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Melanie Oudin (born September 23, 1991 in Marietta, Georgia, United States) is an American tennis player and former world junior no.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Almost from the moment Venus and Serena Williams appeared on the Grand Slam scene in the late 1990s, they've been winning titles and transcending tennis, becoming red-carpet celebrities as much as sports stars.
Every so often, like all elite athletes, they've heard questions about whether their best days were behind them, whether health problems or off-court distractions were taking their toll. And each time, it seemed, one or the other — or sometimes, amazingly, both — would promptly reach a major final, as if to say, "Hey, don't count us out yet."Now that each is past her 30th birthday, and big victories are less frequent than ever, those questions are bound to get more persistent, especially after this week. The 2012 French Open has been the worst Grand Slam tournament in Williams family history, the first of the 43 that both entered at which neither reached the third round.Venus lost 6-2, 6-3 in the second round Wednesday at Roland Garros, barely providing any resistance against Agn...Surprise 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist Melanie Oudin ended a five-match Grand Slam losing streak by beating Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-3, 6-3 in the French Open's ...
Former champions Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur were among Sunday's winners at the French Open in Paris.The 13th-seeded Ivanov...
Five major champions successfully made their way through the first round of the French Open on Sunday's opening day. One didn't.Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova we...
It had been awhile since Melanie Oudin felt confident she could win a match at tennis' top tournaments.And, well, it had been awhile since the surprise 2009 U.S. Ope...
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, former champions Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and sixth- seeded Samantha Stosur were among Sunday's first-roun...
Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur were among the early winners at the French Open on Sunday in Paris.The 26th-seeded Kuznetsova, the 2009 women...
Major champions Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly made their way into the second round of the French Open on Sunday, both winning in straight sets on the op...
Melanie Oudin's U.S. Open run is over after two rounds this year.Oudin lost a sloppy match to 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday. The teen...
Melanie Oudin of the United States advanced with a walkover win Thursday and Dinara Safina defeated Alize Cornet 6-1, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Grand Pri...
French Open finalist Samantha Stosur advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over American teenager Melanie Oudin on Wednesday in the Mercury Insurance Open.Stosur, the No. 2 s...
Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters will play Melanie Oudin on Saturday in the Fed Cup when Belgium faces the United States in the best-of-five series.Yanina Wick...
LIEVIN, France (AP) — Melanie Oudin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the opening singles to give the United States a 2-0 lead against France in the quarterfinals of the...
Melanie Oudin was introduced to the world — and to the notion of outsized expectations — when she was an unseeded and unknown 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., who ups...
About 2½ years after her captivating run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals, Melanie Oudin of Marietta, Ga., has earned a wild card into the French Open.The U.S. Tennis ...
Melanie Oudin and other young American women are finding the going much tougher in the second round of the French Open.The three U.S. women on court early Wednesday ...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and former runner-up Samantha Stosur landed in the win column, while former runner-up Venus Williams ...
American women are 10 for 10 so far at the French Open, giving the country its most representatives in the Grand Slam tournament's second round since 11 made it in 2...
After Tuesday's stunning loss by Serena Williams to close the first round of the 2012 French Open, there were no surprises early in second-round play on Wednesday as...
Melanie Oudin and other young Americans are finding the going much tougher in the second round of the French Open.The U.S. women went 1-6 at Roland Garros on Wednesd...