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Olena Antypina

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Olena Antypina
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceZaporizhia, Ukraine
Born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 (age 45)
Zaporizhia
Turned proMay 2000
RetiredAugust 2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$72,197
Singles
Career record130–109
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2006)
French OpenQ1 (2006)
WimbledonQ1 (2006)
US OpenQ2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record143–81
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (10 October 2005)

Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Антипіна; born 19 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

Her highest singles ranking is world No. 180, which she achieved in November 2005. She played on the ITF Women's Circuit from 2000 through to 2006.

In her professional career, Antypina won fourteen titles, of which one was in singles and thirteen in doubles. She tried qualifying for Grand Slam tournaments on multiple occasions, but was unsuccessful with each one.

She qualified for one WTA Tour event in Tashkent in 2005 but lost in round one of the Tier IV tournament to compatriot Kateryna Bondarenko.[1]

Her biggest ITF title came at Washington D.C. in 2005 when she won the doubles draw of the $75k tournament, partnering Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 10 June 2001 ITF Ankara, Turkey Clay Romania Monica Mastan 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2. 26 August 2002 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Delia Sescioreanu 1–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 21 December 2003 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Slovakia Kristína Czafiková 2–6, 7–6(3), 0–6
Win 4. 9 May 2005 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Germany Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5. 13 November 2005 Toronto Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Canada Aleksandra Wozniak 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 28 May 2000 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Russia Daria Panova Czech Republic Andrea Plačková
Czech Republic Petra Plačková
w/o
Win 2. 19 August 2001 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Ukraine Yevgenia Savranska
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3. 10 September 2001 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
Czech Republic Magdalena Zděnovcová
3–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 15 October 2001 ITF Giza, Egypt Clay Ukraine Yuliana Fedak Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
4–6, 3–6
Loss 5. 15 April 2002 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Slovakia Lenka Tvarošková Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 6. 11 August 2002 ITF Gdynia, Poland Clay Belarus Darya Kustova Slovakia Lenka Tvarošková
Slovakia Zuzana Zemenová
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 7. 6 October 2002 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Czech Republic Hana Šromová Slovenia Kim Kambic
France Aurélie Védy
6–2, 7–5
Win 8. 20 October 2002 ITF Mansoura, Egypt Clay Czech Republic Hana Šromová Russia Goulnara Fattakhetdinova
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
6–2, 6–2
Win 9. 12 May 2003 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Russia Raissa Gourevitch Romania Liana Ungur
France Kildine Chevalier
3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 10. 7 July 2003 Bella Cup, Poland Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Hejdová Australia Mireille Dittmann
Sweden Helena Ejeson
6–3, 6–3
Win 11. 29 November 2003 ITF Haifa, Israel Hard Russia Nina Bratchikova Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
Hungary Barbara Pócza
7–5, 6–4
Win 12. 6 December 2003 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Russia Nina Bratchikova Russia Oksana Karyshkova
Belarus Elena Yaryshka
6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 13. 30 March 2004 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Armenia Liudmila Nikoyan Russia Raissa Gourevitch
Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
2–6, 0–6
Loss 14. 18 September 2004 ITF Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
Hard Russia Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Aiko Nakamura
3–6, 3–6
Loss 15. 30 August 2004 ITF Balashikha, Russia Hard (i) Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Russia Maria Goloviznina
Russia Elena Vesnina
5–7, 4–6
Win 16. 26 October 2004 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Czech Republic Hana Šromová Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
Germany Kathrin Wörle-Scheller
6–7(5), 6–3, 7–5
Win 17. 9 May 2005 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard South Africa Surina De Beer Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
7–5, 7–5
Loss 18. 12 June 2005 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Russia Nina Bratchikova Italy Giulia Casoni
Italy Valentina Sulpizio
2–6, 0–6
Win 19. 27 June 2005 ITF Båstad, Sweden Clay Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya Argentina Erica Krauth
Sweden Hanna Nooni
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 20. 7 August 2005 ITF Washington,
United States
Clay Belarus Tatiana Poutchek United States Jennifer Hopkins
China Yan Zi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 21. 19 September 2005 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Hard Czech Republic Hana Šromová Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova
5–7, 2–6
Win 22. 13 November 2005 Toronto Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Germany Martina Müller United States Lauren Barnikow
United States Kristen Schlukebir
6–3, 6–1
Win 23. 22 July 2006 ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Russia Nina Bratchikova Russia Evgeniya Rodina
Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk
6–1, 5–7, 7–5

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