Melanie Stokke (born 1 October 1996) is a former Norwegian tennis player.
Country (sports) | Norway |
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Born | Nordstrand, Norway | 1 October 1996
Prize money | $74,580 |
Singles | |
Career record | 246–163 |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 261 (30 April 2018) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 63–81 |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 348 (30 October 2017) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 22–6 |
At the age of 15, she moved by herself to Los Alcazares, in Spain, because she considered the tennis facilities in Norway to not be of a high enough standard.[1]
Stokke has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 261. On 30 October 2017, she peaked at No. 348 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Playing for the Norway Fed Cup team, Stokke has a win–loss record of 22–6.[2]
She took a break from tennis 2020, due to a perceived lack of support from the Norwegian Tennis Federation.[3]
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands | 10,000 | Clay | Steffi Distelmans | 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(5) |
Win | 1–1 | Dec 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Chantal Škamlová | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | 10,000 | Hard | Lou Brouleau | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2015 | ITF Bol, Croatia | 10,000 | Clay | Iva Primorac | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Nov 2015 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Emilie Francati | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 3–3 | Nov 2015 | ITF Oslo, Norway | 10,000 | Hard (i) | Emma Flood | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2016 | ITF Palma Nova, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Martina di Giuseppe | 6–7(5), 2–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | May 2016 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | 10,000 | Clay | Patty Schnyder | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Jun 2016 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Tess Sugnaux | 4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 3–7 | Jun 2017 | ITF Ystad, Sweden | 25,000 | Clay | Quirine Lemoine | 6–1, 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–7 | Sep 2017 | ITF Bagnatica, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Martina Trevisan | 7–6(6), 6–3 |
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2015 | ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia | 10,000 | Hard | Inês Murta | Mihaela Buzărnescu Olena Kyrpot |
6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2015 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | 10,000 | Clay | Cornelia Lister | Veronica Corning Maja Örnberg |
5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 2–1 | May 2016 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | 10,000 | Clay | Irina Bara | Emilie Francati Cornelia Lister |
2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2016 | ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Schaeder | Lina Gjorcheska Isabella Shinikova |
7–6(13), 2–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2017 | ITF Edgbaston, UK | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Julia Wachaczyk | Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls |
3–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
Win | 3–3 | Mar 2017 | ITF Amiens, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Camilla Rosatello | Ilona Kremen Diāna Marcinkēviča |
6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 3–4 | May 2017 | ITF Rome, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Ekaterine Gorgodze | Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2017 | ITF Bagnatica, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Julia Grabher | Deborah Chiesa Martina Colmegna |
3–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
Loss | 3–6 | Jul 2019 | ITF Torino, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Mayar Sherif | Chihiro Muramatsu Yuki Naito |
0–6, 2–6 |
References
edit- ^ Sande, Egil (7 February 2019). "Melanie flyttet til Spania som 15-åring for å satse på tennis: - Vennene mine trodde jeg var gal". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Melanie Stokke at the Fed Cup".
- ^ Carlsen, Jørund Wessel (22 May 2020). "Var Norges beste – stemplet som B-spiller av Tennisforbundet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Melanie Stokke.
- Melanie Stokke at the Women's Tennis Association
- Melanie Stokke at the International Tennis Federation
- Melanie Stokke at the Billie Jean King Cup