2010 MPS Group Championships
Date:		April 5 - April 11
Edition:		31st
Surface:
Champions
Singles
Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Yan Zi
MPS Group Championships  < 2009 2011 >

The 2010 MPS Group Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 31st edition of the MPS Group Championships and the second held in its new location, and was part of the International series of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, from April 5 through April 11, 2010.

The tournament was headlined by world no. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, 2010 Moorilla Hobart International champion Alyona Bondarenko, 2008 finalist Dominika Cibulková, and 2010 Monterrey Open champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Entrants[link]

Seeds[link]

Athlete	Nationality	Ranking*	Seeding
Caroline Wozniacki	Denmark	2	1
Alyona Bondarenko	Ukraine	25	2
Dominika Cibulková	Slovakia	28	3
Elena Vesnina	Russia	34	4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Russia	35	5
Aleksandra Wozniak	Canada	38	6
Virginie Razzano	France	39	7
Melanie Oudin	United States	42	8

• Rankings and seedings are as of March 22.

Other entrants[link]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Carly Gullickson
• Ayumi Morita
• Sloane Stephens

The following players received entry via qualifying:

• Sophie Ferguson
• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Anna Tatishvili

Champions[link]

Singles[link]

Caroline Wozniacki def. Olga Govortsova, 6–2, 7–5

• It was Wozniacki's first title of the year and 7th of her career. It was her second win at the event, also winning in 2009.

Doubles[link]

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Yan Zi def. Chuang Chia-jung / Peng Shuai, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

External links[link]

• Official website

The MPS Group Championships
WTA Tour
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida  United States
Venue	Sawgrass Country Club
Category	International
Surface	Green Clay / Outdoors
Draw	32M/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$220,000
Website	The MPS Group Championships

The MPS Group Championships was a women's tennis tournament held in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event was an International series tournament played on outdoor green clay courts from 1980 to 2010.

History[link]

Formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships, the tournament lost its title sponsor when Bausch & Lomb did not renew its contract following the 2008 event at Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida. Tournament organizers Octagon hired AXIA, a public relations firm, to find a new title sponsor. In August 2008, AXIA and Octagon announced Fortune 1000 global staffing firm MPS Group (NYSE:MPS) of Jacksonville, Florida as the official tournament title sponsor. Octagon moved the annual event to Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach as part of the tournament changes to attract more attendees and enjoy upgraded facilities.

On May 21, 2010 tournament officials announced that the event will not be held in 2011. The WTA is reducing the number of Spring events and the MPS Group Championships offered the smallest prize money. The WTA offered replacement dates, but no facility was available in February, and temperatures in July can be unbearable.^[1]

Sponsors[link]

• 1980-1983: Murjani WTA Championships
• 1984: Lipton WTA Championships
• 1984: NutraSweet WTA Championships
• 1985-1986: Sunkist WTA Championships
• 1987-2008 : Bausch & Lomb Championships
• 2009-2010 : The MPS Group Championships

Past finals[link]

Singles[link]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1980	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1981	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6–0, 6–0
1982	Chris Evert	Andrea Jaeger	6–3, 6–1
1983	Chris Evert	Carling Bassett-Seguso	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1984	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6–2, 6–0
1985	Zina Garrison	Chris Evert	6–4, 6–3
1986	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
1987	Steffi Graf	Hana Mandlíková	6–3, 6–4
1988	Martina Navratilova	Gabriela Sabatini	6–0, 6–2
1989	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1990	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–0
1991	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	7–5, 7–6
1992	Gabriela Sabatini	Steffi Graf	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1993	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gabriela Sabatini	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–4
1995	Conchita Martínez	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–4
1996	Irina Spîrlea	Mary Pierce	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1997	Lindsay Davenport	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–3
1998	Mary Pierce	Conchita Martínez	6–7(8), 6–0, 6–2
1999	Monica Seles	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–2, 6–3
2000	Monica Seles	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–2
2001	Amélie Mauresmo	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 7–5
2002	Venus Williams	Justine Henin	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(5)
2003	Elena Dementieva	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2004	Lindsay Davenport	Amélie Mauresmo	6–4, 6–4
2005	Lindsay Davenport	Silvia Farina Elia	7–5, 7–5
2006	Nadia Petrova	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 6–4
2007	Tatiana Golovin	Nadia Petrova	6–2, 6–1
2008	Maria Sharapova	Dominika Cibulková	7–6(7), 6–3
2009	Caroline Wozniacki	Aleksandra Wozniak	6–1, 6–2
2010	Caroline Wozniacki	Olga Govortsova	6–2, 7–5

