Melisa Miranda

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Melisa Miranda
Full nameMelisa Miranda-Otarola
Country (sports)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Born (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 36)
Santiago, Chile
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$25,399
Singles
Career record89–84
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 447 (22 December 2008)
Doubles
Career record45–63
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 436 (15 October 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 12–5

Melisa Miranda-Otarola (born 28 April 1988) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. [1]

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Born in Santiago, Miranda played in the Fed Cup for Chile from 2005 to 2009. She featured in a total of eleven ties for her country and won eight of her nine singles rubbers. In addition to the Fed Cup, she also represented Chile at the 2007 Pan American Games. [2]

Miranda, a right-handed player, reached a best singles ranking of 447 on the professional tour. She made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance at the 2008 Cachantún Cup in Viña del Mar, as a local wildcard in the women's singles. [3] Both of her two ITF title wins also came in 2008.

ITF finals

Singles (2–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss28 October 2006 Luque, ParaguayClay Flag of Brazil.svg Roxane Vaisemberg 3–6, 3–6
Win14 July 2008 Badajoz, SpainHard Flag of France.svg Adeline Goncalves6–4, 6–3
Win14 December 2008 Havana, CubaHard Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Clara Duarte 6–0, 6–4

Doubles (0–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.26 June 2006 Córdoba, ArgentinaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Luciana Sarmenti Flag of Argentina.svg Flavia Mignola
Flag of Argentina.svg María Irigoyen 		3–6, 4–6
Loss2.23 October 2006 Luque, ParaguayClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Mariana Muci Flag of Colombia.svg Karen Castiblanco
Flag of Argentina.svg Flavia Mignola		3–6, 3–6
Loss3.14 May 2007Córdoba, ArgentinaClay Flag of Colombia.svg Karen Castiblanco Flag of Argentina.svg Andrea Benítez
Flag of Argentina.svg María Irigoyen		2–6, 4–6
Loss4.17 September 2007 Chihuahua, MexicoClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Hilda Zuleta Cabrera Flag of Mexico.svg Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
Flag of Mexico.svg Valeria Pulido 		6–7(1), 5–7

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References

  1. ↑ "Melisa Miranda da dura lucha a Andrea Koch por el número uno femenino de Chile". Al aire libre en Cooperativa (in Spanish). 22 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "El "gurú" del tenis femenino". El Mercurio de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 1 June 2007.
  3. ↑ "Tenis: Número dos de Chile cae en primera ronda de torneo WTA de Viña". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 13 February 2008.
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