Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; Czech: Nicole Melicharová, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɛlɪxarovaː]) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Stuart, Florida, U.S. |
Born | (1993-07-29) July 29, 1993 (age 29) Brno, Czech Republic |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 2,101,097 |
Singles | |
Career record | 140–137 (50.5%) |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 400 (24 September 2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 334–277 (54.7%) |
Career titles | 12 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (17 May 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 19 (7 November 2022) |
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, 2022) |
Wimbledon | W (2018) |
US Open | QF (2018) |
Last updated on: 14 November 2022. |
She has won twelve 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. She has reached three WTA 1000 finals at the Cincinnati Open in 2020 with Xu Yifan and 2022 with Ellen Perez and at the Canadian Open also in 2022 with Perez.[1]
She was born in the Czech Republic, but has lived in Florida since shortly after her birth.[2] Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport when she was just one year old.[2]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current after the 2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | SF | 3R | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | 63% |
French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | SF | 3R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | 61% |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | F | QF | NH | 1R | QF | 0 / 7 | 11–7 | 61% |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | F | 1R | SF | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | 59% |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 8–3 | 6–4 | 9–4 | 0 / 27 | 42–27 | 61% | ||
Year-end championships | |||||||||||||
WTA Finals | DNQ | QF | Alt | NH | SF | 0 / 2 | 2–3 | 40% | |||||
WTA 1000 | |||||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 61% |
Miami Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | QF | NH | 2R | F | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | 63% |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | F | QF | F | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | 65% |
Wuhan Open | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | QF | QF | NH | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 56% | ||
China Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | QF | NH | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% | ||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 2 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 22 | 17 | Career total: 186 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Career total: 12 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Career total: 27 | ||
Overall win-loss | 1–2 | 6–11 | 15–23 | 7–22 | 27–26 | 36–22 | 36–25 | 24–8 | 33–21 | 32–15 | 11 / 186 | 217–175 | 55% |
Year-end ranking | 184 | 124 | 69 | 88 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 12 | $1,953,547 |
Tournament | 2012 | ... | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | SF | 2R | 2R[lower-alpha 1] | 1R | 0 / 5 | 5–4 | |
French Open | A | A | A | QF | SF | NH | 2R | SF | 0 / 4 | 9–4 | |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | QF | W | QF | NH | QF | 1R | 1 / 6 | 10–5 | |
US Open | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | NH | 2R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | ||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 8–3 | 9–4 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1 / 20 | 28–18 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | Alexander Peya | Victoria Azarenka Jamie Murray | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2020 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | Xu Yifan | Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs |
1–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
Loss | 2022 | Canadian Open | Hard | Ellen Perez | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10] |
Loss | 2022 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | Ellen Perez | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2015 | Tianjin Open, China | International[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 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 |
Win | 11–12 | May 2022 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France (2) | WTA 250 | Clay | Daria Saville | Lucie Hradecká Sania Mirza |
5–7, 7–5, [10–6] |
Loss | 11–13 | Aug 2022 | Canadian Open | WTA 1000 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10] |
Loss | 11–14 | Aug 2022 | Cincinnati Open, United States | WTA 1000 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Win | 12–14 | Aug 2022 | Tennis in Cleveland, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić |
7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 12–15 | Sep 2022 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | WTA 500 | Hard | Ellen Perez | Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 12–16 | Oct 2022 | Tallinn Open, Estonia | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Laura Siegemund | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok |
5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2016 | San Antonio Open, United States | Hard | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Anastasia Rodionova |
6–1, 6–3 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2011 | ITF Evansville, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Elizabeth Ferris | 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 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 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(2), 6–4 |
Win | 3–4 | Mar 2013 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Anamika Bhargava | Alona Fomina Sofia Shapatava |
6–7(7), 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, United States | 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), 7–6(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 Mariño 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 | Grand Est Open 88, 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 |
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.[3]
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.
Women's Tennis Association: Top female doubles tennis players from the Americas | |
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Women's Tennis Association: Top American female doubles tennis players | |
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