Doubles[link]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1980	Rosemary Casals Ilana Kloss	Kathy Jordan Pam Shriver	7–6, 7–6
1981	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Joanne Russell Pam Shriver	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
1982	Leslie Allen Mima Jaušovec	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–1, 7–5
1983	Candy Reynolds Rosalyn Fairbank	Virginia Ruzici Hana Mandlíková	6–4, 6–2
1984	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Anne Hobbs Mima Jaušovec	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1985	Rosalyn Fairbank Hana Mandlíková	Carling Bassett-Seguso Chris Evert	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1986	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Gabriela Sabatini Catherine Tanvier	6–2, 5–7, 7–6
1987	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1988	Zina Garrison Jackson Eva Pfaff	Katrina Adams Penny Barg-Mager	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1989	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1990	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Regina Kordová Andrea Temesvári	7–6, 6–4
1991	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	Mercedes Paz Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	Zina Garrison-Jackson Jana Novotná	6–1, 6–0
1993	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Leila Meskhi	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1996	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6–1, 6–1
1997	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–0
1998	Sandra Cacic Mary Pierce	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
1999	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2000	Rain prevented play
2001	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
2002	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	María Emilia Salerni Åsa Svensson	6–4, 6–2
2003	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7–5, 6–2
2004	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Myriam Casanova Alicia Molik	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2005	Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur	Květa Peschke Patty Schnyder	6–4, 6–2
2006	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	Liezel Huber Sania Mirza	6–2, 6–4
2007	Mara Santangelo Katarina Srebotnik	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–3, 7–6(4)
2008	Bethanie Mattek Vladimíra Uhlířová	Victoria Azarenka Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–1
2009	Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
2010	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Yan Zi	Chuang Chia-jung Peng Shuai	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also[link]

• List of tennis tournaments

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Coordinates: 30°11′37″N 81°22′18″W / 30.19361°N 81.37167°W / 30.19361; -81.37167

Tamira Paszek

Country	Austria
Residence	Dornbirn, Austria
Born	(1990-12-06) December 6, 1990 (age 21) Dornbirn, Austria
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Turned pro	October 26, 2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$810,721
Singles
Career record	123–80
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (July 9, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 48 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2011)
US Open	4R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	11–21
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 292 (August 17, 2009)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

Tamira Shelah Paszek (born December 6, 1990 in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria) is a professional tennis player from Austria. As of July 4, 2011, she is the no.1 ranked tennis player from Austria in the WTA ranking, at No. 41.

She is currently being coached by Andrei Pavel^[1] (former coach of Jelena Janković) having previously been coached by Angel Giminez and Larri Passos (former coach of former ATP No.1 Gustavo Kuerten).^{[citation needed]}

Biography[link]

Paszek was introduced to tennis by her mother, Françoise Paszek, at age four-and-a-half.^[2] Her mother is Chilean born, and her father is Ariff Mohamed, who is Tanzanian-born, Kenya-raised and lived in Canada.^[2] Both her paternal grandparents are from India.^{[citation needed]}

She attended Gymnasium Dornbirn-Schoren^[3] and Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Schoren.^[4]

Tennis career[link]

As a junior, Paszek was a finalist in the 2005 Girls' Singles Championship at Wimbledon and at the US Open – Girls' Singles in 2006.

In September 2005 she won her first title at an ITF tournament in Sofia. In October of the same year she received a wild card to appear at her first WTA tournament in Linz; she defeated Elena Vesnina in the first round and lost to Ana Ivanović after a tough first set.

In 2006 she passed qualifications in Istanbul, where she lost in the second round to Catalina Castaño; and in Portorož in the Banka Koper Slovenia Open, where she won her first WTA title by defeating number 6 seed Maria Elena Camerin from Italy 7–5 6–1. This was a career-first Tour singles title in only her third Tour main draw. That title made her the youngest Tour singles titlist in 2006 and the seventh-youngest all-time, the youngest winner being Tracy Austin. A month later, at the Zürich Open, she lost to Camerin in the second round of qualifying. She finished 2006 as No. 181 in the WTA rankings.

2007[link]

She started the 2007 WTA Tour at the Australian Open, where she passed qualifications and defeated Top 40 player Séverine Brémond in straight sets in the first round, before losing to No.22 seed Vera Zvonareva.

