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Olena Antypina

b. 1979

Ukrainian tennis player

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Born 1979. Olena Antypina is a Ukrainian tennis player.

Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (; 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.

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.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 10 June 2001 ITF Ankara, Turkey Clay Monica Mastan 5–7, 3–6Loss 2. 26 August 2002 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Delia Sescioreanu 1–6, 4–6Loss 3. 21 December 2003 ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Kristína Czafiková 2–6, 7–6(3), 0–6Win 4. 9 May 2005 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–3Loss 5. Toronto Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Aleksandra Wozniak 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 28 May 2000 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Daria Panova Andrea Plačková Petra Plačková w/oWin 2. 19 August 2001 ITF Bucharest, Romania Clay Yuliana Fedak Yevgenia Savranska Galina Voskoboeva 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss 3. 10 September 2001 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Yuliana Fedak Olga Vymetálková Magdalena Zděnovcová 3–6, 3–6Loss 4. 15 October 2001 ITF Giza, Egypt Clay Yuliana Fedak Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 4–6, 3–6Loss 5. 15 April 2002 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Lenka Tvarošková Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 6–4, 3–6, 0–6Loss 6. 11 August 2002 ITF Gdynia, Poland Clay Darya Kustova Lenka Tvarošková Zuzana Zemenová 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 7. 6 October 2002 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Hana Šromová Kim Kambic Aurélie Védy 6–2, 7–5Win 8. 20 October 2002 ITF Mansoura, Egypt Clay Hana Šromová Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Voskoboeva 6–2, 6–2Win 9. 12 May 2003 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Raissa Gourevitch Liana Ungur Kildine Chevalier 3–6, 7–5, 6–1Win 10. 7 July 2003 Bella Cup, Poland Clay Zuzana Hejdová Mireille Dittmann Helena Ejeson 6–3, 6–3Win 11. 29 November 2003 ITF Haifa, Israel Hard Nina Bratchikova Veronika Kapshay Barbara Pócza 7–5, 6–4Win 12. 6 December 2003 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Nina Bratchikova Oksana Karyshkova Elena Yaryshka 6–1, 5–7, 6–3Loss 13. ITF Cairo, Egypt Clay Liudmila Nikoyan Raissa Gourevitch Ekaterina Kozhokina 2–6, 0–6Loss 14. 18 September 2004 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Rika Fujiwara Aiko Nakamura 3–6, 3–6Loss 15. 30 August 2004 ITF Balashikha, Russia Hard (i) Alla Kudryavtseva Maria Goloviznina Elena Vesnina 5–7, 4–6Win 16. 26 October 2004 ITF Istanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Hana Šromová İpek Şenoğlu Kathrin Wörle-Scheller 6–7(5), 6–3, 7–5Win 17. 9 May 2005 ITF Monzón, Spain Hard Surina De Beer Petra Cetkovská Gabriela Velasco Andreu 7–5, 7–5Loss 18. 12 June 2005 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Nina Bratchikova Giulia Casoni Valentina Sulpizio 2–6, 0–6Win 19. 27 June 2005 ITF Båstad, Sweden Clay Nadejda Ostrovskaya Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni 7–5, 3–6, 6–3Win 20. 7 August 2005 ITF Washington, United States Clay Tatiana Poutchek Jennifer Hopkins Yan Zi 6–4, 6–4Loss 21. 19 September 2005 ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon Hard Hana Šromová Mariya Koryttseva Anastasiya Yakimova 5–7, 2–6Win 22. Toronto Challenger, Canada Hard (i) Martina Müller Lauren Barnikow Kristen Schlukebir 6–3, 6–1Win 23. 22 July 2006 ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Clay Nina Bratchikova Evgeniya Rodina Kristina Antoniychuk 6–1, 5–7, 7–5

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Ukrainian tennis player

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Olena Antypina was born on 19 March 1979 in Zaporizhzhia.

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Olena Antypina is a tennis player.

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Olena Antypina is Ukrainian.

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