China	Hard	Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	1.	March 14, 2016	125K series	San Antonio Open, San Antonio, United States	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–3

ITF finals (8–12)

Singles (2–2)

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

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

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 18, 2011	$10,000	Evansville, United States	Hard	Elizabeth Ferris	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	April 9, 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Hülya Esen	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	April 30, 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	November 17, 2014	$10,000	Sousse, Tunisia	Hard	Viktoriya Tomova	3–6, 2–6

Doubles (6–10)

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

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

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 24, 2010	$10,000	Sumter, United States	Hard	Alexandra Leatu	Alexandra Mueller Ashley Weinhold	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	November 7, 2011	$10,000	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Anastasia Kharchenko	Anita Husarić Viktoriya Tomova	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Winner	1.	March 19, 2012	$25,000	Metepec, Mexico	Hard	Elizabeth Ferris	Liz Tatiane Koehler Bogarin Brianna Morgan	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	April 16, 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Lauren Megale	Nicola Geuer Janina Toljan	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	April 30, 2012	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	Yuka Mori Kaori Onishi	2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	March 4, 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Ágnes Bukta Vivian Juhászová	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Winner	3.	March 11, 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Anamika Bhargava	Alona Fomina Sofia Shapatava	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	5.	March 18, 2013	$10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Anamika Bhargava	Oksana Kalashnikova Ksenia Palkina	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	May 27, 2013	$10,000	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Anastasia Kharchenko	Veronika Stotyka Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	3–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	July 15, 2013	$50,000	Portland, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	5.	January 20, 2014	$25,000	Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–1), [10–1]
Runner-up	7.	September 15, 2014	$75,000	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Allie Will	Jan Abaza Melanie Oudin	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	May 11, 2015	$50,000+H	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Mariana Duque Julia Glushko	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [4–10]
Runner-up	9.	June 1, 2015	$100,000	Marseille, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Tatiana Búa Laura Thorpe	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	6.	May 30, 2016	$100,000	Marseille, France	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Jana Čepelová Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Runner-up	10.	July 4, 2016	$100,000	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Cindy Burger Laura Pous Tió	1–6, 3–6

References

1. Meredith, Bill (June 20, 2012). "Stuart woman heading to US Open Playoffs for tennis". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
2. Ackerman, McCarton (August 25, 2012). "Melichar, Battistone win National Playoffs Mixed Doubles". US Open. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

External links

• Nicole Melichar at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nicole Melichar at the International Tennis Federation