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Melanie Schnell

AUT Age 49 179 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1994–2000

Melanie Schnell represented Austria on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 90. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 10–22 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

90 (Jun 10, 1996)

Elo peak

1583 (32nd percentile)

Singles record

10–22 (31.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$157,096

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 Schnell's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Rita Grande #61	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2000*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Cristina Torrens Valero #88	1-6 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data	May 12, 2000*	R16	Warsaw	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #120	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 11, 2000*	R32	Warsaw	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Amanda Coetzer #10	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 1, 1997*	R32	Bol	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Andrea Glass #104	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1997*	R32	Linz Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Melanie Schnell's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sabine Appelmans	0	4	4	Feb 29, 1996	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	0	2	2	May 1, 1997	H2H
Rita Grande	0	1	1	Jun 28, 2000	H2H
Cristina Torrens Valero	0	1	1	May 12, 2000	H2H
Mariana Diaz-Oliva	1	0	1	May 11, 2000	H2H

Career Results

Melanie Schnell career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1994	17	1	1	2	50.0%	424	205
1995	18	4	5	9	44.4%	204	115
1996	19	4	12	16	25.0%	110	146
1997	20	0	2	2	0.0%	157	257
2000	23	1	2	3	33.3%	358	170
Career		10	22	32	31.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Melanie Schnell career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1995	18	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1996	19	0	4	4	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1997	20	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2000	23	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	2	6	8	25.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	4	5	20.0%	10	22	32	31.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Melanie Schnell 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 %
1994	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	18	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1996	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	10	13	23.1%
1997	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2000	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	4	6	10	40.0%	7	20	27	25.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 27/32 (84.4%) of Melanie Schnell's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Melanie Schnell 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
1994	17	1510	107.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.50	—	—	—	+0.03
1995	18	1546	119.7	—	—	—	—	+24	—	+49	42.9%	-0.19	2–1 (67%)	1–0	—	-0.22
1996	19	1475	107.7	—	—	—	—	+9	+101	—	33.3%	-1.03	2–5 (29%)	1–2 (33%)	95.3	+0.70
1997	20	1459	102.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	—	—	-0.03
2000	23	1457	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	—	0–1	—	+0.17
Career		1583	113.2	—	—	—	—	+15	+101	+49	35.1%	-0.85	4–6 (40%)	2–3 (40%)	97.8	+2.03

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Melanie Schnell Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1995	18	—	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1996	19	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2000	23	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	2–7 (22%)

WTA 500

Melanie Schnell WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	PAR	ESS	W-L Win %
1996	19	R32	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

WTA 250

Melanie Schnell WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	BIR	BOL	BUD	LIN	MAR	STY	SUR	TAI	WAR	W-L Win %
1994	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	18	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1996	19	R32	R64	—	F	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1997	20	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–13 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 10, 1996

First Top 100

Nov 13, 1995

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Melanie Schnell ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1993	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	481	412	419	424
1994	17	424	334	323	316	302	—	222	214	215	226	204	205
1995	18	206	185	175	167	186	173	136	136	117	107	102	115
1996	19	121	119	124	135	96	100	112	113	142	155	156	146
1997	20	157	149	150	160	241	352	326	319	333	327	295	257
1998	21	257	304	275	260	272	279	293	294	263	242	228	239
1999	22	239	246	259	276	279	284	284	283	273	275	332	358
2000	23	361	354	336	227	192	188	168	163	169	173	172	170
2001	24	175	178	180	219	274	299	473	484	484	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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

Melanie Schnell's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Eva Martincova	CZE	#94	1,526	32	10	22	31.3%	$326,219	1993–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Tina Krizan	SLO	#95	1,577	55	17	38	30.9%	$868,461	1992–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Olga Lugina	UKR	#96	1,506	21	6	15	28.6%	$285,179	1995–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Giulia Casoni	ITA	#83	1,572	33	10	23	30.3%	$326,934	1995–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Romana Tedjakusuma	INA	#82	1,584	27	10	17	37.0%	$156,848	1993–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Seda Noorlander	NED	#80	1,528	80	24	56	30.0%	$623,689	1993–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Karin Miller	USA	#100	1,528	7	2	5	28.6%	$175,843	1995–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Janet Lee	TPE	#79	1,570	98	31	67	31.6%	$943,370	1993–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Evgenia Kulikovskaya	RUS	#91	1,547	42	10	32	23.8%	$427,770	1995–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Raluca Sandu	ROM	#91	1,528	27	8	19	29.6%	$157,333	1998–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Haruka Inoue	JPN	#108	1,513	31	9	22	29.0%	$206,194	1995–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Vanessa Webb	CAN	#107	1,500	33	8	25	24.2%	$345,485	1992–2003	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Melanie Schnell?: Melanie Schnell is 49 years old, born on February 22, 1977.
Which country does Melanie Schnell represent?: Melanie Schnell represents Austria in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Melanie Schnell?: Melanie Schnell is 179 cm / 5'10".
Is Melanie Schnell left-handed or right-handed?: Melanie Schnell plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Melanie Schnell won?: Melanie Schnell has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Melanie Schnell won?: TennisDB does not group any of Melanie Schnell's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Melanie Schnell's highest WTA ranking?: Melanie Schnell's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 90, first achieved on June 10, 1996.
What is Melanie Schnell's career win-loss record?: Melanie Schnell has a career WTA singles record of 10 wins and 22 losses (31.2%).
How much career prize money has Melanie Schnell earned?: Melanie Schnell has earned at least $157,096 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Melanie Schnell's career appear in TennisDB?: Melanie Schnell appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1994 through 2000.
Who has Melanie Schnell faced most often?: Melanie Schnell's most frequent opponent is Sabine Appelmans, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.