Melissa Dowse

Melissa Dowse
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	27 April 1982 (age 42)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$42,448
Singles
Career record	84–75
Highest ranking	No. 247 (2 April 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	65–53
Career titles	0 WTA / 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 349 (8 October 2001)

Melissa Dowse (born 27 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

Dowse, who grew up in Gosford, was a top 20 ranked junior and represented Australia at the 1998 World Youth Cup held in Italy.^[1]

A right-handed player, Dowse is most noted for appearing twice in the singles main draw of the Australian Open. In the 2000 Australian Open she received a wildcard and faced German qualifier Jana Kandarr in a first round match she lost 6–8 in the third set, having held a match point.^[2] She returned for the 2001 Australian Open as another wildcard entrant and this time won her first round match over Alexandra Fusai in three sets, the last of which she claimed 6–0. In the second round she was easily defeated by Silvia Farina Elia.^[3]

In 2001 she won three ITF doubles titles over the course of a month in Japan partnering with Samantha Stosur.

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles (4–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	9 September 2001	Kugayama, Japan	Hard	Samantha Stosur	Seiko Okamoto Nami Urabe	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	1.	16 September 2001	Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Samantha Stosur	Beti Sekulovski Sarah Stone	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	2.	23 September 2001	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Samantha Stosur	Beti Sekulovski Sarah Stone	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	30 September 2001	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet	Samantha Stosur	Seiko Okamoto Nami Urabe	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	2.	29 April 2002	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Linda Smolenaková	Blanka Kumbárová Jana Macurová	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	19 May 2002	Casale, Italy	Clay	Rochelle Rosenfield	Melisa Arévalo Erica Krauth	3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1