Melanie Stokke (born 1 October 1996) is a former Norwegian tennis player.

Melanie Stokke
Stokke in September 2015
Country (sports) Norway
Born (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)
Nordstrand, Norway
Prize money$74,580
Singles
Career record246–163
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 261 (30 April 2018)
Doubles
Career record63–81
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 348 (30 October 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup22–6

At the age of 15, she moved by herself to Los Alcazares, in Spain, because she considered the tennis facilities in Norway to not be of a high enough standard.[1]

Stokke has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 261. On 30 October 2017, she peaked at No. 348 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for the Norway Fed Cup team, Stokke has a win–loss record of 22–6.[2]

She took a break from tennis 2020, due to a perceived lack of support from the Norwegian Tennis Federation.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands 10,000 Clay   Steffi Distelmans 7–5, 3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 1–1 Dec 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Chantal Škamlová 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–1 Mar 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard   Lou Brouleau 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–1 Sep 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Iva Primorac 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Nov 2015 ITF Stockholm, Sweden 10,000 Hard (i)   Emilie Francati 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4)
Loss 3–3 Nov 2015 ITF Oslo, Norway 10,000 Hard (i)   Emma Flood 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–4 Feb 2016 ITF Palma Nova, Spain 10,000 Clay   Martina di Giuseppe 6–7(5), 2–6
Loss 3–5 May 2016 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay   Patty Schnyder 1–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Jun 2016 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay   Tess Sugnaux 4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–7 Jun 2017 ITF Ystad, Sweden 25,000 Clay   Quirine Lemoine 6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Win 4–7 Sep 2017 ITF Bagnatica, Italy 25,000 Clay   Martina Trevisan 7–6(6), 6–3

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2015 ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard   Inês Murta   Mihaela Buzărnescu
  Olena Kyrpot
6–1, 7–5
Win 2–0 May 2015 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay   Cornelia Lister   Veronica Corning
  Maja Örnberg
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 2–1 May 2016 ITF Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay   Irina Bara   Emilie Francati
  Cornelia Lister
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Sep 2016 ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria 25,000 Clay   Laura Schaeder   Lina Gjorcheska
  Isabella Shinikova
7–6(13), 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 2–3 Feb 2017 ITF Edgbaston, UK 15,000 Hard (i)   Julia Wachaczyk   Sarah Beth Grey
  Olivia Nicholls
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 3–3 Mar 2017 ITF Amiens, France 15,000 Clay (i)   Camilla Rosatello   Ilona Kremen
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–3, 6–0
Loss 3–4 May 2017 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay   Ekaterine Gorgodze   Eri Hozumi
  Miyu Kato
1–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2017 ITF Bagnatica, Italy 25,000 Clay   Julia Grabher   Deborah Chiesa
  Martina Colmegna
3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss 3–6 Jul 2019 ITF Torino, Italy 25,000 Clay   Mayar Sherif   Chihiro Muramatsu
  Yuki Naito
0–6, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ Sande, Egil (7 February 2019). "Melanie flyttet til Spania som 15-åring for å satse på tennis: - Vennene mine trodde jeg var gal". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
  2. ^ "Melanie Stokke at the Fed Cup".
  3. ^ Carlsen, Jørund Wessel (22 May 2020). "Var Norges beste – stemplet som B-spiller av Tennisforbundet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).
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