Melissa Middleton (born June 6, 1982) is an American former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player. Middleton, a right-handed player, was born and raised in

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, 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

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, with a first round win over

Lori McNeil Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963) is an American tennis coach and former top 10 professional tennis player. McNeil was a singles semifinalist at the US Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1994, a women's doubles finalist at the Australian Open in ...

. 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)

ITF finals

Doubles (2–3)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, Melissa 1982 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Houston