Melanie Oudin

USA Age 34 168 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2008–2014

Melanie Oudin represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 31. In TennisDB's records, Melanie Oudin finished with a career record of 53–78 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

31 (Apr 19, 2010)

Elo peak

1712 (60th percentile)

Singles record

53–78 (40.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,535,204

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Melanie Oudin's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Aleksandra Krunic #125	6-3 0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 2, 2016	Q1 Q	Charleston Open	WTA 500	Clay
Julia Goerges #93	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2014*	R16	Quebec City	WTA 250	Hard
Alizé Lim #191	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2014*	R32	Quebec City	WTA 250	Hard
Jana Cepelova #78	6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 2, 2014*	R64	Charleston Open	WTA 500	Clay
Kristina Mladenovic #40	6-7(5) 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2013*	R32	Quebec City	WTA 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Melanie Oudin's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elena Vesnina	2	2	4	Jun 15, 2012	H2H
Tamira Paszek	1	2	3	May 29, 2013	H2H
Dominika Cibulkova	0	3	3	May 16, 2013	H2H
Jelena Jankovic	2	1	3	Apr 3, 2013	H2H
Aleksandra Wozniak	3	0	3	Sep 14, 2012	H2H

Titles (1)

Melanie Oudin titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2012	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Birmingham
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Melanie Oudin career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2008	16	WTA	3	4	7	42.9%	392	178
2009	17	WTA	11	10	21	52.4%	178	48
2010	18	WTA	17	22	39	43.6%	48	61
2011	19	WTA	8	20	28	28.6%	61	166
2012	20	WTA	10	9	19	52.6%	166	84
2013	21	WTA	3	11	14	21.4%	84	128
2014	22	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	127	157
2016	24	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	53	78	131	40.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Melanie Oudin career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2008	16	WTA	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2009	17	WTA	6	8	14	42.9%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	11	10	21	52.4%
2010	18	WTA	8	13	21	38.1%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	17	22	39	43.6%
2011	19	WTA	5	12	17	29.4%	2	6	8	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	20	28	28.6%
2012	20	WTA	3	6	9	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	—	—	—	—	10	9	19	52.6%
2013	21	WTA	1	5	6	16.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	11	14	21.4%
2014	22	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2016	24	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	27	49	76	35.5%	12	20	32	37.5%	10	7	17	58.8%	4	2	6	66.7%	53	78	131	40.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Melanie Oudin career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2008	16	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	4	7	42.9%
2009	17	2	1	3	66.7%	3	5	8	37.5%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	10	10	20	50.0%
2010	18	0	3	3	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	10	3	13	76.9%	17	22	39	43.6%
2011	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	18	26	30.8%
2012	20	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	10	8	18	55.6%
2013	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	6	6	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	11	13	15.4%
2014	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		2	6	8	25.0%	6	22	28	21.4%	24	33	57	42.1%	19	14	33	57.6%	51	75	126	40.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 126/131 (96.2%) of Melanie Oudin's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Melanie Oudin performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2008	16	4/7	0.8	3.5	60.7%	61.3%	50.3%	31.1%	51.0%	56.7%	38.6%
2009	17	20/21	1.1	3.6	62.7%	62.1%	42.1%	52.4%	47.2%	54.6%	46.0%
2010	18	37/39	1.0	3.0	66.3%	58.7%	45.2%	47.5%	64.6%	54.2%	45.1%
2011	19	23/28	0.5	4.1	68.1%	53.2%	34.5%	45.4%	57.7%	47.1%	40.8%
2012	20	15/19	1.3	1.9	63.7%	58.7%	46.8%	50.7%	43.6%	54.6%	42.1%
2013	21	12/14	0.8	1.9	65.2%	55.9%	39.8%	47.1%	48.5%	49.8%	41.3%
2014	22	3/3	0.3	1.7	66.4%	54.7%	41.5%	49.1%	50.0%	50.2%	33.6%
Career		114/131	0.9	3.0	65.4%	57.9%	42.2%	47.7%	54.8%	52.4%	43.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 114/131 (87.0%) of Melanie Oudin's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Melanie Oudin advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2008	16	1518	109.4	+0.17	-3.06	0.892	47.2%	+19	—	—	43.8%	-0.50	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.04
2009	17	1682	134.5	+0.11	+2.51	1.014	50.2%	-61	-108	+11	49.1%	-0.17	7–4 (64%)	2–1 (67%)	109.1	-0.42
2010	18	1619	124.0	-1.52	+1.10	0.983	49.7%	-9	-59	+37	46.0%	-0.17	3–6 (33%)	1–1	—	+1.04
2011	19	1482	104.7	-6.18	-2.26	0.771	44.4%	+48	+3	—	27.3%	-1.75	2–3 (40%)	1–5 (17%)	95.8	-0.49
2012	20	1554	110.9	-0.84	-1.61	0.927	48.4%	-66	-44	+205	48.8%	-0.44	4–3 (57%)	3–1 (75%)	105.1	+0.47
2013	21	1494	103.3	-3.69	-1.44	0.823	45.8%	-39	+5	—	31.3%	-1.34	0–6 (0%)	0–2	—	+0.10
2014	22	1483	97.0	-1.47	-2.44	0.675	43.2%	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.29	1–0	0–1	—	+0.31
2016	24	1469	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1712	119.8	-2.25	-0.19	0.904	47.9%	-11	-34	+114	41.3%	-0.68	18–23 (44%)	8–14 (36%)	98.5	+0.81

