Melanie Oudin (born September 23, 1991) is a former American tennis player and former world junior No. 2. She was a member of the American Fed Cup team from 2009 to 2011 and winner of the 2011 US Open mixed doubles title, with fellow American player Jack Sock. As a 17-year-old in the middle of 2009, Oudin reached the round of 16 of the Wimbledon Championships, followed by a quarterfinal at the US Open six weeks later. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 31 on April 19, 2010.

At the beginning of the season, Oudin lost in the first round of qualifying at the Australian Open to Laura Robson.  Oudin qualified for the Family Circle Cup losing in the first round to 10th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 4-6, 6-4, 0-6. On April 29th, she won the ITF 50k Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic defeating 2nd seed and fellow American Irina Falconi in the final 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-1. She was awarded the USTA French Open Wild Card an account of her performance in the USTA Pro Circuit. At the French Open, Oudin drew Johanna Larsson of Sweden in the first round and won 6-3, 6-3. It was her first win ever at the French Open. In the second round, she lost to 21st seed and eventual finalist Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3.  Oudin began her grass court season at the Aegon Trophy. After qualifying for the main draw, Oudin lost in the first round to Heather Watson 6-4, 1-6, 6-7(5). Next, Oudin competed at the Aegon Classic. She qualified for the main draw beating 8th seed Bibiane Schoofs and 16th seed Gail Brodsky. In the main draw, Oudin advanced to her 1st WTA fina defeating 10th seed Sorana Cirstea, qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito, Elena Vesnina, Irina Falconi, and 8th seed Ekaterina Makarova. The tournament was filled with rain delays and Oudin had to cope with the difficulty of coming off and on the court. She then defeated 5th seed Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-2 in the final to win her first WTA title. Winning the tournament bumped up her ranking from 208 to 122. Her performance earned her a wildcard at Wimbledon. At Wimbledon, she was given one of seven wildcard entries into the main draw. In the first round, she lost to world No. 69 Timea Babos of Hungary in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 3-6.  At the US Open on August 27, No. 107 ranked Oudin was unseeded and lost to fifteenth seed Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in straight sets 4-6, 0-6. In the women's doubles, she also lost in the first round teaming up with Grace Min.  With the 2012 season coming to a close, Oudin played several tournaments on the ITF tour. At the National Bank Challenger Saguenay 50k in Canada, she advanced to the semifinals before losing to Eugenie Bouchard 2-6, 2-6. At the John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge in New Braunfels, Texas, she defeated wildcard Victoria Duval in the first round. With wins over Ulrikke Eikeri and Madison Keys, she made it to the final where she defeated Mariana Duque 6-1, 6-1. In this tournament, Oudin didn't drop a set.

Answer the following question by taking a quote from the article: What was she doing at the end of 2012?
she defeated wildcard Victoria Duval in the first round.