Olena Volodymyrivna Antypina (also known as Olena Schmelzer) (Ukrainian: Олена Володимирівна Антипіна; born 19 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine.

Olena Antypina
Country (sports) Ukraine
ResidenceZaporizhia, Ukraine
Born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 (age 45)
Zaporizhia
Turned proMay 2000
RetiredAugust 2006
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$72,197
Singles
Career record130–109
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 180 (28 November 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2006)
French OpenQ1 (2006)
WimbledonQ1 (2006)
US OpenQ2 (2005)
Doubles
Career record143–81
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 128 (10 October 2005)

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.[1]

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.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

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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)

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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

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