Malene Helgø

Malene Helgø

File:Helgo POI21 (3) (51712961322).jpg Helgø at the 2021 ITF Poitiers
Country (sports)	Norway
Residence	Fjellhamar, Norway
Born	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 Oslo, Norway
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$132,490
Singles
Career record	209–138
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 317 (30 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 449 (11 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record	88–53
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 323 (24 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 1223 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	26–16
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Malene Helgø (born 26 August 1999) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 317, achieved on 30 January 2023. Her best doubles ranking is No. 323, reached on 24 July 2023. Helgø has won nine singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Helgø has been ranked as high as No. 29 in the world. Playing for Norway in Billie Jean King Cup, Helgø has a win–loss record of 26–16 (as of August 2024).

Junior performance

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles:

• Australian Open: 1R (2017)
• French Open: 1R (2016)
• Wimbledon: 1R (2016)
• US Open: 2R (2016)

Doubles:

• Australian Open: QF (2017)
• French Open: 1R (2016)
• Wimbledon: QF (2016)
• US Open: 2R (2016)

Professional

In 2023, Helgø made her WTA Tour debut. She represented Norway at the 2023 United Cup and in 2024 as the number-one female player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (3–3) W15 tournaments (5–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–0) Clay (5–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2018	ITF The Hague, Netherlands	W15	Clay	Ida Jarlskog	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2018	ITF Sandefjord, Norway	W15	Clay	Lisa Ponomar	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	3–0	Mar 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Daria Lodikova	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Jul 2019	ITF Sandefjord, Norway	W15	Clay	Michaela Bayerlová	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	4–1	Sep 2020	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	Sebastianna Scilipoti	6–7(1), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–2	May 2021	Liepāja Open, Latvia	W25	Clay	Daniela Vismane	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–3	Aug 2021	ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–4	May 2022	ITF Varberg, Sweden	W25	Clay	Sofia Samavati	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	Nov 2022	ITF Haabneeme, Estonia	W25	Hard (i)	Arantxa Rus	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–4	Jul 2023	ITF Périgueux, France	W25	Clay	Sapfo Sakellaridi	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–4	Mar 2024	ITF Helsinki, Finland	W35	Hard (i)	Dejana Radanović	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–4	Mar 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Marie Weckerle	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–4	Mar 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Julie Belgraver	6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend W60 tournaments (0–1) W25 tournaments (1–0) W10/15 tournaments (6–7)

Finals by surface Hard (4–4) Clay (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	ITF Oslo, Norway	W10	Hard (i)	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Kim Grajdek Ekaterina Yashina	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2016	ITF Bastad, Sweden	W10	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Emilie Francati Cornelia Lister	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	W10	Clay	Lea Bošković	Mariana Dražić Rebeka Stolmár	6–7(5), 6–7(5)
Loss	0–4	Oct 2017	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	W15	Hard (i)	Fanny Östlund	Anastasia Kulikova Elena Malygina	6–2, 7–5
Win	1–4	Nov 2017	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	W15	Hard (i)	Fanny Östlund	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	w/o
Loss	1–5	May 2018	ITF Karlskrona, Sweden	W15	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Cristina Adamescu Andreea Ghitescu	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–5	Jul 2018	ITF Sandefjord, Norway	W15	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Nora Niedmers Yukina Saigo	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Aug 2018	ITF Savitaipale, Finland	W15	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Polina Bakhmutkina Elena Malõgina	4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss	2–7	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt	W15	Hard	Mariana Dražić	Anastasia Dețiuc Oona Orpana	0–6, 4–6
Win	3–7	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt	W15	Hard	Mariana Dražić	Merel Hoedt Noa Liauw a Fong	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–7	Jul 2019	ITF Sandefjord, Norway	W15	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Suzan Lamens Annick Melgers	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–7	Sep 2019	ITF Székesfehérvár, Hungary	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	Katarína Kužmová Laura Svatiková	7–5, 6–1
Win	6–7	Dec 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Mariana Dražić	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Bojana Marinković	7–6(4), 6–1
Loss	6–8	Oct 2022	Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup, Germany	W60	Hard (i)	Veronika Erjavec	Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malečková	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–8	Nov 2022	ITF Haabneeme, Estonia	W25	Hard (i)	Suzan Lamens	Dalila Jakupović Arantxa Rus	6–2, 6–1

