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Alicia Molik
Country	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Date of birth	27 January 1981 (age 28)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	5 September 2008
Plays	Right (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$2,945,003 (USD)
Singles
Career record	312–220
Career titles	5 (WTA) & 11 (ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 8 (28 February 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2005)
French Open	3rd (1999, 2006)
Wimbledon	3rd (2003, 2004)
US Open	3rd (2001, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	210–160
Career titles	7 (WTA) & 9 (ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 6 (6 June 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2005)
French Open	W (2007)
Wimbledon	SF (2007)
US Open	QF (2005
	Last updated on: 12 July 2008.

Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is a professional female tennis player from Australia. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She retired from the sport in September 2008. However in August 2009 she announced her comeback.

[edit] Biography

Molik was born in Adelaide and currently lives in Perth. She attended Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School in West Pymble, Sydney, before completing her schooling in Adelaide.

[edit] Personal life

Alicia has stated she is too busy to have a boyfriend and is not involved with Ryan Girdler (former rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers).^[when?]^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

She won her first grand slam doubles title at the 2005 Australian Open with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova. She reached the top ten on the WTA tour for the first time in early 2005 following her first Grand Slam quarterfinal singles appearance, at the Australian Open, where she lost 9-7 in the final set to Lindsay Davenport.

Molik won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the women's singles competition beating then World Number 3 Anastasia Myskina of Russia in straight sets 6-3 6-4.

She has also won the Zurich Open, a Tier I tournament, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final.

[edit] Ear Infection

In late 2005, Molik was diagnosed with vestibular neuronitis, an inner-ear condition caused by a virus that affected her balance, vision and energy level.^[1] In October 2005, she announced that she would be taking an extended break through the 2006 season in order to recover. However, her recovery appears to have been faster than expected, and in April 2006 it was announced that Molik would be part of the team for Australia's Fed Cup group matches later that month. However, Australian Davis Cup Captain, David Taylor announced that Molik would not be selected as of lack of match play and rustiness. Instead, rookie Casey Dellacqua took her place.^[2]

[edit] Return

Molik returned to the main tour much earlier than had first been expected, at the Italian Open in 2006, and won her first match since returning at the French Open of 2006, where she reached the third round. At Wimbledon in 2006, she reached the second round, losing to Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.^[3] She had high hopes for the 2006 US Open, but was shocked 6–3, 6–2 in the first round by the 17-year old Vania King. She gained revenge over Vania King in the first round of the Guangzhou Open, reaching the quarterfinals after also scoring an upset victory over a top 50 player Lourdes Domínguez Lino. After these wins she broke back into the top 200 at 179 and then played in Tokyo where she defeated Jelena Kostanić 7–5 6–3. Molik then suffered disappointing first round defeats in Bangkok (lost to Vania King 6–1 7–5) and Zürich (lost to Shahar Pe'er 6–1 6–2).

[edit] 2007

Molik won a wildcard into the 2007 Australian Open by winning the Australian Open Wildcard Play-offs, where she defeated 16 year old Australian Jessica Moore in the final 6–4 6–4. In preparation for the Australian Open she competed in the 2007 Hopman Cup in Perth and scored victories over world no. 6 Nadia Petrova and Ashley Harkleroad. Molik's final Australian Open warm up tournament was the Moorilla Hobart International were she reached the quarters beating two higher ranked opponents on her way before losing to doubles partner and Indian rising star Sania Mirza. Molik and Mirza reached the quarters of the Hobart tournament before losing a very close match to the number two seeds.

During the Australian Open 2007, Alicia Molik won through her first and second round matches against rising Chinese Taipei doubles talent Yung-Jan Chan and Estonian Kaia Kanepi before losing a 3-setter against the eighth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland. With her impressive 3rd round performance, Molik improved her then-141 ranking to inside the top 100, the first time since withdrawing from numerous tournaments due to that ear infection. Molik also competed in the 2007 French Open losing 1st Round in singles but winning the Doubles with Mara Santangelo. Molik also played in a Wimbledon warm up tournament in Eastbourne losing to Mel South in the first round 1–6 6–3 7–6 and also lost first round in the doubles to Natalie Dechy and Tiantian Sun 6–2 4–6 6–4. Molik was able to bounce back from these early losses to easily win her first round match at Wimbledon, defeating Russia's Anastasia Rodionova in straight sets, before losing a second round meeting with Serena Williams. Molik is also seeded six in doubles with Mara Santangelo. She and Santangelo made it to the Semi-finals before losing to eventual winners, Cara Black and Liezel Huber. Also competing in the mixed doubles, Molik and partner Jonas Björkman made the finals losing to Jelena Janković and Jamie Murray.

[edit] 2008 and retirement

In 2008 Alicia Molik entered the Perth Hopman Cup where she defeated Lucie Šafářová 7–5 6–2 in the first round of the Round Robin competition, before losing to Sania Mirza and Serena Williams in ties involving India and the United States respectively. Her second competition of 2008 was the Medibank International where she again faced Lucie Šafářová, Šafářová winning 7–6 7–6. Molik won her opening round at the 2008 Australian Open against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi, before falling to 18 year old Czech sensation Nicole Vaidišová, 2–6 3–6.

