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Sonja Molnar-Palmer
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceGuelph, Ontario, Canada
Born (1990-04-29) April 29, 1990 (age 34)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2012
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeIowa Hawkeyes
Prize moneyUS$28,639
Singles
Career record68–62
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 488 (January 6, 2014)
Doubles
Career record44–48
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 274 (October 27, 2014)

Sonja Molnar-Palmer (born April 29, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career high WTA singles ranking of 488 on January 6, 2014. She played for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 2009 to 2012 and turned professional after. Molnar played her last match in August 2015 at the Challenger de Gatineau.[1]

Tennis career

2008–12

Molnar made her debut in July 2008 at the ITF $25,000 in Waterloo, reaching the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles.[2] Molnar decided to go to College instead of turning professional in 2009 and was a four-time All-Big Ten performer for the Iowa Hawkeyes until 2012. She was also named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2009 and finished her career with 100 singles victories for only 32 losses, the third highest total in program history.[3] She also amassed a 69–44 record in doubles.[4] In August 2012, Molnar was awarded a wildcard to play qualies at the WTA tournament in Montreal, but lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the first round.[5]

2013

Molnar won her first professional singles title at the beginning of January at the ITF $10,000 in Fort-de-France with a victory over Sherazad Benamar.[3] She also reached a week later her first professional doubles final at the 10K in Saint Martin.[6] In October, Molnar made it to semifinals in doubles of the ITF 25K in Tampico.[7] Molnar reached at the end of October the semifinals in doubles of the ITF $50,000 in Toronto.[8]

2014–15

In mid-January 2014 at the ITF 10K in Saint Martin, Molnar made it to the second professional singles final of her career, but was defeated by Hsu Ching-wen.[9] At the Sumter ITF 10K in May 2014, she reached the second professional doubles final of her career, but lost to Sophie Chang and Andie Daniell.[10] A week later at the ITF $10,000 in Hilton Head Island, Molnar won her first pro doubles title with a straight sets win over Lauren Albanese and Macall Harkins.[11] At the end of June 2014, Molnar won the second singles title of her career with a victory over Tori Kinard at the ITF 10K in Victoria.[12] In September 2014 at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she was awarded a wildcard in doubles which was her first WTA main draw. She lost in the quarterfinals to Barbora Krejčíková and Tatjana Maria.[13] In late October 2014, Molnar reached her biggest doubles final to date at the ITF 50K in Saguenay where she was eliminated by Ysaline Bonaventure and Nicola Slater.[14] In late January 2015, Molnar reached the doubles final of the ITF 10K in Saint Martin but lost in straight sets to Alexa Guarachi and Ayaka Okuno.[15] In June 2015, she won her third pro singles title after defeating Alexa Graham at the ITF $10,000 in Bethany Beach.[16] She played her last match in August 2015 at the Challenger de Gatineau[1]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (0–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–0)
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2013 Fort-de-France, France 10,000 Hard France Sherazad Benamar 6–2, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Jan 2014 Saint Martin, France 10,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen 6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2014 Victoria, Canada 10,000 Hard (i) United States Tori Kinard 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jun 2015 Bethany Beach, United States 10,000 Clay United States Alexa Graham 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–0)
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2013 Saint Martin, France 10,000 Hard United States Erin Clark France Estelle Cascino
France Lea Tholey 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2014 Sumter, United States 10,000 Hard United States Caitlin Whoriskey United States Sophie Chang
United States Andie Daniell 		1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2014 Hilton Head Island, United States 10,000 Hard United States Caitlin Whoriskey United States Lauren Albanese
United States Macall Harkins 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Oct 2014 Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) United States Caitlin Whoriskey Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
United Kingdom Nicola Slater 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 2015 Saint Martin, France 10,000 Hard United States Lena Litvak United States Alexa Guarachi
Japan Ayaka Okuno 		5–7, 3–6

Record against top 100 players

Molnar's win-loss record (0–2, 0%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "ITF profile - Sonja Molnar". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Waterloo". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Molnar wins professional tournament - Former Hawkeye takes home Martinique championship". HawkEyeSports.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  4. ^ "Iowa Hawkeyes profile - Sonja Molnar". HawkEyeSports.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "Peliwo, Pokrajac bow out of Rogers Cup qualifying". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Saint Martin (Guadeloupe)". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Tampico". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  8. ^ "Drawsheet: $50,000 Toronto". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  9. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Saint Martin (Guadeloupe)". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  10. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Sumter, SC". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  11. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Hilton Head Island, SC". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  12. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Victoria, BC". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  13. ^ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  14. ^ "Drawsheet: $50,000 Saguenay". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  15. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Saint Martin (Guadeloupe)". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "Drawsheet: $10,000 Bethany Beach, DE". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  17. ^ "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
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