Melanie Stokke

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Melanie Stokke
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Stokke in September 2015
Country (sports)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Born (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)
Nordstrand, Norway
Prize money$74,580
Singles
Career record246–163
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 261 (30 April 2018)
Doubles
Career record63–81
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 348 (30 October 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 22–6

Melanie Stokke (born 1 October 1996) is a former Norwegian tennis player.

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At the age of 15, she moved by herself to Los Alcazares, in Spain, because she considered the tennis facilities in Norway to not be of a high enough standard. [1]

Stokke has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 261. On 30 October 2017, she peaked at No. 348 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for the Norway Fed Cup team, Stokke has a win–loss record of 22–6. [2]

She took a break from tennis 2020, due to a perceived lack of support from the Norwegian Tennis Federation. [3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 2014ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands10,000Clay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Steffi Distelmans7–5, 3–6, 6–7(5)
Win1–1Dec 2014ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000Clay Flag of Slovakia.svg Chantal Škamlová 7–5, 6–4
Win2–1Mar 2015ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia10,000Hard Flag of France.svg Lou Brouleau2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win3–1Sep 2015ITF Bol, Croatia10,000Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Primorac5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–2Nov 2015ITF Stockholm, Sweden10,000Hard (i) Flag of Denmark.svg Emilie Francati 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4)
Loss3–3Nov 2015ITF Oslo, Norway10,000Hard (i) Flag of Norway.svg Emma Flood2–6, 4–6
Loss3–4Feb 2016ITF Palma Nova, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Martina di Giuseppe 6–7(5), 2–6
Loss3–5May 2016ITF Båstad, Sweden10,000Clay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patty Schnyder 1–6, 3–6
Loss3–6Jun 2016ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Clay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tess Sugnaux4–6, 5–7
Loss3–7Jun 2017ITF Ystad, Sweden25,000Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Quirine Lemoine 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Win4–7Sep 2017ITF Bagnatica, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Martina Trevisan 7–6(6), 6–3

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 2015ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia10,000Hard Flag of Portugal.svg Inês Murta Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Buzărnescu
Flag of Ukraine.svg Olena Kyrpot		6–1, 7–5
Win2–0May 2015ITF Båstad, Sweden10,000Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Cornelia Lister Flag of the United States.svg Veronica Corning
Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Örnberg		5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss2–1May 2016ITF Båstad, Sweden10,000Clay Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara Flag of Denmark.svg Emilie Francati
Flag of Sweden.svg Cornelia Lister		2–6, 4–6
Loss2–2Sep 2016ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria25,000Clay Flag of Germany.svg Laura Schaeder Flag of North Macedonia.svg Lina Gjorcheska
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Isabella Shinikova 		7–6(13), 2–6, [6–10]
Loss2–3Feb 2017ITF Edgbaston, UK15,000Hard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Julia Wachaczyk Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Beth Grey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olivia Nicholls 		3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win3–3Mar 2017ITF Amiens, France15,000Clay (i) Flag of Italy.svg Camilla Rosatello Flag of Belarus.svg Ilona Kremen
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča 		6–3, 6–0
Loss3–4May 2017ITF Rome, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Georgia.svg Ekaterine Gorgodze Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato 		1–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Sep 2017ITF Bagnatica, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Austria.svg Julia Grabher Flag of Italy.svg Deborah Chiesa
Flag of Italy.svg Martina Colmegna 		3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss3–6Jul 2019ITF Torino, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Egypt.svg Mayar Sherif Flag of Japan.svg Chihiro Muramatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Naito 		0–6, 2–6

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References

  1. ↑ Sande, Egil (7 February 2019). "Melanie flyttet til Spania som 15-åring for å satse på tennis: - Vennene mine trodde jeg var gal". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
  2. ↑ "Melanie Stokke at the Fed Cup".
  3. ↑ Carlsen, Jørund Wessel (22 May 2020). "Var Norges beste – stemplet som B-spiller av Tennisforbundet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).


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