After her loss to Na Li in the second round of the Miami Masters, she broke the top 100 of the WTA rankings. At the 2007 French Open she was defeated by Justine Henin in the second round 7–5 6–1 after being 5–0 down in the first set.

At Paszek's first grass tournament of her career, she reached the third round in Birmingham, losing to Maria Sharapova in a tight match 6–3 4–6 6–2. At the 2007 Wimbledon Championships she reached the fourth round after beating two seeded players, No.17 seed Tatiana Golovin and No.12 seed Elena Dementieva; she then eventually lost to No.5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets. The win pushed her up 19 spots from #54 to #35, a career high and only a few spots from a guaranteed seeding spot at the US Open.

She also participated at the Fed Cup for Austria in 2007. She won her first two matches in the group stage against Australia but lost both her matches in the World Group play-offs against Israel; a singles match against Shahar Pe'er and a doubles match, partnering Melanie Klaffner.

She debuted on the 2007 US Open, reaching the fourth round, beating on the way #24 and #11 seed, Francesca Schiavone and Patty Schnyder. She lost to #6 seed, Anna Chakvetadze.

Paszek decided against defending her title in the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portorož, Slovenia, in favour of the larger China Open tournament in Beijing. However, she was bundled out in the second round by fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva (whom she beat in Wimbledon) 6–2, 6–0 in less than an hour.

2008[link]

At the 2008 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, Paszek made it to the semifinals, losing to veteran Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–3. In the first round of the 2008 Australian Open, Paszek played third-seeded Jelena Janković of Serbia in the first round. Paszek easily won the first set 6–2, and Janković went on to win the second set 6–2. In the deciding set, Paszek led 5–3 and had three match points before Janković came back to win the three-hour match 2–6 6–2 12–10.

Following this she lost in the first round of Doha to Patty Schnyder 6–4 6–0. Then she competed for the first time as a seed in a tier 1 tournament in Indian Wells retiring in the third round to Casey Dellacqua being down 6–1 4–0. Then in Miami she was defeated by Anna Chakvetadze in the second round 6–3 6–2.

This started a losing streak of 6 straight matches running through the French Open and Wimbledon. At Wimbledon she lost her second marathon match of the year to Francesca Schiavone 6–3 5–7 10–8. It came to an end in Los Angeles where she defeated Aiko Nakamura only to lose to Flavia Pennetta in the second round.

On July 31, Paszek beat World no.1 Ana Ivanović of Serbia in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal in three sets: 6–2, 1–6, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, she played Victoria Azarenka who defeated her 6–4 7–5. Then she lost in the first round of Cincinnati to Petra Cetkovská. At the US Open she defeated the 23-seed Maria Kirilenko 6–3 3–6 6–4, only then to lose to a lower ranked opponent Magdaléna Rybáriková.

Paszek was runner up in Bali. She reached the final after taking out the 7-seed Flavia Pennetta and the top seed Daniela Hantuchová. She lost the final against Patty Schnyder 3–6 0–6. She then withdrew from the Linz tournament due to injury.

2009[link]

Paszek ended her professional relationship with coach Lari Passos and is now coached by Angel Giminez.^[5]

Paszek lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Australian wild card Jelena Dokić in three sets.

Paszek passed the first round at Indian Wells, winning in straight sets against Mara Santangelo 6–3, 6–2, and lost in the second round against 21 seed Alisa Kleybanova by the same score.

2010[link]

In January, Tamira lost in second round of qualifying at tournament in Auckland. After defeating Carly Gullickson 6–3 7–5 she retired in her match against Rebecca Marino after trailing 6–0 1–0. Her next tournament was 2010 Moorilla Hobart International. She scored a big win after defeating Roberta Vinci 6–4 6–3, but she then lost to Gisela Dulko in very long and difficult match with 6–1 0–6 7–6 score.

Her next tournament was 2010 Australian Open where she lost to Julia Görges in first round 6–0 3–6 6–3. At tournament in Paris Tamira lost to eventual runner-up Lucie Šafářová 6–0 6–3.To reach the main draw at 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships, Tamira entered qualifying. She defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in first round, but she lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3 7–5. After Dubai she entered in Indian Wells, but she lost to Julie Coin with 6–4 6–3 score. At 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Tamira beat Anne Keothavong 6–4 6–2, but she lost to 22-th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–6 4–6 6–3.

She lost in early rounds of Marbella, Barcelona and Fes. She didn't enter to 2010 French Open.

