Mélanie Gloria


Mélanie Gloria is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Gloria has won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 12, 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 287. On September 29, 2003, she peaked at world number 578 in the doubles rankings.
In 2004 at the Challenge Bell, she upset the second seed Daniela Hantuchová in the second round. She lost in the quarterfinals to María Emilia Salerni.

Personal life

Gloria is of Portuguese descent. Her parents Helena and Jorge were born in Peniche and some members of her family still live there.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Vancouver, Canada25,000Hard Ansley Cargill4–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Elisa Balsamo3–6, 5–7
Win1–2Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Stefania Boffa6–3, 6–3
Win2–2Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Yera Campos-Molina6–2, 6–3
Win3–2Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Maria João Koehler6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss3–3Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Maria João Koehler3–6, 2–6
Win4–3Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Yera Campos-Molina6–1, 6–2
Win5–3Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Shayna McDowell7–5, 6–7, 6–0

Doubles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Kady Pooler Keren Shlomo
Joana Pangaio Pereira
6–1, 6–4
Win2–0Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Lucia Sainz-Pelegri Tatiana Búa
Karen Castiblanco
7–6, 6–4
Win3–0Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Lucia Sainz-Pelegri Carla Beltrami
Vanesa Furlanetto
6–1, 6–1
Win4–0Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Lucia Gonzalez
Renee Lampret
7–5, 7–6
Win5–0Amarante, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Magali de Lattre
Jade Hopper
6–4, 6–2
Win6–0Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Kim Grajdek
Julia Stamatova
7–6, 6–1
Loss6–1Alcobaça, Portugal10,000Hard Daniela Múñoz Gallegos Anna Fitzpatrick
Jade Windley
2–6, 1–6