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Melissa Gurney

USA Age 57 Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1984–1989

Melissa Gurney represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 17. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 63–61 and 2 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

17 (Mar 30, 1987)

Elo peak

1884 (85th percentile)

Singles record

63–61 (50.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$185,616

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 →

Melissa Gurney's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Laxmi Poruri #220	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 1989*	R32	Houston	WTA 250	Clay
Barbara Potter #10	6-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 1988*	R32	Nashville	WTA 250	Hard
Kathrin Keil	2-6 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 1988*	R32	San Juan	WTA 250	Hard
Claudia Porwik #72	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1988*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Halle Cioffi #44	7-5 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 5, 1988*	R16	Cincinnati Open	WTA 250	Hard

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Melissa Gurney's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Helena Sukova	0	5	5	Sep 3, 1987	H2H
Catherine Tanvier	0	3	3	Jun 24, 1988	H2H
Elly Hakami	0	3	3	Apr 22, 1988	H2H
Lea Antonoplis	3	0	3	Apr 18, 1987	H2H
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	0	3	3	Nov 17, 1986	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Melissa Gurney singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
1986	17	2	—	—	1	1	—	Berkeley, San Diego
Total		2	—	—	1	1	—

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

Career Results

Melissa Gurney career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1984	15	5	5	10	50.0%	85	84
1985	16	9	12	21	42.9%	78	78
1986	17	31	16	47	66.0%	81	23
1987	18	10	14	24	41.7%	23	92
1988	19	8	13	21	38.1%	92	97
1989	20	0	1	1	0.0%	97	260
Career		63	61	124	50.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Melissa Gurney 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 %
1984	15	4	3	7	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%
1985	16	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	9	12	21	42.9%
1986	17	20	7	27	74.1%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	31	16	47	66.0%
1987	18	9	9	18	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	10	14	24	41.7%
1988	19	4	7	11	36.4%	3	5	8	37.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	8	13	21	38.1%
1989	20	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	44	33	77	57.1%	7	10	17	41.2%	4	6	10	40.0%	8	12	20	40.0%	63	61	124	50.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Melissa Gurney 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 %
1984	15	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
1985	16	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	8	9	11.1%
1986	17	0	9	9	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	8	2	10	80.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	16	16	32	50.0%
1987	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	9	11	18.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	11	15	26.7%
1988	19	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
1989	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	16	17	5.9%	5	9	14	35.7%	14	17	31	45.2%	7	6	13	53.8%	27	48	75	36.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 75/124 (60.5%) of Melissa Gurney's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Melissa Gurney 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
1984	15	1561	123.0	—	—	—	—	+69	—	—	50.0%	+0.41	1–1	—	—	+0.59
1985	16	1629	129.4	—	—	—	—	+38	—	-65	48.9%	-0.04	0–5 (0%)	0–1	—	+0.14
1986	17	1866	150.1	—	—	—	—	+7	-270	-266	64.8%	+1.29	5–6 (45%)	5–3 (63%)	101.5	+0.40
1987	18	1660	107.0	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	43.4%	-0.53	2–3 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	96.3	+2.75
1988	19	1581	108.1	—	—	—	—	+23	-38	—	40.8%	-0.84	2–5 (29%)	0–2	—	+0.93
1989	20	1562	96.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.18
Career		1884	133.3	—	—	—	—	+24	-137	-180	52.2%	+0.24	10–20 (33%)	6–9 (40%)	91.7	+4.02

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Melissa Gurney Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1984	15	R128	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1985	16	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1986	17	R64	R32	R32	5–3 (62%)
1987	18	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1988	19	R32	R64	R128	3–3 (50%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	4–3 (57%)	4–5 (44%)	11–12 (48%)

WTA 500

Melissa Gurney WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	SDG	AME	KEY	LOS	MAN	STR	W-L Win %
1984	15	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1985	16	R32	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	5–3 (62%)
1986	17	—	W	—	—	R16	—	—	7–1 (88%)
1987	18	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	19	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	9–3 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	15–10 (60%)

WTA 250

Melissa Gurney WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	DAL	EAS	HOU	NAP	NWP	ITA	TKY	WAS	APT	BER	BOC	CHI	KEY	MAH	MAN	MON	NAS	NEW	OAK	OKL	PHO	PRI	SAN	SAN	TAM	WIC	WOR	W-L Win %
1984	15	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1985	16	—	R16	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–7 (30%)
1986	17	—	—	R64	—	F	—	—	QF	—	—	W	R128	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	16–10 (62%)
1987	18	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	R32	9–10 (47%)
1988	19	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	4–7 (36%)
1989	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	34–37 (48%)

WTA Finals

Melissa Gurney WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1986	17	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 30, 1987

First Top 100

Oct 15, 1984

First Top 50

Aug 4, 1986

First Top 20

Feb 2, 1987

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Melissa Gurney ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	86	84
1985	16	—	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	17	78	84	99	113	79	79	73	32	28	26	24	23
1987	18	21	23	17	20	20	21	23	34	46	52	86	92
1988	19	93	91	86	93	93	82	75	96	101	107	96	97
1989	20	96	104	109	152	160	206	260	260	—	—	—	—
1994	25	—	461	460	468	463	433	435	—	374	378	367	368
1995	26	528	613	614	623	667	673	679	705	979	1006	—	—

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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Michelle Torres	USA	#18	1,845	204	93	111	45.6%	—	1	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Kate Gompert	USA	#18	1,871	166	85	81	51.2%	$187,076	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Robin White	USA	#15	1,878	300	142	158	47.3%	$1,174,349	2	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Anne White	USA	#19	1,846	228	110	118	48.2%	$411,022	1	1978–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	#15	1,932	645	336	309	52.1%	$1,701,944	1	1978–1995	Rivalries	Match log
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Patty Fendick	USA	#19	1,883	361	199	162	55.1%	$1,574,956	3	1982–1995	Rivalries	Match log
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Eva Pfaff	GER	#17	1,901	357	155	202	43.4%	$771,379	0	1977–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Pam Casale	USA	#14	1,944	315	168	147	53.3%	—	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Melissa Gurney?: Melissa Gurney is 57 years old, born on June 24, 1969.
Which country does Melissa Gurney represent?: Melissa Gurney represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Does Melissa Gurney use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Melissa Gurney uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Melissa Gurney left-handed or right-handed?: Melissa Gurney plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Melissa Gurney won?: Melissa Gurney has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Melissa Gurney won?: TennisDB does not group any of Melissa Gurney's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Melissa Gurney won?: Melissa Gurney has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was San Diego in 1986.
What is Melissa Gurney's highest WTA ranking?: Melissa Gurney's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 17, first achieved on March 30, 1987.
What is Melissa Gurney's career win-loss record?: Melissa Gurney has a career WTA singles record of 63 wins and 61 losses (50.8%).
How much career prize money has Melissa Gurney earned?: Melissa Gurney has earned at least $185,616 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Melissa Gurney's career appear in TennisDB?: Melissa Gurney appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1984 through 1989.
On which surface does Melissa Gurney have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Melissa Gurney's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 57.1% (44–33).
Who has Melissa Gurney faced most often?: Melissa Gurney's most frequent opponent is Helena Sukova, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.