Priscilla Hon

Priscilla Hon
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia
Born (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998
Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Brett Hunter, Chris Mahony
Prize money US $190,768
Singles
Career record 113–87
Career titles 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 162 (16 July 2018)
Current ranking No. 173 (16 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2016)
French Open Q1 (2018)
Wimbledon Q2 (2018)
US Open Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record 91–60
Career titles 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 91 (2 April 2018)
Current ranking No. 95 (11 June 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledon Q1 (2018)
Last updated on: 11 June 2018.

Priscilla Hon (born 10 May 1998) is an Australian tennis player. Hon has a WTA singles career-high ranking of 164 achieved in June 2018. She also has a WTA doubles career-high ranking of 91 in April 2018.

Career

Juniors

On the junior circuit, Hon has a career-high ranking of 13 and has reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles.

2015

In January 2015 at age 16, Hon made her senior Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open, as one of seven wildcard teams in women's doubles, partnering with fellow Australian Kimberly Birrell who was also age 16. They lost to the fifth-seeded American team of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in straight sets, 3–6, 5–7. Hon was also given a wildcard to the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to qualifying 10th seed Evgeniya Rodina of Russia in straight sets, 6–7(6–8), 2–6.

In March, Hon won her first ITF tournaments at the $15,000 event in Mornington where she claimed the singles title defeating Sandra Zaniewska in the final as well as claiming the doubles title alongside Tammi Patterson.

Hon continued her doubles success throughout the year, winning another three titles in Melbourne, Pula and Leipzig, as well as the final of Tweed Heads.

Hon won her second ITF singles title at the $25,000 event in Brisbane, defeating fellow Australian junior and good friend Kimberly Birrell in the final, 6–4, 6–3.

2016

Hon was given a main draw wildcard into the 2016 Brisbane International, but lost to Samantha Crawford in straight sets. Hon was awarded a main draw wildcard into the 2016 Australian Open after winning the 18/u National Championships in December 2015.[1] She lost in round one to Annika Beck in straight sets. In May Hon won her first title outside of Australia, defeating Jessica Crivelletto in the final of the Santa Margherita Di Pula.[2]

2017

In August, Hon qualified for and made the semi-finals of the 2017 Challenger de Gatineau.[3] In September, Hon qualified for the Korean Open and won her first WTA Tour match against Karolína Muchová. Hon defeated Arantxa Rus to make the quarter finals, where was defeated by Richèl Hogenkamp.[4]

2018

Hon lost in the final round of qualifying for the 2018 Australian Open. Hon competed on the ITF Women's Circuit with limited success. In May, Hon lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open. In June, Hon reached the semi-final of the Surbiton Trophy.[5] Hon lost in the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon.

ITF finals: 16 (13-3)

Singles finals: 3 (3–0)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 29 March 2015 Mornington, Australia Clay Poland Sandra Zaniewska 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 2. 25 October 2015 Brisbane, Australia Hard Australia Kimberly Birrell 6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 8 May 2016 Pula, Italy Clay Switzerland Jessica Crivelletto 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (10–3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (8–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 18 October 2014 Toowoomba, Australia Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Abbie Myers
3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 28 March 2015 Mornington, Australia Clay Australia Tammi Patterson Japan Mana Ayukawa
Japan Ayaka Okuno
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 2. 3 April 2015 Melbourne, Australia Clay Australia Tammi Patterson Poland Agata Barańska
Poland Sandra Zaniewska
2–6, 6–4, [12–10]
Winner 3. 9 May 2015 Pula, Italy Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov Spain Cristina Bucșa
Spain Eva Guerrero Álvarez
6–0, 6–3
Winner 4. 22 August 2015 Leipzig, Germany Clay Switzerland Jil Teichmann Austria Pia König
Switzerland Conny Perrin
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 2 October 2015 Tweed Heads, Australia Hard Hungary Dalma Gálfi Australia Kimberly Birrell
Australia Tammi Patterson
7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 5. 25 March 2017 Mornington, Australia Clay Hungary Fanny Stollár Australia Jessica Moore
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–1, 7–5
Winner 6. 3 June 2017 Grado, Italy Clay Israel Julia Glushko Croatia Tereza Mrdeža
Switzerland Conny Perrin
7–5, 6–2
Winner 7. 10 June 2017 Brescia, Italy Clay Israel Julia Glushko Paraguay Montserrat González
Belarus Ilona Kremen
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
Runner-up 3. 16 June 2017 Barcelona, Spain Clay Israel Julia Glushko Paraguay Montserrat González
Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa
4–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 25 June 2017 Warsaw, Poland Clay Belarus Vera Lapko Poland Katarzyna Kawa
Poland Katarzyna Piter
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner 9. 6 August 2017 Lexington, United States Hard Belarus Vera Lapko Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Russia Valeria Savinykh
6–3, 6–4
Winner 10. 24 March 2018 Canberra, Australia Clay Slovenia Dalila Jakupović Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Japan Miyu Kato
6-4, 4-6, [10-7]

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament201620172018W–L
Australian Open 1R A Q3 0–1
French Open A A Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q2 0–0
US Open A A Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Year-end ranking 499 221

Doubles

Tournament2015201620172018Win–Loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 0–4
French Open A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A 0–0
US Open A A A A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–4
Year-end ranking 325 540 115

References

  1. "Australian Open 2016: Priscilla Hon happy to play Serena Williams on her grand slam debut". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. "HON WINS FIRST PRO TITLE OVERSEAS". Tennis Australia. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "HON ENJOYS IMPRESSIVE RUN IN VANCOUVER". Tennis Australia. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. "Hon Beats Rus to reach Korea Open Quarters". Tennis Australia. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. "THREE AUSSIES THROUGH TO SURBITON SEMFINALS". Tennis Australia. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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