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Melisa Miranda
Full nameMelisa Miranda-Otarola
Country (sports) Chile
Born (1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 36)
Santiago, Chile
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$25,399
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 447 (22 December 2008)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 436 (15 October 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup12–5

Melisa Miranda-Otarola (born 28 April 1988) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.[1]

Born in Santiago, Miranda played in the Fed Cup for Chile from 2005 to 2009. She featured in a total of 11 ties for her country and won eight of her nine singles rubbers. In addition to the Fed Cup, she also represented Chile at the 2007 Pan American Games.[2]

Miranda, a right-handed player, reached a best singles ranking of 447 on the professional tour. She made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 2008 Cachantún Cup in Viña del Mar, as a local wildcard in the women's singles.[3] Both of her two ITF title wins also came in 2008.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 28 October 2006 Luque, Paraguay Clay Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg 3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 14 July 2008 Badajoz, Spain Hard France Adeline Goncalves 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2. 14 December 2008 Havana, Cuba Hard Brazil Ana Clara Duarte 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (0–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 26 June 2006 Córdoba, Argentina Clay Argentina Luciana Sarmenti Argentina Flavia Mignola
Argentina María Irigoyen
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 23 October 2006 Luque, Paraguay Clay Venezuela Mariana Muci Colombia Karen Castiblanco
Argentina Flavia Mignola
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 14 May 2007 Córdoba, Argentina Clay Colombia Karen Castiblanco Argentina Andrea Benítez
Argentina María Irigoyen
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 17 September 2007 Chihuahua, Mexico Clay Ecuador Hilda Zuleta Cabrera Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
Mexico Valeria Pulido
6–7(1–7), 5–7

References

  1. ^ "Melisa Miranda da dura lucha a Andrea Koch por el número uno femenino de Chile". Al aire libre en Cooperativa (in Spanish). 22 October 2007.
  2. ^ "El "gurú" del tenis femenino". El Mercurio de Valparaíso (in Spanish). 1 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Tenis: Número dos de Chile cae en primera ronda de torneo WTA de Viña". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 13 February 2008.