Awards & Honors
-2021 All-Big West, Singles - First Team
-2020 Jack Bonham Award Winner
-2019 NCAA Singles Championship Participant
-2019 Big West Player of the Year
-2019 All-Big West, Singles - First Team
-2019 All-Big West, Doubles - First Team
-2018 NCAA Singles Championship Participant
-2018 Big West Player of the Year
-2018 All-Big West, Singles – First Team
-2018 All-Big West, Doubles – First Team
-2018 NCAA Singles Championship Participant
-2017 Big West Player of the Year
-2017 Big West Freshman of the Year
-2017 All-Big West, Singles – First Team
-2017 All-Big West, Doubles – First Team
Academic Awards & Honors
-2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
-2020 Big West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Hawai‘i)
-2020 Big West Scholar-Athlete
-2020 UH Scholar-Athlete
-2019 UH Scholar-Athlete
-2019 ITA Scholar Athlete - Division I
-2019 Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Hawai‘i)
-2018 ITA Scholar-Athlete - Division I
-2018 Big West Academic All-Conference
-2018 UH Scholar-Athlete
-2017 ITA Scholar-Athlete – Division I
-2017 UH Scholar-Athlete
2021:
-Named to the all-Big West first team in singles for the fourth consecutive year
-Competed in nine singles matches and nine doubles matches
-Sat out for part of the season due to injury
-Played every singles matches at the No. 1 court, accumulating a 4-4 overall record
-In doubles, recorded a 3-5 mark primarily playing at the No. 1 spot with partners Alexis Merrill (1-2) and Bojana Markovic (0-2)
-Also recorded a 2-1 record at the No. 2 court in doubles with partner, Lea Romain
-Named academic all-Big West.
2020 (Senior):
-Competed in 10 overall singles matches, posting a 5-4 overall record
-Played seven matches at No. 1 and two at No. 2
-Finished the shortened season winning her last three-straight matches to end her career with a 51-15 record, which ranks her at No. 20 in the UH record book for career wins.
-Competed in nine doubles matches on the No. 1 court with partner Nikola Dolakova with a 3-3 record
2019 (Junior):
-As a junior, Melounova became UH's first ever ITA All-American after she advanced to the Round of 16 at the 2019 NCAA Singles Championship at the United States Tennis Association's (USTA) National Campus in Orlando, Fla. In her historic run, she became the...
- First UH player to ever advance to the NCAA Tournament's Round of 16
- First UH player to ever compete in three NCAA Championships
- First player from the Big West Conference since 1996 to advance to NCAA Round of 16 (UC Santa Barbara's Jean Okada)
-In the NCAA first round (Round of 64), Melounova came back to defeat LSU's 60th-ranked Jessica Golovin, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
-Melounova then knocked of No. 47 Chiara Lommer (Michigan), 6-4, 6-1 in the NCAA's Round of 32.
-In the NCAA Round of 16, she fell to Texas Tech's 22nd-ranked Felicity Maltby, 5-7, 0-6.
-Finished the season ranked at No. 52 in ITA Poll
-She was voted the Big West Player of the Year for the third consecutive season, becoming the first UH player and just the third Big West player to accomplish the feat.
-Selected to the BWC's First team in both singles and doubles for third consecutive year.
-Finished the season with an 18-5 overall record, going 13-2 in dual matches and 2-3 in tournaments
-After starting the season 1-4, she tourned the season around winning 17 of her next 18 matches--all at No. 1 singles for UH and including her two wins at the NCAA tournament.
-During her junior season, she knocked off five higher-ranked opponents, including
- #34 Salma Ewing-USC
- #30 Julia Rosenqvist – California
- #86 Maddie Pothoff – Santa Clara
- #60 Jessica Golovin (LSU)
- #47 Chiara Lommer (Michigan)
-In doubles, went 10-8 with three matches going unfinished all on the No. 1 court with three different partners--Roxanne Resma, Maayan Sela, and Nikola Dolakova. With Dolakova, the duo won their last six straight matches--including all three matches in the Big West Championship tournament.
2018 (Sophomore):
-Finished her sophomore campaign ranked No. 75 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) poll (5/30)
-For the second-straight season, earned the Big West Conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA women’s singles championships as she finished the regular season as the highest ranked player in the BWC
-Fell in the NCAA first round to Texas Tech’s 21
st-ranked Gabriela Talaba (6-4, 3-6, 6-0) at host school, Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.
-Became just the seventh individual in Big West history and the first Rainbow Wahine to earn back-to-back Big West Player of the Year honors.
-Earned all-Big West first team honors for second straight season in both singles and doubles with partner Roxanne Resma
-Led the Rainbow Wahine with a 14-4 singles record while going 6-1 in the Big West
-Played at No. 1 for the second-straight season.
-Finished the regular season strong with eight-straight wins.
-Earned the biggest win of her career, defeating the nation's 10th-ranked singles player, Stanford's Michaela Gordon, 6-2, 6-3 (3/25).
-Helped lead UH to just its second appearance in the NCAA Team Tournament in program history. UH fell to No. 17 Michigan in the first round, 4-0.
-In doubles, with partner Roxanne Resma, overall recorded a 12-3 record while going a perfect 7-0 in conference.
-In two years, the duo of Melounova/Resma remain undefeated with a 12-0 record.
-Melounova/Resma won their first eight dual match decisions of the season
-Recorded an 11-2 doubles record when playing on the No. 2 court, while going 1-1 in two matches at No. 1.
-Defeated No. 7 Illinois’ No. 2 doubles team of Jaclyn Switkes and Emilee Duong, 6-2 (3/21)
2016-17 (Freshman):
-Competed in 14 singles and 15 doubles
-Was the second Rainbow Wahine tennis player to ever compete in the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship, which was held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga
-She finished the season as the highest ranked player from the Big West at No. 70, receiving automatic bid
-Melounova rose in national rankings as high as No. 54 (April 18), and on Wednesday, she became just the second Rainbow Wahine ever to qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship May 24-29 in Athens, Ga.
-First ever to win NCAA match against No.16 Texas A&M's Rachel Pierson in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-3
-Knocked out of second round to LSU's 46-ranked Joana Valle Costa in straight sets, 6-3. 6-2
-Dominated her season with a 6-1 record on the No. 1 court and 7-0 on the No. 2 court
-Reeled 13 straight victories with 5 matches unfinished
-In doubles, Melounova and Resma finished the season ranked at No. 67 with an 11-3 and a perfect 5-0 mark in conference
-Earned all-Big West first team honors in singles and doubles
-Earned Big West Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors joining Long Beach State's Hanna Grady (2006) and Maeva Razakasoa (2014) as the only other Big West players to ever earn Freshman and Player of the Year awards in the same season
-Awarded first individual ITA Scholar-Athlete honor
Prep:
-A 2016 graduate of Gymnazium Havlickuv Brod (Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic.
-In 2013 was named Best Athlete U18
Personal:
-Majoring in electrical engineering
-Finished third at the European Championship U16
-Finished in ninth place at the Junior Fed Cup
-Has one older brother
-Parents are Miroslava and Jaroslav Melounova of Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic