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Melanie Oudin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2008	16	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2009	17	R128	—	R16	QF	7–3 (70%)
2010	18	R128	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
2011	19	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2012	20	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
2013	21	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–4 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	5–5 (50%)	11–18 (38%)

WTA 1000

Melanie Oudin WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	PAN	CAN	W-L Win %
2008	16	—	R64	—	R128	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2009	17	R64	R128	—	R128	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2010	18	R64	R128	R64	R64	R64	R64	R64	1–7 (12%)
2011	19	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2013	21	—	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–16 (24%)

WTA 500

Melanie Oudin WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	PAR	SDG	BAN	BRU	CHA	LOS	MER	NEW	WAR	W-L Win %
2009	17	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
2010	18	R32	SF	—	R16	—	QF	—	R16	R32	R32	8–7 (53%)
2011	19	—	R16	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2012	20	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
2013	21	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2014	22	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	24	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–7 (42%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	13–20 (39%)

WTA 250

Melanie Oudin WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	DAL	EST	WAS	BIR	COP	FES	HOB	MEM	MON	PON	QUE	STR	W-L Win %
2008	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	2–1 (67%)
2009	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2010	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	QF	QF	—	6–4 (60%)
2011	19	R32	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	QF	R32	R16	R16	—	R32	R32	5–11 (31%)
2012	20	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	8–3 (73%)
2013	21	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	1–4 (20%)
2014	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	6–1 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	7–6 (54%)	0–1 (0%)	24–25 (49%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 19, 2010

First Top 100

Jul 6, 2009

First Top 50

Sep 14, 2009

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Melanie Oudin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2006	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1025	1019
2007	15	711	677	679	692	608	558	542	548	426	377	392	392
2008	16	438	451	271	267	257	272	232	221	237	209	176	178
2009	17	173	145	176	146	125	124	78	70	42	47	49	48
2010	18	48	41	42	31	37	35	44	43	68	68	61	61
2011	19	61	82	75	88	88	87	100	113	141	138	164	166
2012	20	170	209	258	278	269	123	109	107	96	92	85	84
2013	21	85	84	88	96	78	123	141	134	127	117	129	128
2014	22	128	127	132	130	161	192	131	134	137	159	160	157
2015	23	159	164	162	164	181	211	316	312	394	373	379	387
2016	24	389	389	392	353	336	268	306	282	259	268	259	256
2017	25	259	258	260	268	286	363	362	428	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Melanie Oudin's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL	31	1,774	1	398	172	226	43.2%	2005–2021	Match log
Olga Puchkova	RUS	32	1,703	0	106	43	63	40.6%	2006–2014	Match log
Romina Oprandi	SUI	32	1,693	0	142	54	88	38.0%	2005–2016	Match log
Vera Dushevina	RUS	31	1,788	1	315	143	172	45.4%	2002–2014	Match log
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	USA	30	1,779	0	303	132	171	43.6%	2001–2023	Match log
Kurumi Nara	JPN	32	1,700	1	200	82	118	41.0%	2009–2021	Match log
Sesil Karatantcheva	BUL	35	1,728	0	125	50	75	40.0%	2004–2018	Match log
Zarina Diyas	KAZ	31	1,756	1	227	99	128	43.6%	2009–2026	Match log
Sofia Arvidsson	SWE	29	1,769	2	270	114	156	42.2%	2001–2015	Match log
Kateryna Volodko	UKR	29	1,802	2	328	138	190	42.1%	2003–2024	Match log
Kristyna Pliskova	CZE	35	1,755	1	231	92	139	39.8%	2007–2021	Match log
Karin Knapp	ITA	33	1,710	2	221	103	118	46.6%	2006–2017	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Melanie Oudin?: Melanie Oudin is 34 years old, born on September 23, 1991.
Which country does Melanie Oudin represent?: Melanie Oudin represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Melanie Oudin?: Melanie Oudin is 168 cm / 5'6".
Does Melanie Oudin use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Melanie Oudin uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Melanie Oudin left-handed or right-handed?: Melanie Oudin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Melanie Oudin won?: Melanie Oudin has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Melanie Oudin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Melanie Oudin's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Melanie Oudin won?: Melanie Oudin has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Birmingham in 2012.
What is Melanie Oudin's highest WTA ranking?: Melanie Oudin's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 31, first achieved on April 19, 2010.
What is Melanie Oudin's career win-loss record?: Melanie Oudin has a career WTA singles record of 53 wins and 78 losses (40.5%).
How much career prize money has Melanie Oudin earned?: Melanie Oudin has earned at least $1,535,204 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Melanie Oudin's career appear in TennisDB?: Melanie Oudin appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2008 through 2014.
On which surface does Melanie Oudin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Melanie Oudin's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 37.5% (12–20).
Who has Melanie Oudin faced most often?: Melanie Oudin's most frequent opponent is Elena Vesnina, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.