Nicole Melichar-Martinez

Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; Czech: Nicole Melicharová, Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɛlɪxarovaː]; born July 29, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 3 July 2023, she peaked at No. 6 in the WTA doubles rankings. Melichar has won fifteen doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA Challenger doubles titles as well as 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.^[1][2]

Nicole Melichar-Martinez

Melichar at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Stuart, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1993-07-29) July 29, 1993 (age 31) Brno, Czech Republic
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Carlos Martinez
Prize money	US$ 3,193,926
Singles
Career record	140–140
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 400 (September 24, 2012)
Doubles
Career record	420–334
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 6 (July 3, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 12 (January 6, 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2021)
French Open	SF (2020, 2023)
Wimbledon	F (2018)
US Open	F (2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2019)
French Open	SF (2019, 2022)
Wimbledon	W (2018)
US Open	QF (2018)
Last updated on: January 7, 2025.

In singles, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 400 in 2012 and has won two singles ITF titles.

Career highlights

Melichar is a two-time Grand Slam tournament finalist in women's doubles, finishing runner-up at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Květa Peschke^[3] and the 2020 US Open with Xu Yifan.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] They lost to Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva in the championship match.^[8]

At the 2024 Dubai Championships, she reached her fifth WTA 1000 final with Perez, before losing to fourth seeds Storm Hunter and Kateřina Siniaková.^[9] As top seeds, they won the 2024 Bad Homburg Open, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Veronika Kudermetova in the final.^[10]

Melichar-Martinez and Perez qualified for the 2024 WTA Finals and reached the semifinals after compiling a record of two wins and one loss in the group stages.^[11] They lost in the last four to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, in straight sets.^[12]

Personal life and background

She was born in the Czech Republic, and has lived in the US since shortly after her birth.^[13] Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport when she was just one year old.^[13]

She is married to her tennis coach, Carlos Martinez.

Performance timelines

Key

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 US Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	SF	3R	2R	1R	0 / 8	11–8	58%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	QF	SF	3R	1R	SF	3R	0 / 9	17–9	65%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	1R	F	QF	NH	1R	QF	1R	2R	0 / 9	13–9	59%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	F	1R	SF	2R	QF	0 / 9	14–9	61%
Win–loss			0–1	1–4	0–3	9–4	9–4	9–3	6–4	9–4	6–4	6–4	0 / 35	55–35	60%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	DNQ					QF	Alt	NH	SF	Alt	F		0 / 3	5–4	56%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	QF	QF	2R	1R	F	0 / 8	7–8	47%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	NH	2R	A	2R	SF	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Miami Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	NH	1R	A	SF	2R	0 / 8	4–8	33%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	NH	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 7	2–7	22%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	1R	QF	SF	QF	NH	2R	F	QF	A	0 / 7	11–7	61%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	F	QF	F	F	A	0 / 7	14–7	67%
Guadalajara Open	NH									2R	1R	NMS	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wuhan Open	A	A	2R	A	2R	QF	QF	NH				QF	0 / 5	6–5	55%
China Open	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	QF	NH			QF	1R	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	11	23	22	27	25	27	10	22	20	28		Career total: 217
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	0		Career total: 12
Finals	0	0	1	0	4	4	5	4	4	5	5		Career total: 33
Overall win–loss	1–2	6–11	15–23	7–22	27–26	36–22	36–25	24–8	33–21	38–18	33–28		11 / 192	254–206	55%
Year-end ranking	184	124	69	88	39	15	20	11	12	19	15		$1,953,547

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2012	...	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A		A	A	1R	SF	2R	2R[a]	1R	1R	QF	0 / 7	7–6
French Open	A		A	A	QF	SF	NH	2R	SF	1R	2R	0 / 6	10–6
Wimbledon	A		1R	QF	W	QF	NH	QF	1R	1R	A	1 / 7	11–6
US Open	1R		A	1R	QF	2R	NH	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	5–8
Win–loss	0–1		0–1	2–2	9–3	9–4	1–1	5–3	4–4	0–4	3–3	1 / 28	33–26

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Květa Peschke	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss	2020	US Open	Hard	Xu Yifan	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Alexander Peya	Victoria Azarenka Jamie Murray	7–6(7–1), 6–3

Other significant finals

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2023	WTA Finals, Cancún	Hard	Ellen Perez	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Xu Yifan	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	2022	Canadian Open	Hard	Ellen Perez	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Loss	2022	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Ellen Perez	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	2023	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Ellen Perez	Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	2024	Dubai Championships	Hard	Ellen Perez	Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 2–6

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 39 (15 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–2) WTA Finals (0–1) WTA 1000 (0–5) WTA 500 (9–8) WTA 250 (6–8)

