Melanie Schnell (born 22 February 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.
Biography Schnell, a right-handed player from Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, where she had a win over Katerina Maleeva. Aged 18, she broke into the world's top 100 in 1995 and had a peak ranking of 90 the following year. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1996 Budapest Open where she ended runner-up, losing to Ruxandra Dragomir.
She represented the Austria Fed Cup team in one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles. Partnering with Barbara Schett, the pair beat Sabine Hack and Christina Singer, to give Austria its only win of the fixture.
Married to tennis player Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany. She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player Diego Nargiso.
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss May 1996 Hungarian Ladies Open, Budapest Tier IV Clay Ruxandra Dragomir 6–7(6), 1–6
ITF Circuit finals $75,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (2–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreLoss 1. 30 August 1993 Marina di Massa, Italy Clay Inmaculada Varas 6–7, 2–6Win 1. 16 November 1997 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Katarzyna Nowak 6–2, 7–5Loss 2. 30 November 1997 Mallorca, Spain Clay Noelia Serra 4–6, 1–6Win 2. 3 April 2000 Dinan, France Clay Julia Vakulenko 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Doubles (4–4) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Nov 1997 Moulins, France Hard (i) Julie Steven Kirstin Freye Kelly Pace 6–1, 4–2 ret.Win 2. Nov 1997 Le Havre, France Clay (i) Julie Steven Katalin Marosi Caroline Schneider 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(3)Loss 1. Nov 1997 Mallorca 3, Spain Clay Katalin Marosi Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Marina Escobar 4–6, 2–6Win 3. Dec 1997 Mallorca 4, Spain Clay Katalin Marosi Marta Cano Conchita Martínez Granados 6–4, 4–6, 7–5Loss 2. Oct 1998 Batumi, Georgia Hard Amanda Hopmans Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva 4–6, 6–3, 0–6Loss 3. Sep 1999 Otočec, Slovenia Clay Syna Schreiber Ľudmila Cervanová Andrea Šebová 3–6, 4–6Loss 4. Jul 2000 Puchheim, Germany Clay Angelika Bachmann Svetlana Krivencheva Zuzana Váleková 7–5, 3–6, 7–5Win 4. Sep 2000 Bordeaux, France Clay Virginie Razzano Lourdes Domínguez Lino María Sánchez Lorenzo 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
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