Meilen Tu (traditional Chinese: 涂美倫, simplified Chinese: 涂美伦, Hanyu Pinyin: Tú Měilún) (born January 17, 1978) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She has won one WTA Tour singles title, four WTA Tour doubles titles, four ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and three ITF Women's Circuit doubles titles.
Born in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California to Taiwanese parents, Tu was the US Open girls' singles champion in 1994. At the 2006 DFS Classic, she reached the semi-finals but lost to Vera Zvonareva, who then won the title.
Meilen was sponsored by French American premium activewear brand Loriet Sports throughout much of the second half of her career, where she reached her highest ranking in both Singles and Doubles.[1]
Tu currently works as an agent for Topnotch Management,[2] working closely with players such as Caroline Garcia and Zhang Shuai. Tu is married to Sam Sumyk, who formerly coached two-time grand slam champion Victoria Azarenka, Vera Zvonareva and Garbiñe Muguruza.[3]
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 1 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | Jan 2001 | Auckland | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(12–10), 6–2 |
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 2 |
Tier III | 5 |
Tier IV & V | 3 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Oct 2001 | Bratislava | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1. | Feb 2002 | Paris | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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Walkover |
Loss | 2. | Feb 2002 | Antwerp | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6 |
Win | 2. | Sep 2002 | Waikoloa | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 3. | Oct 2001 | Bratislava | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 3. | Jun 2003 | Birmingham | Grass | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 4. | Nov 2003 | Quebec City | Carpet | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4. | Feb 2004 | Memphis | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–0) |
Loss | 5. | Jan 2007 | Medibank International | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–7(2–7) |
Loss | 6. | Jun 2007 | Birmingham | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
US Open girls' singles champions | |
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