How old is Melissa Gurney?

Melissa Gurney is 57 years old, born on June 24, 1969.

Which country is Melissa Gurney from?

Melissa Gurney is from United States.

Is Melissa Gurney left-handed or right-handed?

Melissa Gurney plays right-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Melissa Gurney won?

Melissa Gurney has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Melissa Gurney won?

Melissa Gurney has not won a WTA 1000 title.

How many WTA titles has Melissa Gurney won?

Melissa Gurney has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title 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.

When did Melissa Gurney play professional tennis?

Melissa Gurney turned professional in 1984 and was active through 1989.

What is Melissa Gurney's best surface?

Melissa Gurney's best surface is hard court with a 57.1% win rate (44W-33L).

Who is Melissa Gurney's biggest rival?

Melissa Gurney's most frequent opponent is Helena Sukova, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.

Melissa Gurney

USA Age 57 Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1984–1989

Peak ranking

17 (Mar 30, 1987)

Elo peak

1884 (84.6%ile)

Career record

63–61 (50.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$185,616

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Apr 27, 1989*	Houston	WTA 250	R32	Clay	Laxmi Poruri #220	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 1988*	Nashville	WTA 250	R32	Hard	Barbara Potter #10	6-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1988*	San Juan	WTA 250	R32	Hard	Kathrin Keil	2-6 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1988*	US Open	Grand Slam	R128	Hard	Claudia Porwik #72	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 1988*	Cincinnati	WTA 1000	R16	Hard	Halle Cioffi #44	7-5 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

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

Titles (2)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1986	17	2	—	—	1	1	—	Berkeley , San Diego
Total		2	—	—	1	1	—

Career Results

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

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

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%	5	2	7	71.4%	0	0	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
1986	17	0	9	9	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	8	2	10	80.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	17	16	33	51.5%
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%	18	18	36	50.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	32	49	81	39.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 81/124 (65.3%) of Melissa Gurney's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1984	15	1562	53	66	—	—	50.0%	+0.48	60	0	—	0	0	—
1985	16	1629	76	72	—	35	48.9%	+0.13	86	17	0	0	1	—
1986	17	1866	93	91	64	49	64.8%	+1.42	82	29	45	5	3	63
1987	18	1661	82	81	—	—	43.4%	-0.56	43	14	40	1	3	25
1988	19	1581	71	75	47	—	40.8%	-0.83	46	0	29	0	2	—
1989	20	1562	63	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	8	0	—	0	0	—
Career		1685	79	81	52	44	52.2%	+0.09	63	15	33	6	9	40

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	RG	W	USO
1984	15	R128	—	R32
1985	16	—	R64	R128
1986	17	R64	R32	R32
1987	18	R128	—	R128
1988	19	R32	R64	R128

WTA 1000

Season	Age	CIN	DLB	ROM
1985	16	—	R32	—
1988	19	R16	—	R64

WTA 500

Season	Age	SDG	LOS	STR
1984	15	R16	—	—
1985	16	SF	—	—
1986	17	W	R16	—
1987	18	R32	R32	—
1988	19	—	—	R32

WTA 250

Season	Age	DAL	EAS	HOU	NAP	NWP	TKY	WAS	AME	APT	BER	BOC	CHI	KEY	MAH	MAN	MON	NAS	NEW	OAK	OKL	PHO	PRI	SAN	SAN	TAM	WIC	WOR
1984	15	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985	16	R16	R64	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1986	17	—	R64	—	F	—	QF	—	—	—	W	R128	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32
1987	18	—	—	—	R64	R32	QF	—	—	F	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	R32
1988	19	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—
1989	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA Finals

Season	Age	WTA
1986	17	R16

Data coverage note: 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.

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

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	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	15	1,933	0	1	645	336	309	52.1%	1978-1995	Match log
Betsy Nagelsen	USA	25	1,885	0	6	590	266	324	45.1%	1972-1994	Match log
Gigi Fernandez	USA	17	1,912	0	2	444	227	217	51.1%	1982-1997	Match log
Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	19	2,167	0	22	748	466	282	62.3%	1971-1990	Match log
Virginia Ruzici	ROU	16	2,121	1	20	732	458	274	62.6%	1972-1987	Match log
Mima Jausovec	SLO	23	2,088	1	7	585	339	246	57.9%	1972-1988	Match log
Judith Wiesner	AUT	12	1,979	0	5	479	302	177	63.0%	1985-1997	Match log
Sandra Cecchini	ITA	15	1,937	0	11	514	299	215	58.2%	1981-1998	Match log
Laura Arraya	PER	14	1,922	0	10	474	270	204	57.0%	1981-1993	Match log
Larisa Savchenko	URS	13	1,926	0	2	477	238	239	49.9%	1983-1999	Match log
Anne Minter	AUS	23	1,876	0	5	442	219	223	49.5%	1979-1993	Match log
Helen Kelesi	CAN	13	1,958	0	2	377	213	164	56.5%	1985-1994	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Melissa Gurney?: Melissa Gurney is 57 years old, born on June 24, 1969.
Which country is Melissa Gurney from?: Melissa Gurney is from United States.
Is Melissa Gurney left-handed or right-handed?: Melissa Gurney plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Melissa Gurney won?: Melissa Gurney has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Melissa Gurney won?: Melissa Gurney has not won a WTA 1000 title.
How many WTA titles has Melissa Gurney won?: Melissa Gurney has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title 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.
When did Melissa Gurney play professional tennis?: Melissa Gurney turned professional in 1984 and was active through 1989.
What is Melissa Gurney's best surface?: Melissa Gurney's best surface is hard court with a 57.1% win rate (44W-33L).
Who is Melissa Gurney's biggest rival?: Melissa Gurney's most frequent opponent is Helena Sukova, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.