Instead,Tamira entered 25,000 $ ITF tournament in Izmir, Turkey. She won that tournament beating Çağla Büyükakçay 6–2 6–3. Her next tournament was ITF Budapest. She qualified, defeating Lukacs Vanda and Cepelova Jana, and she reached the second round losing to Lenka Wienerová.

She then entered 2010 Wimbledon, qualified but lost to Kurumi Nara in second round 7–5 6–4.

She tried to qualify in Budapest defeating Eleni Danilidou and Jessica Moore but lost to Andreja Klepač 5–7 6–2 6–1. Her next tournament will be 2010 ECM Prague Open. She entered qualifing. Tamira defeated Tadeja Majerič 6–4 6–0 and then crushed first seed Anastasia Rodionova. She than lost to Liana Ungur 2–6 3–2. After losing the first set 6–2, Tamira went to play better breaking Ungur serve and lead 2–0.On the other side Ungur came back broke twice to lead 3–2. Tamira then retired because of heat and stomach inyuri.But,because Gisela Dulko withdrew Tamira gained her chance to enter to the main draw. She faced French star Alizé Cornet and lost 7–6 6–7 6–4 in match that last 3 hours and 40-minutes.

Her next tournament was the 2010 Banka Koper Slovenia Open where she defeated Jelena Kostanić Tošić 7–5 6–2 for her first main draw win since Ponte Vedra Beach in 2009. She faced Stefanie Voegele and lost 7–5 6–4.

After some bad losses in qualifying of the Premier tournaments, Tamira found her form in the 2010 US Open where she entered qualifying. She defeated Michaëlla Krajicek, Koreas Kim So- Jing and Russias Evgeniya Rodina to reach the main draw. In the final qualifying round, Paszek trailed Rodina 2–6 after the first set before coming back to win the second and blank the Russian in the third. In the 1st round of the main draw, she defeated 26th seed Lucie Šafářová despite being down 2–6 1–4 in the second set. She lost to Chan Yung-jan in the second round.

Her next tournament was at the 2010 Bell Challenge. She defeated Marina Erakovic 6–0 6–4 and Jill Craybas in the second round 6–2 6–3.In her first quarter-final of the 2010 she defeated No.8 seed Sofia Arvidsson 6–3 6–4.She than crushed Christina McHale in the semifinal to book her place in the final where she won the title by beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7–6(6) 2–6 7–5.

She will be in the 100 rankings again.

2011[link]

Tamira started 2011 ranked No.89 and lost in the first round of Auckland to Sofia Arvidsson. She qualified for Hobart and reached the second round of the main draw before falling to Jarmila Gajdosova. Prior to Wimbledon 2011 Tamira had a standard year before she went on to reach the Quarter Finals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career, defeating world No.7 and 6th seed Francesca Schiavone (her first top 10 win of 2011) in an epic third round match that lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. Tamira finally prevailed 3–6, 6–4, 11–9 hitting a total of 40 winners to 36 unforced errors. Tamira played Russian Ksenia Pervak in the fourth round. She went on winning, beating Pervak in three sets: 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time. Tamira played number 4 seed Victoria Azarenka in the Quarter Finals of Wimbledon. The match started on Court 1 but was moved to Centre Court after the first game due to rain. Paszek lost in straight sets 6–3, 6–1.

WTA Tour Singles 3 (2–1)[link]

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	September 24, 2006	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	September 8, 2008	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 6–0
Winner	2.	September 19, 2010	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5

Singles performance timeline[link]

References[link]

1. ^ http://treizecizero.ro/interviu-exclusiv-andrei-pavel-de-la-indian-wells-lucrez-cu-tamira-paszek/ – Interviu exclusiv | Andrei Pavel: “De la Indian Wells lucrez cu Tamira Paszek”
2. ^ ^{a b} Tamira Paszek's website, section Mimi's Bio
3. ^ Metzger, Josef (2007-09-02). "Tamira Paszek: Starker Kopf und kluges Köpfchen". Die Presse. http://diepresse.com/home/sport/mehrsport/327360/index.do. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
4. ^ "Unsere Schule besuchen". Schoren's Famous. BORG Schoren. http://www.brg-schoren.ac.at/de/wissenschorensfamous.html. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
5. ^ Changes at the Top Tennis.com, February 11, 2009

External links[link]

• Tamira Paszek at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tamira Paszek at the International Tennis Federation
• Tamira Paszek Management Group

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Melinda Czink

Country	Hungary
Residence	New York, United States
Born	(1982-10-22) October 22, 1982 (age 29) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,180,319
Singles
Career record	372–257
Career titles	1 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 37 (September 21, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 109 (April 2, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2004, 2009)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2011)
US Open	3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	119–130
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 78 (May 10, 2010)
Last updated on: July 4, 2011.

