Cecilia Costa Melgar

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Cecilia Costa Melgar
Full nameCecilia Raquel Costa Melgar
Country (sports)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Born (1992-12-26) 26 December 1992 (age 31)
Viña del Mar, Chile
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Prize money$47,890
Singles
Career record137–109
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 367 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  JuniorQ2 (2010)
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2010)
Doubles
Career record111–91
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 216 (8 September 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon  Junior1R (2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 15–6
Medal record
Representing Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Medellín women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Medellín women's doubles

Cecilia Raquel Costa Melgar [1] (born 26 December 1992) is a Chilean former tennis player.

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Costa Melgar won four singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 May 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 367. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 216 in the doubles rankings.

Since her debut for Chile in 2010, Costa Melgar has realized a 15–6 record for her country in Fed Cup competition.

After retiring from professional tennis, Costa Melgar became a beach tennis player. [2]

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (4–6)

Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (4–6)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.Aug 2008ITF Bell Ville, ArgentinaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Verónica Spiegel1–6, 1–6
Loss2.Oct 2011ITF Bogotá, ColombiaClay Flag of Peru.svg Patricia Kú Flores 7–6(6), 5–7, 3–6
Loss3.Jul 2012ITF La Paz, BoliviaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Guadalupe Moreno 5–7, 3–6
Loss4.Aug 2012ITF Santa Cruz, BoliviaClay Flag of Chile.svg Camila Silva 4–6, 7–6(1), 3–6
Win1.Sep 2012ITF Pereira, ColombiaClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasia Kharchenko6–2, 6–3
Win2.Sep 2012ITF Bogotá, ColombiaClay Flag of Colombia.svg Yuliana Lizarazo 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win3.Oct 2012ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel 6–4, 6–2
Loss5.Nov 2012ITF Quillota, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Camila Silva5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win4.Aug 2013ITF La Paz, BoliviaClay Flag of Chile.svg Macarena Olivares López 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss6.Nov 2013ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Argentina.svg Nadia Podoroska 2–6, 7–5, 5–3 ret.

Doubles: 17 (7–10)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (6–9)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.Nov 2009ITF Lima, PeruClay Flag of Chile.svg Andrea Koch Benvenuto Flag of Argentina.svg Agustina Eskenazi
Flag of Argentina.svg Paula Ormaechea 		6–1, 6–3
Win2.May 2011ITF Itaparica, BrazilHard Flag of Brazil.svg Flávia Guimarães Bueno Flag of Paraguay.svg Isabella Robbiani
Flag of Argentina.svg Luciana Sarmenti		6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss1.Aug 2011ITF Versmold, GermanyClay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel Flag of Ukraine.svg Elizaveta Ianchuk
Flag of Italy.svg Julia Mayr 		4–6, 3–6
Loss2.Oct 2011ITF São Paulo, BrazilClay Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriela Cé Flag of Brazil.svg Maria Fernanda Alves
Flag of Brazil.svg Karina Venditti		2–6, 4–6
Loss3.Oct 2011ITF Bogotá, ColombiaClay Flag of Chile.svg Belén Ludueña Flag of Peru.svg Patricia Kú Flores
Flag of Peru.svg Katherine Miranda Chang 		4–6, 5–7
Loss4.Mar 2012ITF Puebla, MexicoHard Flag of Brazil.svg Flávia Guimarães Bueno Flag of Mexico.svg Ivette López
Flag of Mexico.svg Ana Paula de la Peña 		1–6, 6–7(0)
Win3.Sep 2012ITF Pereira, ColombiaClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasia Kharchenko Flag of Venezuela.svg Gabriela Coglitore
Flag of Peru.svg Patricia Kú Flores		6–1, 6–0
Loss5.Oct 2012ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel Flag of Argentina.svg Aranza Salut
Flag of Argentina.svg Carolina Zeballos		6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win4.Oct 2012ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel Flag of Argentina.svg Ornella Caron
Flag of Argentina.svg Aranza Salut		6–3, 6–4
Win5.Nov 2012ITF Quillota, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Camila Silva Flag of Argentina.svg Sofía Luini
Flag of Argentina.svg Bárbara Montiel		6–1, 6–1
Loss6.Aug 2013ITF Santa Cruz, BoliviaClay Flag of Paraguay.svg Camila Giangreco Campiz Flag of Bolivia.svg María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
Flag of Bolivia.svg Daniela Ruiz		5–7, 3–6
Win6.Sep 2013ITF Mont-de-Marsan, FranceClay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel Flag of France.svg Alizé Lim
Flag of France.svg Laura Thorpe 		6–4, 6–2
Loss7.Sep 2013ITF Seville, SpainClay Flag of Italy.svg Gaia Sanesi Flag of Brazil.svg Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Flag of Argentina.svg Florencia Molinero 		3–6, 5–7
Loss8.Oct 2013ITF Casablanca, MoroccoClay Flag of Italy.svg Anastasia Grymalska Flag of Poland.svg Paula Kania
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Solovyeva 		6–7(3), 4–6
Loss9.Dec 2013ITF Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel Flag of Paraguay.svg Verónica Cepede Royg
Flag of Argentina.svg María Irigoyen 		6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Win7.Jul 2014ITF Knokke, BelgiumClay Flag of Spain.svg Aliona Bolsova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine De Sutter
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sofie Oyen 		4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss10.Oct 2014ITF Lima, PeruClay Flag of Brazil.svg Nathaly Kurata Flag of Argentina.svg Sofía Luini
Flag of Argentina.svg Guadalupe Pérez Rojas 		4–6, 3–6

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References

  1. ↑ "X Juegos Suramericanos – (Tenis) Biografía – General: Costa Melgar Cecilia Raquel". 2014 South American Games (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cecilia Costa ITF Beach Tennis". www.itftennis.com.


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