Nicole Melichar

Nicole Melichar

Melichar at the 2016 US Open
Full name	Nicole Melichar
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Stuart, Florida, USA
Born	(1993-07-29) July 29, 1993 Brno, Czech Republic
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$672,750
Singles
Career record	138–130
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 400 (September 24, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 870 (July 16, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	200–202
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 19 (July 16, 2018)
Current ranking	No. 19 (July 16, 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	3R (2018)
Wimbledon	F (2018)
US Open	2R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2018)
French Open	QF (2018)
Wimbledon	W (2018)
US Open	QF (2018)
Last updated on: 20 July 2018.

Nicole Melichar (Czech: Nicole Melicharová) is an American tennis player. Melichar won the 2018 Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Austrian partner Alexander Peya.

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 two WTA Tour and one WTA 125K series doubles titles 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.

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

She also is working as a coach for Madison Brengle.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Květa Peschke	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–4, 0–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Alexander Peya	Victoria Azarenka Jamie Murray	7–6(7–1), 6–3

WTA career finals

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–2) International (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (2–2) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2015	Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China	Hard	Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	5 March 2017	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7 (5–7) , 3–6
Runner-up	3.	30 April 2017	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Elise Mertens	Dalila Jakupovic Nadiia Kichenok	6–7 (6–8) , 2–6
Winner	1.	27 May 2017	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nuremberg, Germany	Clay	Anna Smith	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	4.	20 October 2017	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Timea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Runner-up	5.	29 April 2018	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Květa Peschke	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4–6, 7–6 (7–5), [5–10]
Winner	2.	4 May 2018	J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Květa Peschke	Mihaela Buzărnescu Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	14 July 2018	Wimbledon Championships, London, UK	Grass	Květa Peschke	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	3.	14 October 2018	Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China	Hard	Květa Peschke	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	6–4, 6–2

WTA 125 Series

Doubles 1 (1 title)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	March 14, 2016	San Antonio Open, San Antonio, United States	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–3

ITF finals (9–12)

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 (7–10)

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

Finals by surface Hard (3–7) 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
Winner	7.	February 11, 2017	$60,000	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Georgia Brescia Tamara Zidanšek	6–1, 6–2

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