Team competitions

Billie Jean King Cup

Singles (13–11)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2016	Z3 R/R	14 Apr 2016	Ulcinj (MNE)	Mozambique	Clay	Marieta de Lyubov Nhamitambo	W	6–1, 6–1
2017	Z2 R/R	19 Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LIT)	South Africa	Hard (i)	Ilze Hattingh	W	6–1, 6–1
		20 Apr 2017		Sweden		Cornelia Lister	L	4–6, 0–6
	Z2 P/O	22 Apr 2017		Lithuania		Paulina Bakaitė	W	6–3, 7–6(4)
2018	Z2 R/R	18 Apr 2018	Athens (GRE)	Israel	Clay	Julia Glushko	L	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
		19 Apr 2018		Luxembourg		Mandy Minella	L	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
		20 Apr 2018		BiH		Dea Herdželaš	L	4–6, 2–6
2019	Z3 R/R	18 Apr 2019	Ulcinj (MNE)	Armenia	Clay	Evelina Martirosyan	W	6–0, 6–0
		19 Apr 2019		Montenegro		Anja Drašković	W	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
	Z3 P/O	20 Apr 2019		Egypt		Mayar Sherif	L	1–6, 1–6
2020–21	Z3 R/R	15 Jun 2021	Vilnius (LIT)	Albania	Hard	Kristal Dule	W	6–0, 6–1
		17 Jun 2021		North Macedonia		Katarina Marinkovikj	W	6–0, 6–0
	Z3 P/O	19 Jun 2021		BiH		Nefisa Berberović	W	6–0, 6–4
2022	Z2 R/R	12 Apr 2022	Vierumäki (FIN)	Egypt	Hard (i)	Sandra Samir	W	7–6(7), 6–0
		13 Apr 2022		Greece		Michaela Laki	W	6–4, 6–1
	Z2 P/O	15 April 2022		Israel		Nicole Khirin	W	6–7(1), 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (13–5)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2016	Z3 R/R	11 Apr 2016	Ulcinj (MNE)	Morocco	Clay	Andrea Raaholt	Ghita Benhadi Zaineb El Houari	W	6–3, 6–2
		13 Apr 2016		Kosovo		Andrea Raaholt	Fiona Polloshka Arlinda Rushiti	W	6–2, 6–1
2017	Z2 R/R	20 Apr 2017	Šiauliai (LIT)	Sweden	Hard (i)	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Kajsa Rinaldo Persson	L	2–6, 2–6
		21 Apr 2017		Slovenia		Caroline Rohde-Moe	Dalila Jakupović Andreja Klepač	W	1–0 ret.
2018	Z2 R/R	18 Apr 2018	Athens (GRE)	Israel	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Julia Glushko Lina Glushko	W	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
		19 Apr 2018		Luxembourg		Lilly Elida Håseth	Tiffany Cornelius Claudine Schaul	L	5–7, 1–6
		20 Apr 2018		BiH		Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Dea Herdželas Jelena Simić	L	0–6, 2–6
2019	Z3 R/R	18 Apr 2019	Ulcinj (MNE)	Armenia	Clay	Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Yeva Avetisyan Irena Muradyan	W	6–0, 6–3
		19 Apr 2019		Montenegro		Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Anja Drašković Divna Ratković	W	6–0, 6–1
	Z3 P/O	20 Apr 2019		BiH		Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen	Mayar Sherif Rana Sherif Ahmed	L	5–7, 3–6
2020–21	Z3 R/R	15 Jun 2021	Vilnius (LIT)	Armenia	Hard	Ulrikke Eikeri	Yeva Avetisyan Irena Muradyan	W	6–0, 6–0
		17 Jun 2021		North Macedonia		Ulrikke Eikeri	Katarina Marinkovikj Aleksandra Simeva	W	6–2, 6–0
2022	Z2 R/R	12 Apr 2022	Vierumäki (FIN)	Egypt	Hard (i)	Ulrikke Eikeri	Rana Sherif Ahmed Mayar Sherif	W	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
		13 Apr 2022		Greece		Ulrikke Eikeri	Eleni Christofi Despina Papamichail	L	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
2022	Z2 P/O	15 Apr 2022		Israel		Ulrikke Eikeri	Lina Glushko Shavit Kimchi	W	6–2, 7–5

United Cup (0–5)

Group membership United Cup (0–5)

Matches by surface Hard (0–5)

Matches by type Singles (0–5)

Matches by setting Outdoors (0–5)

Outcome	No.	Surface	Match type (partner)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
2023
29 December–8 January; Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia; Group stage
Loss	1.	Hard	Singles	Brazil	Beatriz Haddad Maia	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Hard	Singles	Italy	Martina Trevisan	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
2024
29 December–7 January; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Group stage
Loss	1.	Hard	Singles	Netherlands	Arantxa Rus	6–7(4), 1–6
Loss	2.	Hard	Singles	Croatia	Donna Vekić	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
29 December–7 January; Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney, Australia; Quarterfinals
Loss	QF	Hard	Singles	France	Caroline Garcia	2–6, 7–6(6), 6–7(5)