Sonja Molnar

Sonja Molnar

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Born	(1990-04-29) April 29, 1990 Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Iowa Hawkeyes
Prize money	$26,500
Singles
Career record	56–54
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 488 (January 6, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 841 (January 18, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	35–41
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 274 (October 27, 2014)
Current ranking	No. 825 (January 18, 2016)
Last updated on: January 18, 2016.

Sonja Molnar (born April 29, 1990) is a Canadian 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 is mostly playing on the ITF Circuit.

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. 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. She also amassed a 69–44 record in doubles. 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.

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. She also reached a week later her first professional doubles final at the 10K in Saint Martin. In October, Molnar made it to semifinals in doubles of the ITF 25K in Tampico. Molnar reached at the end of October the semifinals in doubles of the ITF $50,000 in Toronto.

2014

In mid-January 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. At the Sumter ITF 10K in May, she reached the second professional doubles final of her career, but lost to Sophie Chang and Andie Daniell. 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. At the end of June, Molnar won the second singles title of her career with a victory over Tori Kinard at the ITF 10K in Victoria. In September 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. In late October, Molnar reached her biggest doubles final to date at the ITF 50K in Saguenay where she was eliminated by Ysaline Bonaventure and Nicola Slater.

2015

In late January, Molnar reached the doubles final of the ITF 10K in Saint Martin but lost in straight sets to Alexa Guarachi and Ayaka Okuno. In June, she won her third pro singles title after defeating Alexa Graham at the ITF $10,000 in Bethany Beach.

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (0–0)
ITF $25,000 (0–0)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	January 6, 2013	Fort-de-France, France	Hard	Sherazad Benamar	6–2, 6–0
Runner–up	1.	January 19, 2014	Saint Martin, France	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	June 22, 2014	Victoria, Canada	Hard (i)	Tori Kinard	6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	June 7, 2015	Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Alexa Graham	6–1, 7–5

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

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (0–1)
ITF $25,000 (0–0)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	January 12, 2013	Saint Martin, France	Hard	Erin Clark	Estelle Cascino Lea Tholey	3–6, 3–6
Runner–up	2.	May 24, 2014	Sumter, United States	Hard	Caitlin Whoriskey	Sophie Chang Andie Daniell	1–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	June 1, 2014	Hilton Head Island, United States	Hard	Caitlin Whoriskey	Lauren Albanese Macall Harkins	6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	October 25, 2014	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Caitlin Whoriskey	Ysaline Bonaventure Nicola Slater	4–6, 4–6
Runner–up	4.	January 24, 2015	Saint Martin, France	Hard	Lena Litvak	Alexa Guarachi Ayaka Okuno	5–7, 3–6

External links

• Sonja Molnar at the Women's Tennis Association
• Iowa Hawkeyes profile