Melinda Czink (born October 22, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 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 Ivanović 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.

Tennis career[link]

2000–2008[link]

She played her first tournament at Budapest as a wild-carded in 2000. She entered the top 100 first in 2003 also later she fall out. She won several single and double ITF titles, see below.

2009[link]

She reached the top-50 and won her first title at Quebec. As 5th seeded 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 at Bali where she lost to Aravane Rezaï 3–6, 5–7 and to Sabine Lisicki 6–2, 6–7(1), 4–6 in Round Robin.

2010[link]

She started the year at Brisbane International in Australia as 7th seeded. 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 by 6–2, 6–7(3), 4–10. Next she played at Moorilla Hobart International where she lost to Gisela Dulko in the first round 4–6, 2–6. Now she is facing to the Australian Open where she lost in the first round to Stefanie Vögele 5–7, 7–6(5), 7–9.

2011[link]

Czink missed the Australian Open.

She won two ITF events in Dothan and Indian Harbour Beach before returning to Grand Slam play with a protected rank at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. As the lowest ranked player in the tournament at World No. 262, she drew 10th seed Samantha Stosur in the first round. She recorded the biggest win of her career by upsetting the Australian 6–3, 6–4. She then beat Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus 7-5 6-3. In the third round for the first time, Czink lost to the 20th seed from China, Peng Shuai 6-2 7-6(5).

2012[link]

Czink began the 2012 season at the Brisbane International, but lost in the first round to qualifier Vania King in two sets, 6-3 6-4. Following this loss, she continued her hard court season at the Apia International Sydney, where she won all three of her qualifying matches with wins over Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova and Eleni Danilidou, to gain entry into the main draw, where she was defeated by Chanelle Scheepers 6-4 6-2 in the first round. At the Australian Open, Czink lost in her second qualifying match to Nina Bratchikova in straight sets.

Czink's next tournament was the 2012 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. In the first round, she defeated Canadian Stephanie Dubois in straight sets, before falling to Estrella Cabeza Candela in the second round. After this, she headed to Indian Wells for the BNP Paribas Open, but was eliminated by Alla Kudryavtseva in three sets in the first round of qualifying. Melinda then lost in the second round of an ITF event in Florida.

Czink then successfully qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open, posting wins over Patricia Mayr-Achleitner and Laura Robson. In the first round, she crushed Italy's Alberta Brianti with a score of 6-1 6-2, but her run was cut short by 2011 French Open champion Li Na 7-5 6-2. After this, Melinda decided to take a break from the WTA Tour, and played another ITF tournament in Florida, losing in the first round to top seed Lucie Hradecka.

Melinda continued her U.S season by qualifying for the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. However, she was sent crashing out in the first round by Anastasia Rodionova 6-2 2-6 6-1, despite the fact she put up a fight. After this, she flew to Denmark for the e-Boks Open, defeating Maria Abramovic, Kathrin Wörle and Amra Sadikovic to qualify. She lost in three sets to Anne Keothavong in the first round.

Melinda's next tournament was the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. She successfully qualified without dropping a set, but was ousted by third seed Petra Cetkovska in the first round of the main draw. Due to her recent success, she cracked the top one hundred and twenty for the first time in over a year.

Czink then headed to her home tournament at the Budapest Grand Prix. In the first round of qualifications, she overcame French teenager Kristina Mladenovic, 4-6 6-3 6-4, and backed this up by demolishing Slovak Romana Tabak in the final round of qualifying. She will face fellow qualifier Mervana Jugic-Salkic in the first round of the main draw. She defeated Jugic-Salkic 6-7 (3) 6-0 6-3, but fell in the second round to top seed Sara Errani 6-4 1-6 6-1.

