Nicole Melichar-Martinez

Nicole Melichar-Martinez
	Melichar at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Stuart, Florida, U.S.
Born	July 29, 1993 (age 28); Brno, Czech Republic
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,774,309
Singles
Career record	140–136 (50.7%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 400 (24 September 2012)
Doubles
Career record	302–262 (53.5%)
Career titles	10 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 9 (17 May 2021)
Current ranking	No. 12 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2021)
French Open	SF (2020)
Wimbledon	F (2018)
US Open	F (2020)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2019)
French Open	SF (2019)
Wimbledon	W (2018)
US Open	QF (2018)
	Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; Czech: Nicole Melicharová, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɛlɪxarovaː]) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles.

She was born in the Czech Republic, but has lived in Florida since shortly after her birth.^[1] Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport when she was just one year old.^[1]

She has won ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2021, she peaked at No. 9 in the doubles rankings.

Melichar has won one Grand Slam title, winning the mixed-doubles crown at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Austrian partner Alexander Peya. She is also a two-time Grand Slam finalist in women's doubles, finishing runner-up at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Květa Peschke and the 2020 US Open with Xu Yifan.

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles[]

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	SF	3R	0 / 6	10–6
French Open	A	1R	1R	3R	QF	SF	3R		0 / 6	11–6
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	F	QF	NH	1R		0 / 6	8–6
US Open	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	F	1R		0 / 6	6–6
Win–loss	0–1	1–4	0–3	9–4	9–4	8–3	6–4	2–1	0 / 24	35–24
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	DNQ			QF	Alt	NH	SF		0 / 2	2–3
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	1R	A	1R	2R	QF	QF	2R	0 / 6	4–6
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	NH	2R		0 / 3	2–3
Miami Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R		1R		0 / 6	0–6
Madrid Open	A	A	A	2R	2R		1R		0 / 3	1–3
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R		0 / 4	0–4
Canadian Open	A	1R	QF	SF	QF	NH	2R		0 / 5	6–5
Cincinnati Open	A	1R	A	2R	2R	F	QF		0 / 5	7–5
Wuhan Open	2R	A	2R	QF	QF	NH			0 / 4	5–4
China Open	A	A	1R	QF	QF	NH			0 / 3	4–3
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	69	88	39	15	20	11

Mixed doubles[]

Tournament	2012	2013– 15	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	2R	2R^{[n 1]}	1R	0 / 5	5–4
French Open	A	A	A	A	QF	SF	NH	2R		0 / 3	6–3
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	QF	W	QF		QF		1 / 5	10–4
US Open	1R	A	A	1R	QF	2R		2R		0 / 5	4–5
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	8–3	9–4	1–1	4–3	0–1	1 / 18	25–16

Notes

^ Melichar and her doubles partner Robert Farah withdrew from tournament before the second-round match against Arina Rodionova and Max Purcell; not counted as loss.

Grand Slam tournament finals[]

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Květa Peschke	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss	2020	US Open	Hard	Xu Yifan	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Alexander Peya	Victoria Azarenka Jamie Murray	7–6^(7–1), 6–3

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (0–1)
Premier / WTA 500 (6–4)
International / WTA 250 (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–3)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2017	Malaysian Open	International	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 2017	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Elise Mertens	Dalila Jakupovic Nadiia Kichenok	6–7^(6–8), 2–6
Win	1–3	May 2017	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Anna Smith	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	1–4	Oct 2017	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Timea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2018	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Premier	Clay (i)	Květa Peschke	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [5–10]
Win	2–5	May 2018	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Květa Peschke	Mihaela Buzărnescu Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–6	Jul 2018	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Květa Peschke	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	3–6	Oct 2018	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Květa Peschke	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–6	Jan 2019	Brisbane International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Květa Peschke	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4–7	May 2019	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Květa Peschke	Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	4–8	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [5–10]
Win	5–8	Aug 2019	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Květa Peschke	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–8	Sep 2019	Zhengzhou Open, China	Premier	Hard	Květa Peschke	Yanina Wickmayer Tamara Zidanšek	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	7–8	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Xu Yifan	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	7–9	Aug 2020	Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Xu Yifan	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	7–10	Sep 2020	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Xu Yifan	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–10	Sep 2020	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Demi Schuurs	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–10	Mar 2021	Qatar Open	WTA 500	Hard	Demi Schuurs	Monica Niculescu Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	10–10	Apr 2021	Charleston Open, United States	WTA 500	Clay (green)	Demi Schuurs	Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–11	Jun 2021	German Open	WTA 500	Grass	Demi Schuurs	Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	10–12	Jun 2021	Eastbourne International, UK	WTA 500	Grass	Demi Schuurs	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	1–6, 4–6

