Olena Antypina

Olena Antypina

Country (sports)	Ukraine
Residence	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Born	(1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 Zaporizhia
Turned pro	May 2000
Retired	August 2006
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$72,197
Singles
Career record	130–109
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 180 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2006)
French Open	Q1 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2006)
US Open	Q2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	143–81
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 128 (10 October 2005)

Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Антипіна; 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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	10 June 2001	ITF Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Monica Mastan	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	26 August 2002	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Delia Sescioreanu	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	21 December 2003	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Kristína Czafiková	2–6, 7–6(3), 0–6
Win	4.	9 May 2005	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Angelique Kerber	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5.	13 November 2005	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Aleksandra Wozniak	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	28 May 2000	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Daria Panova	Andrea Plačková Petra Plačková	w/o
Win	2.	19 August 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Yevgenia Savranska Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	3.	10 September 2001	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Olga Vymetálková Magdalena Zděnovcová	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	15 October 2001	ITF Giza, Egypt	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	4–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	15 April 2002	ITF Hvar, Croatia	Clay	Lenka Tvarošková	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	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, 7–5
Win	8.	20 October 2002	ITF Mansoura, Egypt	Clay	Hana Šromová	Goulnara Fattakhetdinova Galina Voskoboeva	6–2, 6–2
Win	9.	12 May 2003	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Raissa Gourevitch	Liana Ungur Kildine Chevalier	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	10.	7 July 2003	Bella Cup, Poland	Clay	Zuzana Hejdová	Mireille Dittmann Helena Ejeson	6–3, 6–3
Win	11.	29 November 2003	ITF Haifa, Israel	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Veronika Kapshay Barbara Pócza	7–5, 6–4
Win	12.	6 December 2003	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	Oksana Karyshkova Elena Yaryshka	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	13.	30 March 2004	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Liudmila Nikoyan	Raissa Gourevitch Ekaterina Kozhokina	2–6, 0–6
Loss	14.	18 September 2004	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	Rika Fujiwara Aiko Nakamura	3–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	30 August 2004	ITF Balashikha, Russia	Hard (i)	Alla Kudryavtseva	Maria Goloviznina Elena Vesnina	5–7, 4–6
Win	16.	26 October 2004	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Hana Šromová	İpek Şenoğlu Kathrin Wörle-Scheller	6–7(5), 6–3, 7–5
Win	17.	9 May 2005	ITF Monzón, Spain	Hard	Surina De Beer	Petra Cetkovská Gabriela Velasco Andreu	7–5, 7–5
Loss	18.	12 June 2005	ITF Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Giulia Casoni Valentina Sulpizio	2–6, 0–6
Win	19.	27 June 2005	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	20.	7 August 2005	ITF Washington, United States	Clay	Tatiana Poutchek	Jennifer Hopkins Yan Zi	6–4, 6–4
Loss	21.	19 September 2005	ITF Jounieh Open, Lebanon	Hard	Hana Šromová	Mariya Koryttseva Anastasiya Yakimova	5–7, 2–6
Win	22.	13 November 2005	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Martina Müller	Lauren Barnikow Kristen Schlukebir	6–3, 6–1
Win	23.	22 July 2006	ITF Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	Clay	Nina Bratchikova	Evgeniya Rodina Kristina Antoniychuk	6–1, 5–7, 7–5

External links

• Olena Antypina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olena Antypina at the International Tennis Federation