- The native form of this personal name is Czink Melinda. This article uses the Western name order.
Melinda Czink  |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Residence | New York, United States |
| Date of birth | October 22, 1982 (1982-10-22) (age 27) |
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Plays | Left; Two-handed backhand |
| Career prize money | $944,466 |
| Singles |
| Career record | 339–230 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 18 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 37 (September 21, 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 38 (November 2, 2009) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open | 2nd (2004, 2009) |
| French Open | 3rd (2009) |
| Wimbledon | 2nd (2006) |
| US Open | 3rd (2003) |
| Doubles |
| Career record | 110–115 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 100 (February 16, 2009) |
| Last updated on: October 19, 2009. |
Melinda Czink (born October 22, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 37.
She has reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana Ivanović in Canberra. In 2009, she defeated Lucie Šafářová in Quebec City for her first WTA Tour title. On the ITF Tour, she has won an incredible 18 singles titles.
[edit] Titles
[edit] Singles titles (19)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Premier 5 (0) |
| Premier (0) |
| International (1) |
| ITF Titles (18) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | February 4, 2001 |  Istanbul | Hard |  Magdalena Zdenovcova | 5–7 6–1 6–2 |
| 2. | September 30, 2001 |  Raleigh | Clay | Ally Baker | 6–3 6–2 |
| 3. | October 7, 2001 | Aventura, Florida | Clay |  Neyssa Etienne | 6–4 6–3 |
| 4. | January 27, 2002 | Miami | Hard | Lindsay Lee-Waters | 7–5 6–2 |
| 5. | February 3, 2002 |  Saltillo | Hard |  Petra Russegger | 6–1 3–6 6–4 |
| 6. | February 10, 2002 | Monterrey | Hard |  Yuliana Fedak | 6–3 3–6 6–1 |
| 7. | February 17, 2002 | Matamoros | Hard |  Melisa Arevalo | 6–2 6–3 |
| 8. | May 12, 2002 | Sea Island | Clay | Ashley Harkleroad | 6–1 5–7 6–3 |
| 9. | May 18, 2003 |  Bromma | Clay |  Ivana Abramović | 6–1 6–2 |
| 10. | June 22, 2003 |  Lenzerheide | Clay | Stefanie Haidner | 6–3 6–3 |
| 11. | July 20, 2003 |  Modena | Clay |  Sun Tiantian | 6–3 6–3 |
| 12. | November 23, 2003 | Puebla | Hard |  Carla Tiene | 6–3 6–2 |
| 13. | February 1, 2004 | Waikoloa | Hard | María Emilia Salerni | 7–6 6–2 |
| 14. | November 28, 2004 | San Luis Potosí | Hard | Mariana Díaz-Oliva | 6–0 5–7 6–3 |
| 15. | January 28, 2007 | Waikoloa | Hard |  Edina Gallovits | 6–2 6–3 |
| 16. | August 5, 2007 | Washington, D.C. | Hard | Olga Savchuk | 7–5 7–5 |
| 17. | September 30, 2007 | Ashland | Hard | Varvara Lepchenko | 6–1 2–6 6–4 |
| 18. | October 12, 2008 | Pittsburgh | Hard | Varvara Lepchenko | 6–2 3–6 6–1 |
| 19. | September 20, 2009 |  Quebec City | Carpet | Lucie Šafářová | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
[edit] Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2009 US Open.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Career W-L |
| Australian Open | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–5 |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 3R | 3–4 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1–5 |
| U.S. Open | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 3–4 |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 9-18 |
- A = did not participate in the tournament
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