Titles[link]

Singles titles (21)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	February 4, 2001	Istanbul	Hard	Magdalena Zděnovcová	5–7 6–1 6–2
2.	September 30, 2001	Raleigh	Clay	Ally Baker	6–3 6–2
3.	October 7, 2001	Aventura, Florida	Clay	Neyssa Etienne	6–4 6–3
4.	January 27, 2002	Miami	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	7–5 6–2
5.	February 3, 2002	Saltillo	Hard	Petra Russegger	6–1 3–6 6–4
6.	February 10, 2002	Monterrey	Hard	Yuliana Fedak	6–3 3–6 6–1
7.	February 17, 2002	Matamoros	Hard	Melisa Arevalo	6–2 6–3
8.	May 12, 2002	Sea Island	Clay	Ashley Harkleroad	6–1 5–7 6–3
9.	May 18, 2003	Bromma	Clay	Ivana Abramović	6–1 6–2
10.	June 22, 2003	Lenzerheide	Clay	Stefanie Haidner	6–3 6–3
11.	July 20, 2003	Modena	Clay	Sun Tiantian	6–3 6–3
12.	November 23, 2003	Puebla	Hard	Carla Tiene	6–3 6–2
13.	February 1, 2004	Waikoloa	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	7–6 6–2
14.	November 28, 2004	San Luis Potosí	Hard	Mariana Díaz-Oliva	6–0 5–7 6–3
15.	January 28, 2007	Waikoloa	Hard	Edina Gallovits	6–2 6–3
16.	August 5, 2007	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Olga Savchuk	7–5 7–5
17.	September 30, 2007	Ashland	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–1 2–6 6–4
18.	October 12, 2008	Pittsburgh	Hard	Varvara Lepchenko	6–2 3–6 6–1
19.	September 20, 2009	Quebec City	Carpet	Lucie Šafářová	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
20.	April 18, 2011	Dothan	Clay	Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	6–2, 6–3
21.	May 2, 2011	Indian Harbour Beach	Clay	Alison Riske	4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Singles performance timeline[link]

Doubles performance timeline[link]

External links[link]

• Melinda Czink at the Women's Tennis Association

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Hungarian female singles tennis players as of 28 May 2012 1. Tímea Babos (67 2) 2. Gréta Arn (106 2) 3. Melinda Czink (116 ) 4. Réka-Luca Jani (156 1) 5. Katalin Marosi (435 4) 6. Vanda Lukács (631 7) 7. Vaszilisza Bulgakova (632 6) 8. Csilla Argyelán (918 4) 9. Csilla Borsányi (928 3) 10. Zsófia Susányi (996 7)

Madison Keys

Country	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida
Born	(1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 17) Rock Island, Illinois
Height	5' 11"
Turned pro	February 17, 2009
Plays	Right handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$ 87,558
Singles
Career record	33 - 22
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	216 (April 2, 2012)
Current ranking	216 (April 2, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	–
Wimbledon	–
US Open	2R (2011)

Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is American tennis player who, on July 13, 2009 at the age of 14, as a member of the Philadelphia Freedoms, beat reigning Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in women's singles by a score of 5–1.^[1]

She plays right-handed with a double-handed backhand. Her highest junior ranking was no. 35 on April 6, 2009. She is one of the youngest tennis player to win a match on the WTA Tour, at the age of 14 years and 48 days by beating world no. 81 Alla Kudryavtseva. Since the age of 9, she has been part of the Chris Evert Academy in Boca Raton.

2009[link]

At the Ponte Vedra Beach, she received a wildcard for her first WTA tournament. She beat world no. 81 Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets 6–4, 7–5, in the first round, but she was defeated by top seed Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–2.

2011[link]

Keys won her first US Open match, beating world no. 111 Jill Craybas, 6–2, 6–4, in the first round. She had an excellent opportunity to win her second when she won the first set against world no. 27 Lucie Šafářová 6–3. Šafářová rebounded, though, and won the next two sets 7–5, 6–4. Keys won a spot in the 2011 US Open by beating Beatrice Capra in the finals of an eight-player wildcard playoff. She came from behind to earn the win, dropping the first set 3–6, but taking the next two sets 7–5, 6–0. Her 2011 US Open appearance in the main draw was her first.

Keys is now training with the USTA. Keys also played WTT Team Tennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms.

2012[link]

After winning a wildcard tournament with other American players, Keys played at the 2012 Australian Open, and drew a tricky opponent in 2010 semi-finalist, Zheng Jie eventually losing the match 2–6, 1–6.

Playing style[link]

Keys plays right-handed, has powerful groundstrokes for her age and dominant serves over 100 mph.

Personal[link]

Keys first became interested in tennis because she liked tennis dresses, according to a video interview she conducted with World Tennis Magazine in August 2011. She also revealed that she is a fan of Roger Federer.^[2]

Single Performance Timeline[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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