Olena Antypina

Olena Antypina
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceZaporizhia, Ukraine
Born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979
Zaporizhia
Turned proMay 2000
RetiredAugust 2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$72,197
Singles
Career record130–109
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2006)
French OpenQ1 (2006)
WimbledonQ1 (2006)
US OpenQ2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record143–81
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (10 October 2005)

Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Антипіна; born 19 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

Her highest singles ranking is world No. 180, which she achieved in November 2005. She played on the ITF Women's Circuit from 2000 through to 2006.

In her professional career, Antypina won fourteen titles, of which one was in singles and thirteen in doubles. She tried qualifying for Grand Slam tournaments on multiple occasions, but was unsuccessful with each one.

She qualified for one WTA Tour event in Tashkent in 2005 but lost in round one of the Tier IV tournament to compatriot Kateryna Bondarenko.[1]

Her biggest ITF title came at Washington D.C. in 2005 when she won the doubles draw of the $75k tournament, partnering Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 10 June 2001 ITF Ankara, Turkey Clay Monica Mastan 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2. 26 August 2002 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Delia Sescioreanu 1–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 21 December 2003 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Kristína Czafiková 2–6, 7–6(3), 0–6
Win 4. 9 May 2005 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5. 13 November 2005 Toronto Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Aleksandra Wozniak 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 28 May 2000 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Daria Panova Andrea Plačková
Petra Plačková
w/o
Win 2. 19 August 2001 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Yuliana Fedak Yevgenia Savranska
Galina Voskoboeva
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3. 10 September 2001 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Yuliana Fedak Olga Vymetálková
Magdalena Zděnovcová
3–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 15 October 2001 ITF Giza, Egypt Clay Yuliana Fedak Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
4–6, 3–6
Loss 5. 15 April 2002 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Lenka Tvarošková Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 6. 11 August 2002 ITF Gdynia, Poland Clay Darya Kustova Lenka Tvarošková
Zuzana Zemenová
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 7. 6 October 2002 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Hana Šromová Kim Kambic
Aurélie Védy
6–2, 7–5
Win 8. 20 October 2002 ITF Mansoura, Egypt Clay Hana Šromová Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Galina Voskoboeva
6–2, 6–2
Win 9. 12 May 2003 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Raissa Gourevitch Liana Ungur
Kildine Chevalier
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 10. 7 July 2003 Bella Cup, Poland Clay Zuzana Hejdová Mireille Dittmann
Helena Ejeson
6–3, 6–3
Win 11. 29 November 2003 ITF Haifa, Israel Hard Nina Bratchikova Veronika Kapshay
Barbara Pócza
7–5, 6–4
Win 12. 6 December 2003 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Nina Bratchikova Oksana Karyshkova
Elena Yaryshka
6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 13. 30 March 2004 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Liudmila Nikoyan Raissa Gourevitch
Ekaterina Kozhokina
2–6, 0–6
Loss 14. 18 September 2004 ITF Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
Hard Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Rika Fujiwara
Aiko Nakamura
3–6, 3–6
Loss 15. 30 August 2004 ITF Balashikha, Russia Hard (i) Alla Kudryavtseva Maria Goloviznina
Elena Vesnina
5–7, 4–6
Win 16. 26 October 2004 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Hana Šromová İpek Şenoğlu
Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
6–7(5), 6–3, 7–5
Win 17. 9 May 2005 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Surina De Beer Petra Cetkovská
Gabriela Velasco Andreu
7–5, 7–5
Loss 18. 12 June 2005 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Nina Bratchikova Giulia Casoni
Valentina Sulpizio
2–6, 0–6
Win 19. 27 June 2005 ITF Båstad, Sweden Clay Nadejda Ostrovskaya Erica Krauth
Hanna Nooni
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 20. 7 August 2005 ITF Washington,
United States
Clay Tatiana Poutchek Jennifer Hopkins
Yan Zi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 21. 19 September 2005 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Hard Hana Šromová Mariya Koryttseva
Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 2–6
Win 22. 13 November 2005 Toronto Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Martina Müller Lauren Barnikow
Kristen Schlukebir
6–3, 6–1
Win 23. 22 July 2006 ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Nina Bratchikova Evgeniya Rodina
Kristina Antoniychuk
6–1, 5–7, 7–5

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