WTA 125 tournament finals[]

Doubles: 1 title[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2016	San Antonio Open, United States	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2011	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard		2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Hülya Esen	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Nov 2014	ITF Sousse, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Viktoriya Tomova	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–7)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	ITF Sumter, United States	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Leatu	Alexandra Mueller Ashley Weinhold	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2011	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Anastasia Kharchenko	Anita Husarić Viktoriya Tomova	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win	1–2	Mar 2012	ITF Metepec, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Elizabeth Ferris	Liz Tatiane Koehler Bogarin Brianna Morgan	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lauren Megale	Nicola Geuer Janina Toljan	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	Yuka Mori Kaori Onishi	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Ágnes Bukta Vivian Juhászová	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	3–4	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anamika Bhargava	Alona Fomina Sofia Shapatava	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	3–5	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Anamika Bhargava	Oksana Kalashnikova Ksenia Palkina	1–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	May 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Anastasia Kharchenko	Veronika Stotyka Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–6	Jul 2013	ITF Portland, U.S.	50,000	Hard	Irina Falconi	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	5–6	Jan 2014	ITF Daytona Beach, U.S.	25,000	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–1), [10–1]
Loss	5–7	Sep 2014	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	75,000	Hard	Allie Will	Jan Abaza Melanie Oudin	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8	May 2015	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Mariana Duque Julia Glushko	6–1, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, [4–10]
Loss	5–9	Jun 2015	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Tatiana Búa Laura Thorpe	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	6–9	May 2016	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Jana Čepelová Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	6–10	Jul 2016	ITF Contrexéville, France	100,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Cindy Burger Laura Pous Tió	1–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Feb 2017	Launceston International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Georgia Brescia Tamara Zidanšek	6–1, 6–2

World TeamTennis[]

Melichar has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut as a junior in 2010 with the St. Louis Aces. She has since played for the Washington Kastles in 2018 and 2019. It was announced, she will be joining the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.^[2]

She partnered with CoCo Vandeweghe in women's doubles for the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season. Both players were traded to the New York Empires more than halfway through the season. The Empires would ultimately win the 2020 WTT Championship in a Supertiebreaker over the Chicago Smash.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Meredith, Bill (June 20, 2012). "Stuart woman heading to US Open Playoffs for tennis". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.

External links[]

Nicole Melichar-Martinez at the Women's Tennis Association
Nicole Melichar-Martinez at the International Tennis Federation
Nicole Melichar-Martinez at the Billie Jean King Cup

[name1-2] Melichar and her doubles partner Robert Farah withdrew from tournament before the second-round match against Arina Rodionova and Max Purcell; not counted as loss.

[palmbeachpost-1] Meredith, Bill (June 20, 2012). "Stuart woman heading to US Open Playoffs for tennis". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

[4] "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top female doubles tennis players from the Americas
as of 31 January 2022
1. Gabriela Dabrowski (8 3) 2. Alexa Guarachi (11 1) 3. Luisa Stefani (12 1) 4. Desirae Krawczyk (15 1) 5. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (17 )
6. Nicole Melichar-Martinez (18 4) 7. Giuliana Olmos (20 1) 8. Caty McNally (21 1) 9. Caroline Dolehide (22 4) 10. Sharon Fichman (24 3)

v t Women's Tennis Association: Top American female doubles tennis players
as of 13 September 2021
1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (15 ) 2. Nicole Melichar (19 7) 3. Desirae Krawczyk (20 1) 4. Caty McNally (22 12) 5. Coco Gauff (25 13)
6. Hayley Carter (29 4) 7. Caroline Dolehide (34 8) 8. Sofia Kenin (37 4) 9. Asia Muhammad (38 7) 10. Jessica Pegula (49 1)