Melissa Middleton (born June 6, 1982) is an American former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Middleton, a right-handed player, was born and raised in
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
, Texas. A successful player in junior tennis, she won both the Easter Bowl and USTA National Clay Court Championships as an under 16 in 1996.
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
Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963) is an American tennis coach and former top 10 professional tennis player. McNeil was a singles semifinalist at the US Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1994, a women's doubles finalist at the Australian Open in ...
. As a doubles player she made it to 116 in the world and was a WTA Tour finalist in Memphis in 2002.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF finals
Doubles (2–3)
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1982 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis players from Houston