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Melanie Klaffner

AUT Age 36 171 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2007–2013

Melanie Klaffner represented Austria on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 175. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 1–8 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

175 (Jan 27, 2014)

Elo peak

1500 (5th percentile)

Singles record

1–8 (11.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$259,182

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 Klaffner's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ekaterina Makarova #206	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2023	Q1 Q	Hamburg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Dalma Galfi #91	6-7(5) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 5, 2023	Q1 Q	Linz Open	WTA 250	Clay
Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik #72	6-7(4) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2013*	R32	Linz Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Dia Evtimova #239	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 14, 2011*	R32	Bad Gastein	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Ekaterina Dzehalevich #240	6-0 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2010*	R32	Bad Gastein	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Melanie Klaffner's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik	1	1	Oct 10, 2013	H2H
Dia Evtimova	1	1	Jul 14, 2011	H2H
Ekaterina Dzehalevich	1	1	Jul 22, 2010	H2H
Tereza Hladikova	1	1	Jul 23, 2009	H2H
Kaia Kanepi	1	1	Oct 23, 2008	H2H

Career Results

Melanie Klaffner career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2007	17	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	836	352
2008	18	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	352	276
2009	19	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	276	244
2010	20	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	244	232
2011	21	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	232	367
2013	23	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	387	181
2023	33	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	1	8	9	11.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Melanie Klaffner career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2007	17	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2008	18	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2009	19	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2010	20	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	21	WTA	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2013	23	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2023	33	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—	—	—	1	8	9	11.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Melanie Klaffner 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 %
2007	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2008	18	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2009	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2010	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2013	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%

Performance Stats

Melanie Klaffner 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%
2007	17	1/2	2.0	4.0	60.0%	57.4%	25.0%	18.2%	40.0%	44.4%	45.2%
2008	18	3/3	3.7	4.3	49.9%	64.4%	42.0%	51.3%	40.0%	53.2%	43.7%
2009	19	1/1	1.0	0.0	77.3%	50.0%	50.0%	53.3%	38.9%	50.0%	50.0%
2010	20	1/1	0.0	3.0	67.1%	52.8%	42.3%	33.3%	45.5%	49.4%	46.2%
2011	21	1/1	0.0	6.0	51.2%	38.1%	20.0%	33.3%	100.0%	29.3%	35.7%
2013	23	1/1	2.0	3.0	61.1%	59.1%	46.4%	50.0%	40.0%	54.2%	34.3%
Career		8/9	2.0	3.6	58.3%	56.3%	38.7%	42.8%	48.0%	48.4%	42.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 8/9 (88.9%) of Melanie Klaffner's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Melanie Klaffner 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
2007	17	1470	96.5	+0.01	-2.93	0.813	44.8%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.80	0–1	1–0	—	+0.29
2008	18	1483	109.4	-0.73	+0.49	0.934	48.2%	—	—	—	42.9%	-0.29	0–1	0–2	—	-0.38
2009	19	1469	100.8	-2.37	+0.18	1.000	50.0%	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	—	—	+0.07
2010	20	1450	98.0	-1.11	+0.17	0.912	47.8%	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	—	—	+0.25
2011	21	1436	91.4	+0.24	-0.23	0.505	32.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	+0.10
2013	23	1426	98.2	+2.26	-3.77	0.749	44.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.02
2023	33	1404	95.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1500	96.9	-0.40	-0.64	0.829	45.5%	—	—	—	27.3%	-1.27	0–4 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	93.6	+3.89

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 500

Melanie Klaffner WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	LIN	W-L Win %
2007	17	R32	0–1 (0%)
2008	18	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

WTA 250

Melanie Klaffner WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	BAD	LIN	W-L Win %
2007	17	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2008	18	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
2009	19	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2010	20	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2011	21	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2013	23	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2023	33	Q1	—	Q1	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	0–2 (0%)	1–8 (11%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

175

Career-high date

Jan 27, 2014

First Top 100

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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 Klaffner ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2005	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1158	1046	1109	1107	1108
2006	16	1073	1017	1021	1011	963	790	788	830	901	822	846	836
2007	17	836	854	848	792	729	638	569	466	428	416	404	352
2008	18	350	326	324	311	321	329	268	249	258	254	256	276
2009	19	273	283	277	259	251	262	257	288	277	244	246	244
2010	20	246	235	236	233	195	195	237	249	246	260	229	232
2011	21	221	219	216	235	305	283	258	265	274	337	351	367
2012	22	392	373	382	356	342	364	448	400	384	402	438	387
2013	23	382	387	308	304	256	232	184	179	185	178	179	181
2014	24	175	175	198	205	242	256	307	314	344	375	402	396
2015	25	393	400	380	383	436	459	493	508	491	475	340	298
2016	26	299	311	325	333	325	329	352	366	367	368	476	630
2017	27	637	634	637	619	676	667	577	555	560	533	624	—
2018	28	523	524	529	551	549	554	552	535	535	580	513	600
2019	29	596	595	598	607	611	604	684	610	601	595	590	521
2020	30	522	501	505	—	—	—	—	507	511	517	522	524
2021	31	528	534	542	543	548	529	532	540	513	525	587	585
2022	32	588	593	589	583	573	603	578	591	654	647	765	822
2023	33	841	900	912	919	1059	1100	1315	1316	1281	1257	1266	1272
2024	34	1282	1303	1293	1307	1295	1297	1296	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Melanie Klaffner's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Pemra Ozgen	TUR	#182	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	$476,740	2005–2022	Rivalries	Match log
Ye-Ra Lee	KOR	#178	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	$138,070	2006–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Lauren Albanese	USA	#158	1,517	8	1	7	12.5%	$258,167	2006–2016	Rivalries	Match log
Chia-Jung Chuang	TPE	#177	1,514	8	2	6	25.0%	$1,636,548	2004–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	THA	#149	1,500	23	3	20	13.0%	$293,951	2007–2012	Rivalries	Match log
Suchanun Viratprasert	THA	#172	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	$144,002	2002–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Eva Hrdinova	CZE	#168	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	$459,654	2005–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Yifan Xu	CHN	#148	1,500	15	2	13	13.3%	$4,212,700	2007–2016	Rivalries	Match log
Sacha Jones	AUS	#150	1,501	11	2	9	18.2%	$195,162	2008–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Irena Pavlovic	FRA	#138	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	$418,053	2009–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Ling Zhang	HKG	#184	1,500	12	2	10	16.7%	$264,514	2009–2018	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Fernanda Alves	BRA	#132	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	$405,862	2002–2016	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Melanie Klaffner?: Melanie Klaffner is 36 years old, born on May 22, 1990.
Which country does Melanie Klaffner represent?: Melanie Klaffner represents Austria in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Melanie Klaffner?: Melanie Klaffner is 171 cm / 5'7".
Is Melanie Klaffner left-handed or right-handed?: Melanie Klaffner plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Melanie Klaffner won?: Melanie Klaffner has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Melanie Klaffner won?: TennisDB does not group any of Melanie Klaffner's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Melanie Klaffner's highest WTA ranking?: Melanie Klaffner's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 175, first achieved on January 27, 2014.
What is Melanie Klaffner's career win-loss record?: Melanie Klaffner has a career WTA singles record of 1 wins and 8 losses (11.1%).
How much career prize money has Melanie Klaffner earned?: Melanie Klaffner has earned at least $259,182 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Melanie Klaffner's career appear in TennisDB?: Melanie Klaffner appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2007 through 2013.
Who has Melanie Klaffner faced most often?: Melanie Klaffner's most frequent opponent is Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.