Priscilla Hon
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| Bio | She is an Australian tennis player. Hon was born in Brisbane to Chinese parents who immigrated to Australia from Hong Kong in 1966. As a young child, she was encouraged to pursue many different athletic pursuits. On the junior circuit, Hon achieved a career-high ranking of No. 13 in the world. She reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles. In January year 2015 at age 16, Hon made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 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 Americans Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in straight sets. Hon was also given a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to tenth seed Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets. In March, Hon won her first ITF tournaments at the $15k 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. She won her second ITF singles title at the $25k event in Brisbane, defeating fellow Australian junior and good friend Kimberly Birrell in the final 6–4,6–3. In 2016, Hon was given a wildcard into the main draw of the Brisbane International, but she lost to Samantha Crawford, in straight sets. Hon was awarded a main-draw wildcard into the Australian Open, after winning the U-18 National Championships in December 2015. 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 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula. She ended 2016 with a singles rank of 499. In August of 2017, Hon qualified for and made the semifinals of the Challenger de Gatineau. In September, she qualified for the Korea Open and won her first WTA Tour match against Karolína Muchová. Hon defeated Arantxa Rus to make the quarterfinals, where was defeated by Richèl Hogenkamp. She ended the year with a singles rank of 227. In 2018, she lost in the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open, and competed on the ITF Circuit with limited success. In May, she lost in the first round of qualifying for the French Open. In June, she reached the semifinals of the Surbiton Trophy. Hon lost in the second round of qualifying for Wimbledon. She ended 2018 with a singles rank of 158. In 2019, Hon commenced at Brisbane, where she was awarded a wildcard and lost to Harriet Dart in round one. At the Sydney International, she defeated Tatjana Maria in round one before losing to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. At the Australian Open, she also was awarded a wildcard, but lost in the first round to Astra Sharma. In February, Hon represented Australia for the first time in Fed Cup partnering with Ashleigh Barty in doubles. The pair won the deciding rubber (6–4, 7–5) against the U.S. team resulting in Australia progressing to the semifinal. In May, Hon achieved her first main-draw win at a Grand Slam tournament by defeating Tímea Babos, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 at the French Open before falling to eventual quarterfinalist Madison Keys, in three sets in the second round. Hon experienced limited success on grass courts in Europe, falling in the second round of qualifying at Wimbledon. In August, Hon travelled to North America and reached the quarterfinal of the Vancouver Open. At the US Open, she qualified for the singles main draw, before losing to Margarita Gasparyan in the first round. Hon returned to Australia and reached the semifinal of the Bendigo International. She ended the season with a singles rank of 126. Hon commenced 2020 losing the first round in Brisbane and Adelaide. At the Australian Open, she reached the second round for the first time by defeating Kateryna Kozlova. Hon lost in her second round to Angelique Kerber. In February, Hon qualified for the Qatar Open, before losing in the first round to Ajla Tomljanović. In March 2020, Hon lost in the first round of Lyon Open, before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped all tournaments. During the COVID-19 hiatus, Hon suffered a hip injury which kept her out of action for almost a year. She ended 2020 with a singles rank of 147. Hon's first competitive match for 2021 was in the first round of French Open qualifying, where she lost. In June 2021, Hon finished runner-up in the women's doubles competition of the ITF Nottingham event with Storm Sanders. Hon reached the final round of Wimbledon qualifying. In September, she qualified for the Columbus Challenger and made the second round. She ended season with a singles rank of 263 and a doubles ranking of 559. Hon commenced 2022 at the Adelaide International 1, where she was given a wildcard entry and scored her first top-20 win, defeating world No. 17 Petra Kvitová in three sets. She lost in the second round to Victoria Azarenka. Following this performance, Hon was awarded a wildcard into the Australian Open, losing in the first round to 31st seed Markéta Vondroušová. She qualified for the main draw at the 2024 US Open, but lost in the first round to second seed and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka. During the 2024 Asian swing, Hon qualified for the Korea Open and the Pan Pacific Open but lost in the first round at both to Polina Kudermetova and Katie Boulter respectively. At the Hong Kong Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated wildcard Eudice Chong, before losing to top seed Diana Shnaider in the second round. In 2025, partnering with Anna Kalinskaya, Hon finished runner-up in the doubles at the Brisbane International, losing to Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in the final. In February, she won the singles title at the W75 Queensland International, defeating Leonie Küng in the final. Hon qualified to make her debut at Wimbledon, but lost to 18th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round. She also qualified for the US Open and defeated Leolia Jeanjean to reach the second round for the first time. Hon then defeated 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova in three sets to make it into the third round, at which point her run was ended by Ann Li. |
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