Olena Antypina

Olena Antypina

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Born	(1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Turned pro	May 2000
Retired	August 2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$72,197
Singles
Career record	130–109
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2006)
French Open	Q1 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2006)
US Open	Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	143–81
Career titles	0 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (10 October 2005)
Last updated on: 16 July 2012.

Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Антипіна; born 19 March 1979, in Zaporizhia) is a retired professional tennis player from Ukraine.

Her highest singles ranking is World No. 180, which she reached in November 2005. She played on the ITF tour from 2000 through to 2006.

In her career, Antypina won 14 titles, of which 1 was in singles and 13 in doubles. She tried qualifying for Grand Slam tournaments on multiple occasions, but was unsuccessful with each one. She qualified for one WTA Tour event in 2005, where she lost in round one of the Tier 4 tournament in Tashkent to compatriot Kateryna Bondarenko.^[1]

Her biggest ITF title came when she won the doubles of the $75,000 tournament at Washington DC in 2005, partnering Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 5 (1–4)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	10 June 2001	Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Monica Mastan	5-7, 3-6
Runner-up	2.	26 August 2002	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	21 December 2003	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Kristína Czafiková	2-6, 7-6(7-3), 0-6
Winner	4.	9 May 2005	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Angelique Kerber	6-3, 6-3
Runner-up	5.	13 November 2005	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Aleksandra Wozniak	4–6, 3–6

Doubles Finals: 23 (13–10)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	28 May 2000	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Daria Panova	Andrea Plačková Petra Plačková	W/O
Winner	2.	19 August 2001	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Yevgenia Savranska Galina Voskoboeva	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Runner-up	3.	10 September 2001	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Olga Vymetálková Magdalena Zděnovcová	3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	4.	15 October 2001	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	4-6, 3-6
Runner-up	5.	15 April 2002	Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Lenka Tvarošková	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Runner–up	6.	11 August 2002	Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Darya Kustova	Lenka Tvarošková Zuzana Zemenová	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	7.	6 October 2002	Ain Sukhna, Egpyt	Clay	Hana Šromová	Kim Kambic Aurélie Védy	6–2, 7–5
Winner	8.	20 October 2002	Mansoura, Egpyt	Clay	Hana Šromová	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Voskoboeva	6–2, 6–2
Winner	9.	12 May 2003	Monzon, Spain	Hard	Raissa Gourevitch	Liana Ungur Kildine Chevalier	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	10.	7 July 2003	Toruń, Poland	Clay	Zuzana Hejdová	Mireille Dittmann Helena Ejeson	6–3, 6–3
Winner	11.	29 November 2003	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Veronika Kapshay Barbara Pocza	7-5, 6-4
Winner	12.	6 December 2003	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Oksana Karyshkova Elena Yaryshka	6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Runner-up	13.	30 March 2004	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Liudmila Nikoyan	Raissa Gourevitch Ekaterina Kozhokina	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	14.	18 September 2004	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	Rika Fujiwara Aiko Nakamura	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	30 August 2004	Balashikha, Russia	Hard (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Maria Goloviznina Elena Vesnina	5-7, 4-6
Winner	16.	26 October 2004	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Hana Šromová	İpek Şenoğlu Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–7(5-7), 6–3, 7–5
Winner	17.	9 May 2005	Monzón, Spain	Hard	Surina De Beer	Petra Cetkovská Gabriela Velasco Andreu	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	18.	12 June 2005	Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Giulia Casoni Valentina Sulpizio	2-6, 0-6
Winner	19.	27 June 2005	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	20.	7 August 2005	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Jennifer Hopkins Yan Zi	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	21.	19 September 2005	Jounieh, Lebanon	Hard	Hana Šromová	Mariya Koryttseva Anastasiya Yakimova	5–7, 2–6
Winner	22.	13 November 2005	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Martina Müller	Lauren Barnikow Kristen Schlukebir	6-3, 6-1
Winner	23.	22 July 2006	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Evgeniya Rodina Kristina Antoniychuk	6-1, 5-7, 7-5

References

External links

• Olena Antypina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olena Antypina at the International Tennis Federation