Melanie Schnell
Country (sports) | Austria |
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Born | Radstadt, Austria | 22 February 1977
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $157,096 |
Singles | |
Career record | 161–146 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 90 (10 June 1996) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1996) |
French Open | 1R (1996) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1995) |
US Open | 2R (1995) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 59–61 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 153 (18 September 2000) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (1995) |
Melanie Schnell (born 22 February 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.
Biography
Schnell, a right-handed player from Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her grand slam main draw debut at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, where she had a win over Katerina Maleeva. Aged 18, she broke into the world's top 100 in 1995 and had a peak ranking of 90 the following year. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1996 Budapest Open, where she was a losing finalist to Ruxandra Dragomir.[1]
She represented the
Austria Fed Cup team in one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles.[2] Partnering with Barbara Schett, the pair beat Sabine Hack and Christina Singer
, to give Austria its only win of the fixture.
Married to tennis player Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany.[3] She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player Diego Nargiso.[4]
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Result | Date | Tournament | Category | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | May 1996 | Budapest, Hungary | Tier IV | Clay | Ruxandra Dragomir | 6–7(6–8), 1–6 |
ITF finals
$75,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (2–2)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 30 August 1993 | Marina di Massa, Italy | Clay | Inmaculada Varas | 6–7, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | 16 November 1997 | Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Katarzyna Nowak | 6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 2. | 30 November 1997 | Mallorca, Spain | Clay | Noelia Serra | 4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2. | 3 April 2000 | Dinan, France | Clay | Julia Vakulenko | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles (4–4)
Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 9 November 1997 | Moulins, France | Hard (i) | Julie Steven | Kirstin Freye Kelly Pace |
6–1, 4–2 ret. |
Win | 2. | 16 November 1997 | Le Havre, France | Clay (i) | Julie Steven | Katalin Marosi Caroline Schneider |
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(3) |
Loss | 1. | 30 November 1997 | Mallorca 3, Spain | Clay | Katalin Marosi | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Marina Escobar |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3. | 7 December 1997 | Mallorca 4, Spain | Clay | Katalin Marosi | Marta Cano Conchita Martínez Granados |
6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
Loss | 2. | 5 October 1998 | Batumi, Georgia | Hard | Amanda Hopmans | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva |
4–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
Loss | 3. | 19 September 1999 | Otočec, Slovenia | Clay | Syna Schreiber | Ľudmila Cervanová Andrea Šebová |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | 17 July 2000 | Puchheim, Germany | Clay | Angelika Bachmann | Svetlana Krivencheva Zuzana Váleková |
7–5, 3–6, 7–5 |
Win | 4. | 17 September 2000 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Virginie Razzano | Lourdes Domínguez Lino María Sánchez Lorenzo |
2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
References
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Budapest - 06 May - 12 May 1996". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Tennis". The Independent. 11 July 1996. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Disy Magazine Dresden München Semperopernball: Lars Rehmann" (in German). Disy Magazin. 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Nargiso, Non Odiare Il Doppio". La Repubblica (in Italian). 28 February 1996. Retrieved 27 May 2018.