Nicole Melichar-Martinez

Nicole Melichar-Martinez (; née Melichar; born Nicole Melicharová on July 29, 1993) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 3 July 2023, she peaked at No. 6 in the WTA rankings. Melichar won a major title in mixed doubles at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Austrian partner Alexander Peya. She has also won 19 WTA Tour doubles titles as well as two 125 titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.

In singles, she has reached a career-high ranking of No. 400 in 2012 and has won two ITF titles.

Personal life and background Melichar was born in the Czech Republic, and has lived in the U.S. since shortly after her birth. Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims to have taken up the sport when she was just one year old.

Career highlights Melichar is a two-time Grand Slam tournament finalist in women's doubles, finishing runner-up at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Květa Peschke and the 2020 US Open with Xu Yifan.

Melichar made her Fed Cup debut for the U.S. team in 2019, partnering Danielle Collins, losing their match against Australian pair of Ashleigh Barty and Priscilla Hon.

She also reached four WTA 1000 finals, at the Cincinnati Open in 2020 with Xu Yifan, and in 2022 and 2023 with Ellen Perez, and at the 2022 Canadian Open also with Perez.

Melichar-Martinez qualified for the third time at the WTA Finals in 2023, partnering Ellen Perez and reached the semifinals for the second time, having made it to that level also in 2021 with a different partner, Dutch player Demi Schuurs. Next the pair Melichar/Perez reached the final, a first time at this level for both players. They lost to Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva in the championship match.

At the 2024 Dubai Championships, she reached her fifth WTA 1000 final with Perez, before losing to fourth seeds Storm Hunter and Kateřina Siniaková. As top seeds, they won the 2024 Bad Homburg Open, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Veronika Kudermetova in the final.

Melichar-Martinez and Perez qualified for the 2024 WTA Finals and reached the semifinals after compiling a record of two wins and one loss in the group stages. They lost in the last four to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, in straight sets.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles Current through the 2023 US Open.

Mixed doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2018 Wimbledon Grass Květa Peschke Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 4–6, 6–4, 0–6Loss 2020 US Open Hard Xu Yifan Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 4–6

Mixed: 1 (title) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2018 Wimbledon Grass Alexander Peya Victoria Azarenka Jamie Murray 7–6(7–1), 6–3

Other significant finals Year-end championships Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2023 WTA Finals, Cancún Hard Ellen Perez Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 4–6

WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 6 (6 runner-ups)

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 48 (19 titles, 29 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (0–2)WTA Finals (0–1)WTA 1000 (0–6)WTA 500 (13–11)WTA 250 (6–9)Finals by surfaceHard (12–16)Clay (6–7)Grass (1–6)

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (0–0)

Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–2)$75,000 tournaments (0–1)$50/60,000 tournaments (2–1)$25,000 tournaments (2–0)$10,000 tournaments (2–6)Finals by surfaceHard (3–7)Clay (4–3)

World TeamTennis Melichar has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making her debut as a junior in 2010 with the St. Louis Aces. She has since played for the Washington Kastles in 2018 and 2019. It was announced, she will be joining the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.

She partnered with CoCo Vandeweghe in women's doubles for the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season. Both players were traded to the New York Empires more than halfway through the season. The Empires would ultimately win the 2020 WTT Championship in a Supertiebreaker over the Chicago Smash.