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Nicole Melichar-Martinez

Nicole Melichar-Martinez

American tennis player


Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; Czech: Nicole Melicharová, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɛlɪxarovaː]) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 3 July 2023, she peaked at world No. 6 in the doubles rankings. She has also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 400 in September 2012.

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Melichar has won thirteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title as well as two singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also has won one Grand Slam title, winning the mixed-doubles crown at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Austrian partner Alexander Peya.

Career highlights

Melichar is 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.

Melichar made her Fed Cup debut for the U.S. team in 2019, partnering Danielle Collins, losing their match against Australian pair of Ashleigh Barty and Priscilla Hon.

She also reached four WTA 1000 finals, at the Cincinnati Open in 2020 with Xu Yifan, and in 2022 and 2023 with Ellen Perez, and at the 2022 Canadian Open also with Perez.[1]

Melichar-Martinez qualified for the third time at the WTA Finals in 2023, partnering Ellen Perez and reached the semifinals for the second time, having made it to that level also in 2021 with a different partner, Dutch player Demi Schuurs. Next the pair Melichar/Perez reached the final, a first time at this level for both players.[2] They lost to Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva in the championship match.[3]

At the 2024 Dubai Championships, she reached her fifth WTA 1000 final with Perez, before losing to fourth seeds Storm Hunter and Kateřina Siniaková.

Personal life and background

She was born in the Czech Republic, and has lived in the US since shortly after her birth.[4] Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport when she was just one year old.[4]

She is married to her tennis coach, Carlos Martinez.

Performance timelines

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W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

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Mixed doubles

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Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

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Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 37 (13 titles, 24 runner-ups)

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WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)

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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.[5]

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.

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  3. The Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. "Perez powers into Cincinnati doubles final".

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