Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | June 6, 1982
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $69,588 |
Singles | |
Career record | 94–84 |
Highest ranking | No. 225 (September 13, 1999) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | 1R (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 30–37 |
Career titles | 2 ITF / 0 WTA |
Highest ranking | No. 116 (February 25, 2002) |
Melissa Middleton (born June 6, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player.
Middleton, a right-handed player, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. [1] A successful player in junior tennis, she won both the Easter Bowl and USTA National Clay Court Championships as an under 16 in 1996. [2]
On the professional tour, Middleton reached a career best singles ranking of 225. In 1999 she featured as a wildcard in the US Open main draw and reached the second round of the Lipton Championships, with a first round win over Lori McNeil. [3] As a doubles player she made it to 116 in the world and was a WTA Tour finalist in Memphis in 2002. [4]
Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | February 23, 2002 | Memphis, U.S. | Tier III | Hard | Brie Rippner | Ai Sugiyama Elena Tatarkova | 4–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
Legend |
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$75,000 tournaments |
$40,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | January 15, 2001 | Boca Raton, United States | Hard | Jacqueline Trail | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Jolene Watanabe | 1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | March 5, 2001 | Saltillo, Mexico | Hard | Courtenay Chapman | Conchita Martínez Granados Melisa Arévalo | 6–7(3), 6–0, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | April 29, 2001 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | Nirupama Sanjeev | Janet Lee Samantha Reeves | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | January 27, 2002 | Fullerton, United States | Hard | Brie Rippner | Amanda Hopmans Giulia Casoni | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | February 3, 2002 | Rockford, United States | Hard (i) | Brie Rippner | Amanda Hopmans Giulia Casoni | 4–6, ret. |
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