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Molly Van Nostrand (born March 12, 1965) is a retired American professional tennis player .
Career
Van Nostrand turned professional in 1983. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1985 .[1] She had career wins over Natasha Zvereva , Helena Suková , Manuela Maleeva , Wendy Turnbull , and Dianne Fromholtz . She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 37 in 1986. She retired in 1989. She is the younger sister of the late John Van Nostrand , who was also a professional tennis player.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
August 18, 1986
Mahwah
Hard
Steffi Graf
7–5, 6–1
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Winner - Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
Career SR
Australian Open
A
Q2
1R
NH
1R
A
Q1
0 / 2
French Open
A
1R
A
A
1R
A
A
0 / 2
Wimbledon
A
Q1
QF
1R
1R
Q2
1R
0 / 4
US Open
A
Q1
2R
2R
1R
A
1R
0 / 4
SR
0 / 0
0 / 1
0 / 3
0 / 2
0 / 4
0 / 0
0 / 2
0 / 12
Year End Ranking
NR
112
44
62
142
239
111
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
References
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