Mélanie Gloria (born June 19, 1987) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Gloria won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 September 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On 29 September 2003, she peaked at No. 578 in the doubles rankings.
In 2004 at the Challenge Bell, she upset the second seed Daniela Hantuchová in the second round. She lost in the quarterfinals to María Emilia Salerni.
Personal life Gloria is of Portuguese descent. Her parents Helena and Jorge were born in Peniche and some members of her family still live there.
ITF Circuit finals Legend$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Vancouver Open, Canada25,000Hard Ansley Cargill4–6, 2–6Loss0–2ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Elisa Balsamo3–6, 5–7Win1–2ITF Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Stefania Boffa6–3, 6–3Win2–2ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Yera Campos-Molina6–2, 6–3Win3–2ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Maria João Koehler6–7(2), 6–3, 6–1Loss3–3ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Maria João Koehler3–6, 2–6Win4–3ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Yera Campos-Molina6–1, 6–2Win5–3ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Shayna McDowell7–5, 6–7(6), 6–0
Doubles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0ITF Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Kady Pooler Keren Shlomo Joana Pangaio Pereira6–1, 6–4Win2–0ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Lucía Sainz Tatiana Búa Karen Castiblanco7–6(3), 6–4Win3–0ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Lucía Sainz Carla Beltrami Vanesa Furlanetto6–1, 6–1Win4–0ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Lucia Gonzalez Renee Lampret7–5, 7–6(5)Win5–0ITF Amarante, Portugal10,000 Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Magali de Lattre Jade Hopper6–4, 6–2Win6–0ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Kim Grajdek Julia Stamatova7–6(3), 6–1Loss6–1ITF Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Anna Fitzpatrick Jade Windley2–6, 1–6
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