Molik's singles ranking continued to drop due to a recent elbow problem. Molik lost in the first round of singles qualifying at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2008, and did not win a main-draw match after January 2008. Molik has enjoyed erratic success in doubles, where she partnered Tiantian Sun and defeated Cara Black and Liezel Huber who were the number 1 seeds at the tournament in Sydney. She partnered Mara Santangelo at Wimbledon and the French Open, but fell in the first round of competition. Molik received a wildcard into the 2008 Beijing Olympics which she stated as "the best news I've had since 2004." Representing Australia alongside fellow countrywomen Samantha Stosur and Casey Dellacqua, Molik was ousted in the first round by Spanish María José Martínez Sánchez 6-2, 6-2.

On 5 September 2008, Molik announced her retirement from professional tennis after experiencing nagging leg and elbow problems.^[4]

She then started working for half a year as a commentator until she announced her comeback.

[edit] 2009

On 30 July 2009, Molik announced that she plans to embark on a tour comeback to tennis. It is not yet determined whether it will be doubles or singles, but she claims that she is injury free.^[5]^[6] According to fellow Australian Samantha Stosur, Molik is said to be making her comeback at the 2009 New Haven in the doubles event. Molik entered the Women's Doubles at the 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis event as a wildcard with American Meghann Shaughnessy, losing to the Spanish duo of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Nuria Llagostera Vives.

Likewise, Molik lost her first round doubles match with Shaughnessy at the US Open against Liga Dekmeijere and Julie Ditty 6-7 (4) 1-6.

In September 2009, Molik entered a $25,000 ITF tournament in Darwin, which she ended up winning in both singles and doubles.

[edit] Titles (22)

[edit] Singles wins (5)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (1)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV & V (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 January 2003	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Amy Frazier	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2.	8 August 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Tatiana Perebiynis	6–1, 6–1
3.	24 October 2004	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Maria Sharapova	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
4.	31 October 2004	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Dinara Safina	6–3, 6–4
5.	15 January 2005	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Samantha Stosur	6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5

[edit] Singles finalist (4)

2003: Sarasota (lost to Anastasia Myskina)
2003: Budapest (lost to Magüi Serna)
2004: Vienna (lost to Anna Smashnova)
2005: Doha (lost to Maria Sharapova)

[edit] Doubles

Wins (7)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2)
Year-End Championships (0)
Tier I (1)
Tier II (3)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	14 June 2004	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Magüi Serna	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–4
2.	2 August 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Barbara Schett	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6–3, 6–3
3.	1 November 2004	Philadelphia, USA	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Liezel Huber Corina Morariu	7–5, 6–4
4.	17 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–4
5.	21 February 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–3, 6–4
6.	21 March 2005	Miami, USA	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2
7.	28 May 2007	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Mara Santangelo	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	7–6(5), 6–4

[edit] Performance timelines

[edit] Singles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career W/L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	4R	QF	A	3R	2R	A	12-9
French Open	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	A	4–8
Wimbledon	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	3R	A	2R	2R	A	A	8-8
US Open	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	7-9
Grand Slam Win-Loss	2-4	4-4	3-4	1-4	4-4	6-4	4-2	3-3	3-4	1-1	35-34
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0-0
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH		NH	NH	NH	SF-B	NH	NH	NH	1R	0-0
Career Statistics
Year End Ranking	94	115	47	100	35	13	29	163	56		309

[edit] Doubles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career W/L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	A	A	W	A	1R	3R	13-7
French Open	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	QF	1R	A	1R	W	1R	14-8
Wimbledon	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	SF		11-7
US Open	A	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	3R		9-8
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-1	4-4	3-4	3-4	4-4	5-3	1-3	11-1	0-1	14-3	2-2	47-30

[edit] See also

List of female tennis players

[edit] References

^ Alicia Molik's Run Of Ill Health Continues Theage.com.au, 20 October 2005
^ Molik left out of Fed Cup but confident of comeback - Tennis - Sport
^ http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200606/s1673325.htm
^ Molik Announced Shock Retirement ABC News, 5 September 2008
^ Stevens, Mark (31 July 2009). "Alicia Molik set for tennis comeback". Sunday Mail. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25860068-12428,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
^ Stevens, Mark (31 July 2009). "Alicia Molik embarks on a comeback to tennis". Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25858030-11088,00.html?from=public_rss. Retrieved 2009-03-31.

[edit] External links

Alicia Molik profile on the WTA Tour's official website
Alicia Molik at the International Tennis Federation
Alicia Molik at the Fed Cup

[0] Alicia Molik's Run Of Ill Health Continues Theage.com.au, 20 October 2005

[1] Molik left out of Fed Cup but confident of comeback - Tennis - Sport

[2] ttp://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200606/s1673325.htm

[3] Molik Announced Shock Retirement ABC News, 5 September 2008

[4] Stevens, Mark (31 July 2009). "Alicia Molik set for tennis comeback". Sunday Mail. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25860068-12428,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-31.

[5] Stevens, Mark (31 July 2009). "Alicia Molik embarks on a comeback to tennis". Herald Sun. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25858030-11088,00.html?from=public_rss. Retrieved 2009-03-31.

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Contents

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Career

[edit] Ear Infection

[edit] Return

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2008 and retirement

[edit] 2009

[edit] Titles (22)

[edit] Singles wins (5)

[edit] Singles finalist (4)

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Performance timelines

[edit] Singles

[edit] Doubles

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links