Finals by surface Hard (9–15) Clay (5–5) Grass (1–4) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2015	Tianjin Open, China	International[b]	Hard	Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2017	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International	Hard	Makoto Ninomiya	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 2017	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Elise Mertens	Dalila Jakupović Nadiia Kichenok	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	1–3	May 2017	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Anna Smith	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	1–4	Oct 2017	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier[c]	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2018	Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany	Premier	Clay (i)	Květa Peschke	Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Win	2–5	May 2018	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Květa Peschke	Mihaela Buzărnescu Lidziya Marozava	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–6	Jul 2018	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Květa Peschke	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 6–4, 0–6
Win	3–6	Oct 2018	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Květa Peschke	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–6	Jan 2019	Brisbane International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Květa Peschke	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4–7	May 2019	Prague Open, Czech Republic	International	Clay	Květa Peschke	Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	4–8	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Sharon Fichman	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Win	5–8	Aug 2019	Silicon Valley Classic, US	Premier	Hard	Květa Peschke	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–8	Sep 2019	Zhengzhou Open, China	Premier	Hard	Květa Peschke	Yanina Wickmayer Tamara Zidanšek	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Win	7–8	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Xu Yifan	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	7–9	Aug 2020	Cincinnati Open, US	Premier 5[d]	Hard	Xu Yifan	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	7–10	Sep 2020	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Xu Yifan	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–10	Sep 2020	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	International	Clay	Demi Schuurs	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	6–4, 6–3
Win	9–10	Mar 2021	Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar	WTA 500	Hard	Demi Schuurs	Monica Niculescu Jeļena Ostapenko	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
Win	10–10	Apr 2021	Charleston Open, US	WTA 500	Clay (green)	Demi Schuurs	Marie Bouzková Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–11	Jun 2021	Berlin Open, Germany	WTA 500	Grass	Demi Schuurs	Victoria Azarenka Aryna Sabalenka	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Loss	10–12	Jun 2021	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	WTA 500	Grass	Demi Schuurs	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	1–6, 4–6
Win	11–12	May 2022	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France (2)	WTA 250	Clay	Daria Saville	Lucie Hradecká Sania Mirza	5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	11–13	Aug 2022	Canadian Open, Canada	WTA 1000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Coco Gauff Jessica Pegula	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Loss	11–14	Aug 2022	Cincinnati Open, US	WTA 1000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	12–14	Aug 2022	Tennis in Cleveland, US	WTA 250	Hard	Ellen Perez	Anna Danilina Aleksandra Krunić	7–5, 6–3
Loss	12–15	Sep 2022	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	WTA 500	Hard	Ellen Perez	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–16	Oct 2022	Tallinn Open, Estonia	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Laura Siegemund	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	12–17	Mar 2023	ATX Open, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Ellen Perez	Erin Routliffe Aldila Sutjiadi	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	12–18	Apr 2023	Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany	WTA 500	Clay (i)	Giuliana Olmos	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	4–6, 1–6
Loss	12–19	Jun 2023	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	WTA 500	Grass	Ellen Perez	Desirae Krawczyk Demi Schuurs	2–6, 4–6
Loss	12–20	Aug 2023	Cincinnati Open, US	WTA 1000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Alycia Parks Taylor Townsend	7–6(7–1), 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	12–21	Aug 2023	Tennis in Cleveland, US	WTA 250	Hard	Ellen Perez	Miyu Kato Aldila Sutjiadi	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Loss	12–22	Nov 2023	WTA Finals, Mexico	WTA Finals	Hard	Ellen Perez	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	12–23	Feb 2024	Ladies Linz, Austria	WTA 500	Hard (i)	Ellen Perez	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	12–24	Feb 2024	Dubai Championships, UAE	WTA 1000	Hard	Ellen Perez	Storm Hunter Kateřina Siniaková	4–6, 2–6
Win	13–24	Mar 2024	San Diego Open, US	WTA 500	Hard	Ellen Perez	Desirae Krawczyk Jessica Pegula	6–1, 6–2
Win	14–24	Jun 2024	Bad Homburg Open, Germany	WTA 500	Grass	Ellen Perez	Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	15–24	Sep 2024	Korea Open, South Korea	WTA 500	Hard	Liudmila Samsonova	Zhang Shuai Miyu Kato	6–1, 6–0

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2016	San Antonio Open, US	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–0	May 2024	Catalonia Open, Spain	Clay	Ellen Perez	Katarzyna Piter Mayar Sherif	7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2011	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Elizabeth Ferris	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Hülya Esen	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Nov 2014	ITF Sousse, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Viktoriya Tomova	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–2) $75,000 tournaments (0–1) $50/60,000 tournaments (2–1) $25,000 tournaments (2–0) $10,000 tournaments (2–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–7) Clay (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2010	ITF Sumter, United States	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Leatu	Alexandra Mueller Ashley Weinhold	1–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2011	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Anastasia Kharchenko	Anita Husarić Viktoriya Tomova	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win	1–2	Mar 2012	ITF Metepec, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Elizabeth Ferris	Liz Tatiane Koehler Brianna Morgan	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Lauren Megale	Nicola Geuer Janina Toljan	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Angelina Gabueva	Yuka Mori Kaori Onishi	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Gioia Barbieri	Ágnes Bukta Vivian Juhászová	7–6(2), 6–4
Win	3–4	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anamika Bhargava	Alona Fomina Sofia Shapatava	6–7(7), 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	3–5	Mar 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Anamika Bhargava	Oksana Kalashnikova Ksenia Palkina	1–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	May 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Anastasia Kharchenko	Veronika Stotyka Vladyslava Zanosiyenko	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–6	Jul 2013	Portland Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	Irina Falconi	Sanaz Marand Ashley Weinhold	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	5–6	Jan 2014	ITF Daytona Beach, US	25,000	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Asia Muhammad Allie Will	6–7(5), 7–6(1), [10–1]
Loss	5–7	Sep 2014	Albuquerque Championships, US	75,000	Hard	Allie Will	Jan Abaza Melanie Oudin	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–8	May 2015	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	50,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Mariana Duque Mariño Julia Glushko	6–1, 6–7(5), [4–10]
Loss	5–9	Jun 2015	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	Tatiana Búa Laura Thorpe	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	6–9	May 2016	Open de Marseille, France	100,000	Clay	Hsieh Su-wei	Jana Čepelová Lourdes Domínguez Lino	1–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	6–10	Jul 2016	Contrexéville Open, France	100,000	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Cindy Burger Laura Pous Tió	1–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Feb 2017	Launceston International, Australia	60,000	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Georgia Brescia Tamara Zidanšek	6–1, 6–2

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.^[14]

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.
4. The Premier 5 & Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.