Melanie Schnell

Melanie Schnell (born 22 February 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Melanie Schnell

Country (sports)	Austria
Born	(1977-02-22) 22 February 1977 (age 48) Radstadt, Austria
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$157,096
Singles
Career record	161–146
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 90 (10 June 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1996)
French Open	1R (1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1995)
US Open	2R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	59–61
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 153 (18 September 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (1995)

Biography

Schnell, a right-handed player from Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, where she had a win over Katerina Maleeva. Aged 18, she broke into the world's top 100 in 1995 and had a peak ranking of 90 the following year. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1996 Budapest Open where she ended runner-up, losing to Ruxandra Dragomir.^[1]

She represented the Austria Fed Cup team in one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles.^[2] Partnering with Barbara Schett, the pair beat Sabine Hack and Christina Singer, to give Austria its only win of the fixture.

Married to tennis player Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany.^[3] She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player Diego Nargiso.^[4]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	May 1996	Hungarian Ladies Open, Budapest	Tier IV	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–7(6), 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

$75,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	30 August 1993	Marina di Massa, Italy	Clay	Inmaculada Varas	6–7, 2–6
Win	1.	16 November 1997	Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Katarzyna Nowak	6–2, 7–5
Loss	2.	30 November 1997	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Noelia Serra	4–6, 1–6
Win	2.	3 April 2000	Dinan, France	Clay	Julia Vakulenko	2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles (4–4)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Nov 1997	Moulins, France	Hard (i)	Julie Steven	Kirstin Freye Kelly Pace	6–1, 4–2 ret.
Win	2.	Nov 1997	Le Havre, France	Clay (i)	Julie Steven	Katalin Marosi Caroline Schneider	6–2, 3–6, 7–6(3)
Loss	1.	Nov 1997	Mallorca 3, Spain	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Marina Escobar	4–6, 2–6
Win	3.	Dec 1997	Mallorca 4, Spain	Clay	Katalin Marosi	Marta Cano Conchita Martínez Granados	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	2.	Oct 1998	Batumi, Georgia	Hard	Amanda Hopmans	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva	4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Loss	3.	Sep 1999	Otočec, Slovenia	Clay	Syna Schreiber	Ľudmila Cervanová Andrea Šebová	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Jul 2000	Puchheim, Germany	Clay	Angelika Bachmann	Svetlana Krivencheva Zuzana Váleková	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Win	4.	Sep 2000	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Virginie Razzano	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María Sánchez Lorenzo	2–6, 7–5, 6–3