About Melanie Oudin
Melanie Jennings Oudin, a retired American tennis player and former world junior No. 2, was born on September 23, 1991. Her estimated net worth is $1 million. In important tournaments, Melanie Oudin’s professional tennis career has been characterized by ups and downs. Melanie Oudin, a 1991 Marietta, Georgia, native who was formerly ranked as high as 35th in the world in junior tennis, was born.
Melanie has a twin sister, but even as children, their lives have been radically different. After the seventh grade, Melanie was homeschooled to give her more time for tennis practice. Despite the fact that her efforts have paid off in the professional sphere, she nevertheless acknowledges that she had some jealousy toward the more conventional life that her sister led. Her grandmother served as her first instructor, giving both girls tennis rackets when they were small and instructing them in the fundamentals of the sport.
Tennis Professional Career of Oudin
In the same year that she started playing professionally, Oudin was given a wildcard to the US Open. She lost a very close first round match to Jessica Moore. In 2009, she was eligible to play in the Australian Open, but she was eliminated early. It was quite the accomplishment for someone so young and in their first year of professional play that she advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon and defeated world number six Jelena Jankovic in the process.
She participated in the US Open once more in 2009, shocking everyone when she defeated Maria Sharapova in the third round. Sharapova had a 29th-seed and has never lost to a player that young in a Grand Slam competition. Oudin was one of the youngest players ever to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open that year. She lost to Caroline Wozniacki, but the audience gave her a standing ovation afterward. She then finished in 50th position overall.
More Information Regarding Oudin’s Tennis Career
However, Oudin did not perform as well the following year. Both the Australian Open and the French Open saw her lose in the opening round. Both Wimbledon and the US Open only allowed her to advance to the second round before she was eliminated. Her ranking dropped to 81 in 2011, but she did pair up with Jack Sock to win the mixed doubles match at the US Open, defeating the eighth-seeded couple from Argentina.
Oudin has fallen in both the second round of the French Open and the Australian Open thus far in 2012. But it was her first victory in any round in the French Open when she defeated Johanna Larsson in that competition’s opening round.
She won the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England, in June, earning her maiden WTA victory.
