Melanie Schnell

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Melanie Schnell
Full nameMelanie Schnell
Country (sports)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born (1977-02-22) 22 February 1977 (age 46)
Radstadt, Austria
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$157,096
Singles
Career record161–146
Highest rankingNo. 90 (10 June 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1996)
French Open 1R (1996)
Wimbledon 2R (1995)
US Open 2R (1995)
Doubles
Career record59–61
Highest rankingNo. 153 (18 September 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (1995)

Melanie Schnell (born 22 February 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

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Biography

Schnell, a right-handed player from Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her grand slam main draw debut at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, where she had a win over Katerina Maleeva. Aged 18, she broke into the world's top 100 in 1995 and had a peak ranking of 90 the following year. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1996 Budapest Open, where she was a losing finalist to Ruxandra Dragomir. [1]

She represented the Austria Fed Cup team in one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles. [2] Partnering with Barbara Schett, the pair beat Sabine Hack and Christina Singer, to give Austria its only win of the fixture.

Married to tennis player Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany. [3] She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player Diego Nargiso. [4]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

ResultDateTournamentCategorySurfaceOpponentScore
Loss May 1996 Budapest, HungaryTier IVClay Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir 6–7(6–8), 1–6

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.30 August 1993 Marina di Massa, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Inmaculada Varas 6–7, 2–6
Win1.16 November 1997 Le Havre, FranceClay (i) Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Nowak 6–2, 7–5
Loss2.30 November 1997 Mallorca, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Noelia Serra 4–6, 1–6
Win2.3 April 2000 Dinan, FranceClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Julia Vakulenko 2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles (4–4)

ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.9 November 1997 Moulins, FranceHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Julie Steven Flag of Germany.svg Kirstin Freye
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Pace 		6–1, 4–2 ret.
Win2.16 November 1997 Le Havre, FranceClay (i) Flag of the United States.svg Julie Steven Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi
Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Schneider 		6–2, 3–6, 7–6(3)
Loss1.30 November 1997 Mallorca 3, SpainClay Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi Flag of Spain.svg Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Flag of Spain.svg Marina Escobar 		4–6, 2–6
Win3.7 December 1997 Mallorca 4, SpainClay Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi Flag of Spain.svg Marta Cano
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados 		6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss2.5 October 1998 Batumi, GeorgiaHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amanda Hopmans Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Sysoeva 		4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss3.19 September 1999 Otočec, SloveniaClay Flag of Germany.svg Syna Schreiber Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľudmila Cervanová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrea Šebová 		3–6, 4–6
Loss4.17 July 2000 Puchheim, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Angelika Bachmann Flag of Bulgaria.svg Svetlana Krivencheva
Flag of Slovakia.svg Zuzana Váleková 		7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Win4.17 September 2000 Bordeaux, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Virginie Razzano Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flag of Spain.svg María Sánchez Lorenzo 		2–6, 7–5, 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Budapest - 06 May - 12 May 1996". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tennis" . The Independent . 11 July 1996. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Disy Magazine Dresden München Semperopernball: Lars Rehmann" (in German). Disy Magazin. 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nargiso, Non Odiare Il Doppio". La Repubblica (in Italian). 28 February 1996. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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