Melinda Czink
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| Country (sports) |
 Hungary
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| Residence | Budapest, Hungary |
| Born |
22 October 1982 Budapest, Hungary |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,484,658 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 422–311 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 20 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 37 (21 September 2009) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2009) |
| French Open | 3R (2009) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2011) |
| US Open | 3R (2003) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 125–146 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 9 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 78 (10 May 2010) |
| Last updated on: March 18, 2014. | |
Melinda Czink (born 22 October 1982) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. On 21 September 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of world no. 37.
She has reached two WTA Tour singles finals. In 2005, she lost to Ana Ivanovic in Canberra. In 2009, she defeated Lucie Šafářová in Quebec City for her first WTA Tour title. On the ITF Tour, she has won 20 singles titles.
She played her first tournament at Budapest as a wild-carded in 2000. She entered the top 100 first in 2003 but slid down later. She won several single and double ITF titles, see below.
She reached the top 50 and won her first title at Quebec. As fifth seed, she defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in the semifinal, 6–3, 6–3, and Lucie Šafářová in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5. She also reached one semifinal and four quarterfinals during the season. At the end of the year, she played at the Tournament of Champions in Bali where, she lost to Aravane Rezaï, 3–6, 5–7, and to Sabine Lisicki, 6–2, 6–7(1), 4–6, in the round-robin stage.
She started the year at Brisbane International in Australia as seventh seed. She defeated Lucie Hradecká in the first round, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Justine Henin, 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5). Meanwhile, she reached the doubles final with Arantxa Parra Santonja, where they lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, 6–2, 6–7(3), 4–10. Next, she played the Moorilla Hobart International, where she lost to Gisela Dulko in the first round, 4–6, 2–6. In the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Stefanie Vögele, 5–7, 7–6(5), 7–9.
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