Melissa Middleton (born June 6, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player.
Middleton, a right-handed player, was born and raised in Houston, Texas. A successful player in junior tennis, she won both the Easter Bowl and USTA National Clay Court Championships as an under 16 in 1996.
On the professional tour, Middleton reached a career best singles ranking of 225. In 1999 she featured as a wildcard in the US Open main draw and reached the second round of the Lipton Championships, with a first round win over Lori McNeil. As a doubles player she made it to 116 in the world and was a WTA Tour finalist in Memphis in 2002.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Feb 2002 Memphis,United States Tier III Hard Brie Rippner Ai Sugiyama Elena Tatarkova 4–6, 6–2, 0–6
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Doubles (2–3) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. January 15, 2001 Boca Raton, US Hard Jacqueline Trail Evgenia Kulikovskaya Jolene Watanabe 1–6, 0–6Runner-up 2. March 5, 2001 Saltillo, Mexico Hard Courtenay Chapman Conchita Martínez Granados Melisa Arévalo 6–7(3), 6–0, 1–6Winner 1. April 29, 2001 Sarasota, US Clay Nirupama Sanjeev Janet Lee Samantha Reeves 6–4, 6–2Winner 2. January 27, 2002 Fullerton, US Hard Brie Rippner Amanda Hopmans Giulia Casoni 2–6, 6–4, 7–5Runner-up 3. February 3, 2002 Rockford, US Hard (i) Brie Rippner Amanda Hopmans Giulia Casoni 4–6, ret.
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