Sabine Lisicki
Strong Is Beautiful
Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Melinda Czink

Hun
Residence: Budapest, Hungary
DOB: October 22, 1982
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Height: 5' 10 1/4" (1.78 m)
Weight: 136 3/4 lbs. (62 kg)
Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2000)
JANUARY - Fell 1r at Brisbane (l. to King); fell 1r at Sydney (l. to Scheepers); fell in Australian Open qualifying.

FEBRUARY - Withdrew from Bogota w/low back injury; reached 2r at Acapulco (l. to Cabeza Candela).

MARCH - Fell in Indian Wells qualifying; reached 2r at Miami (l. to Li).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Charleston (l. to Rodionova); fell 1r at Copenhagen (l. to Keothavong); fell 1r at Fes (l. to Cetkovska); reached 2r at Budapest (l. to Errani).
2000 - Played first WTA qualifying at Budapest (as WC).

2001 - Won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2002 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won five singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2003 - First Top 100 season; played first three WTA main draws, reaching QF at Helsinki and 3r at US Open but falling 1r at Australian Open; fell in qualifying four times (incl. Roland Garros); won four singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on August 11 (rose from No.107 to No.95).

2004 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 14 times (incl. other three majors and Olympics) and in qualifying once; won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Second Top 100 season; runner-up at Canberra (l. in final round of qualifying to Ivanovic; as LL, l. to qualifier Ivanovic in final - believed to be a WTA first); QF at Kolkata; reached 2r three times; fell 1r seven times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying eight times (incl. US Open).

2006 - Third Top 100 season; SF at Bangalore (l. to Kostanic Tosic); QF four times, at Canberra, Pattaya City, Rabat and Bali; reached 2r three times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying five times.

2007 - QF at Bangalore; reached 2r once; fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and in qualifying 11 times (incl. US Open); won three singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - QF at Québec City; reached 3r twice and 2r four times; fell 1r four times and in qualifying 10 times (incl. all four majors); won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2009 - First Top 50 season; won first WTA title at Québec City (d. Safarova in final); SF at Fès (ret. vs. Medina Garrigues w/GI illness); QF four times, at Hobart (l. to Rybarikova 60 16 76(7); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-break), Charleston, Birmingham and Osaka (withdrew w/right foot injury); reached 3r twice (incl. Roland Garros), 2r seven times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying twice; fell in RR stage at Bali (went 0-2 in RR); made Top 50 debut on August 24 (rose from No.52 to No.50) and reached career-high No.37 on September 21 (after Québec City; rose from No.52 to No.37).

2010 - QF at Brisbane; reached 2r once (Miami - l. to Kirilenko 46 62 76(4); held 2mp in third set, 1mp at 5-2 and 1mp at 5-3); fell 1r 14 times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Kuala Lumpur - l. to Yan 36 75 76(5); held 3mp at 5-4 third set); struggled with left shoulder injury (retired in Madrid 1r and withdrew from Madrid) and left elbow injury (withdrew from US Open).

2011 - Reached 3r once (Wimbledon) and 2r once; fell 1r four times and in qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit; withdrew from Memphis w/left elbow injury and from Carlsbad w/illness.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2011 - ITF/Dothan-USA, ITF/Indian Harbour Beach-USA; 2009 - Québec City; 2008 - ITF/Pittsburgh-USA; 2007 - ITF/Waikoloa-USA, ITF/Washington-USA, ITF/Ashland-USA; 2004 - ITF/Waikoloa-USA, ITF/San Luis Potosi-MEX; 2003 - ITF/Bromma-SWE, ITF/Lenzerheide-SUI, ITF/Modena-ITA, ITF/Puebla-MEX; 2002 - ITF/Miami-USA, ITF/Saltillo-MEX, ITF/Monterrey-MEX, ITF/Matamoros-MEX, ITF/Sea Island-USA; 2001 - ITF/Istanbul 1-TUR, ITF/Raleigh-USA, ITF/Aventura-USA.
Finalist (1): 2005 - Canberra.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Las Vegas-USA (w/Voracova), ITF/Zagreb-CRO (w/Rao), ITF/Pittsburgh-USA (w/Lee-Waters); 2007 - ITF/Boston-USA (w/Grandin), ITF/Lexington-USA (w/Lee-Waters), ITF/Albuquerque-USA (w/Haynes); 2003 - ITF/Palm Beach Gardens-USA (w/Krauth); 2001 - ITF/Greenville-USA (w/Devidze), ITF/Raleigh-USA (w/Baker).
Finalist (1): 2010 - Brisbane (w/Parra Santonja).

ADDITIONAL
Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-04, 2006; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2004.
Coached by Ian Barstow and Phil Dent ... Parents, Istvan and Agnes, run their own business in Budapest; brother Peter works for Morgan Stanley in Hungary (went to Manhattan College on athletic scholarship); has two cats (Funny, Bence) ... Introduced to tennis at age 10 by father; likes all surfaces ... Favorite movies include Shawshank Redemption; favorite book is Pride and Prejudice; likes rock music, Hungarian food (especially her mom's), reading and the beach ... Favorite country to visit is Australia (people are friendly, honest and love sports) ... Admires her mother for working hard and never giving up, and father for seeing the cup always half full.