Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) ( uk, Олена Володимирівна Антипіна; born 19 March 1979) is a retired
tennis player
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from
Ukraine
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.
Her highest singles ranking is world No. 180, which she reached in November 2005. She played on the
ITF Circuit from 2000 through to 2006.
In her professional career, Antypina won 14 titles, of which one was in singles and 13 in doubles. She tried qualifying for
Grand Slam
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tournaments on multiple occasions, but was unsuccessful with each one. She qualified for one
WTA Tour
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event in 2005, where she lost in round one of the Tier IV tournament in
Tashkent
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to compatriot
Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering ...
.
Her biggest ITF title came when she won the doubles of the $75k tournament at
Washington D.C.
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in 2005, partnering
Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek ( be, Таццяна Мікалаеўна Пучак; russian: Татьяна Николаевна Пучек; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her car ...
of
Belarus
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.
Ukrainian-Belarussian duo win Washington doubles
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (1–4)
Doubles: 23 (13–10)
References
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Living people
1979 births
Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia
Ukrainian female tennis players