Sonja Molnar-Palmer (born April 29, 1990) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career- high singles ranking of 488 by the WTA in January 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]
Molnar made her debut in July 2008 at the $25k event 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 qualifying at the WTA tournament in Montreal, but lost to Mirjana Lučić-Baroni in the first round.[5]
2013edit
Molnar won her first professional singles title at the beginning of January at the $10k event in Fort-de-France with a victory over Shérazad Reix.[3] She also reached a week later her first professional doubles final at the $10k tournament in Saint Martin.[6] In October, Molnar made it to semifinals in doubles of the $25k event in Tampico.[7] Molnar reached at the end of October the semifinals in doubles of the $50k Toronto Challenger.[8]
2014–15edit
In mid-January 2014 at the $10k event 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 $10k event 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 $10k event in Hilton Head, 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 $10k event in Victoria.[12] In September 2014 at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she was awarded a wildcard in doubles which was her first WTA Tour 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 $50k Saguenay Challenger where she was eliminated by Ysaline Bonaventure and Nicola Slater.[14] In late January 2015, Molnar reached the doubles final of the $10k event 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 $10k event in Bethany Beach.[16] She played her last match in August 2015 at the Challenger de Gatineau[1]
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Sonja Molnar Palmer born April 29 1990 is a Canadian former professional tennis player She reached a career high singles ranking of 488 by the WTA in January 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 Sonja Molnar PalmerCountry sports CanadaResidenceGuelph Ontario CanadaBorn 1990 04 29 April 29 1990 age 34 Brampton OntarioHeight1 65 m 5 ft 5 in Turned pro2012Retired2015PlaysRight two handed backhand CollegeIowa HawkeyesPrize money 28 639SinglesCareer record68 62 52 3 Career titles3 ITFHighest rankingNo 488 January 6 2014 DoublesCareer record44 48 47 8 Career titles1 ITFHighest rankingNo 274 October 27 2014 Contents 1 Tennis career 1 1 2008 12 1 2 2013 1 3 2014 15 2 ITF Circuit finals 2 1 Singles 4 3 titles 1 runner up 2 2 Doubles 5 1 title 4 runner ups 3 Record against top 100 players 4 References 5 External linksTennis career edit2008 12 edit Molnar made her debut in July 2008 at the 25k event 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 qualifying at the WTA tournament in Montreal but lost to Mirjana Lucic Baroni in the first round 5 2013 edit Molnar won her first professional singles title at the beginning of January at the 10k event in Fort de France with a victory over Sherazad Reix 3 She also reached a week later her first professional doubles final at the 10k tournament in Saint Martin 6 In October Molnar made it to semifinals in doubles of the 25k event in Tampico 7 Molnar reached at the end of October the semifinals in doubles of the 50k Toronto Challenger 8 2014 15 edit In mid January 2014 at the 10k event 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 10k event 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 10k event in Hilton Head 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 10k event in Victoria 12 In September 2014 at the Coupe Banque Nationale she was awarded a wildcard in doubles which was her first WTA Tour main draw She lost in the quarterfinals to Barbora Krejcikova and Tatjana Maria 13 In late October 2014 Molnar reached her biggest doubles final to date at the 50k Saguenay Challenger where she was eliminated by Ysaline Bonaventure and Nicola Slater 14 In late January 2015 Molnar reached the doubles final of the 10k event 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 10k event in Bethany Beach 16 She played her last match in August 2015 at the Challenger de Gatineau 1 ITF Circuit finals editLegend 100 000 tournaments 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 10 000 tournaments Singles 4 3 titles 1 runner up edit Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1 0 Jan 2013 Fort de France France 10 000 Hard nbsp Sherazad Reix 6 2 6 0 Loss 1 1 Jan 2014 Saint Martin France 10 000 Hard nbsp Hsu Ching wen 6 4 4 6 0 6 Win 2 1 Jun 2014 Victoria Canada 10 000 Hard i nbsp Tori Kinard 6 4 7 5 Win 3 1 Jun 2015 Bethany Beach United States 10 000 Clay nbsp Alexa Graham 6 1 7 5 Doubles 5 1 title 4 runner ups edit Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0 1 Jan 2013 ITF Saint Martin France 10 000 Hard nbsp Erin Clark nbsp Estelle Cascino nbsp Lea Tholey 3 6 3 6 Loss 0 2 May 2014 ITF Sumter United States 10 000 Hard nbsp Caitlin Whoriskey nbsp Sophie Chang nbsp Andie Daniell 1 6 3 6 Win 1 2 Jun 2014 ITF Hilton Head United States 10 000 Hard nbsp Caitlin Whoriskey nbsp Lauren Albanese nbsp Macall Harkins 6 3 6 4 Loss 1 3 Oct 2014 Challenger de Saguenay Canada 50 000 Hard i nbsp Caitlin Whoriskey nbsp Ysaline Bonaventure nbsp Nicola Slater 4 6 4 6 Loss 1 4 Jan 2015 ITF Saint Martin France 10 000 Hard nbsp Lena Litvak nbsp Alexa Guarachi nbsp Ayaka Okuno 5 7 3 6Record against top 100 players editMolnar s win loss record against players who were ranked world No 100 or higher when played is as follows 17 nbsp Madison Keys 0 1 nbsp Mirjana Lucic Baroni 0 1References edit a b ITF profile Sonja Molnar ITFTennis com Retrieved May 8 2017 Drawsheet 25 000 Waterloo ITFTennis com Retrieved January 28 2013 a b Molnar wins professional tournament Former Hawkeye takes home Martinique championship HawkEyeSports com Retrieved January 28 2013 Iowa Hawkeyes profile Sonja Molnar HawkEyeSports com Retrieved January 28 2013 Peliwo Pokrajac bow out of Rogers Cup qualifying The Globe and Mail Retrieved January 28 2013 Drawsheet 10 000 Saint Martin Guadeloupe ITFTennis com Retrieved January 28 2013 Drawsheet 25 000 Tampico ITFTennis com Retrieved October 12 2013 Drawsheet 50 000 Toronto ITFTennis com Retrieved October 31 2013 Drawsheet 10 000 Saint Martin Guadeloupe ITFTennis com Retrieved January 18 2014 Drawsheet 10 000 Sumter SC ITFTennis com Retrieved June 16 2014 Drawsheet 10 000 Hilton Head Island SC ITFTennis com Retrieved June 16 2014 Drawsheet 10 000 Victoria BC ITFTennis com Retrieved June 22 2014 Doubles main draw PDF WTATennis com Retrieved September 7 2014 Drawsheet 50 000 Saguenay ITFTennis com Retrieved October 24 2014 Drawsheet 10 000 Saint Martin Guadeloupe ITFTennis com Retrieved January 24 2015 Drawsheet 10 000 Bethany Beach DE ITFTennis com Retrieved June 15 2015 Results WTATennis com Retrieved July 24 2016 External links editSonja Molnar at the Women s Tennis Association nbsp Sonja Molnar at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Iowa Hawkeyes profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sonja Molnar amp oldid 1218927106, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
