Melissa Middleton

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Melissa Middleton
Singles
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1982-06-06) June 6, 1982 (age 42) Houston, Texas
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$69,588
Career record	94–84
Highest ranking	No. 225 (September 13, 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	1R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	30–37
Career titles	2 ITF / 0 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 116 (February 25, 2002)

Melissa Middleton (born June 6, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player.

Middleton, a right-handed player, was born and raised in Houston, Texas.^[1] A successful player in junior tennis, she won both the Easter Bowl and USTA National Clay Court Championships as an under 16 in 1996.^[2]

On the professional tour, Middleton reached a career best singles ranking of 225. In 1999 she featured as a wildcard in the US Open main draw and reached the second round of the Lipton Championships, with a first round win over Lori McNeil.^[3] As a doubles player she made it to 116 in the world and was a WTA Tour finalist in Memphis in 2002.^[4]

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Feb 2002	Memphis, United States	Tier III	Hard	Brie Rippner	Ai Sugiyama Elena Tatarkova	4–6, 6–2, 0–6

ITF finals

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles (2–3)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 15, 2001	Boca Raton, US	Hard	Jacqueline Trail	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Jolene Watanabe	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	March 5, 2001	Saltillo, Mexico	Hard	Courtenay Chapman	Conchita Martínez Granados Melisa Arévalo	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–0, 1–6
Winner	1.	April 29, 2001	Sarasota, US	Clay	Nirupama Sanjeev	Janet Lee Samantha Reeves	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	January 27, 2002	Fullerton, US	Hard	Brie Rippner	Amanda Hopmans Giulia Casoni	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	February 3, 2002	Rockford, US	Hard (i)	Brie Rippner	Amanda Hopmans Giulia Casoni	4–6, ret.