Priscilla Hon


Priscilla Hon is an Australian tennis player.
She reached a career-high WTA rankings in singles of World No. 118 in October 2019, and No. 91 in doubles in April 2018.

Career

Juniors

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.

2015

In January 2015 at age 16, Hon made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open, as one of seven wild-card 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 wild card to the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to qualifying tenth seed Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets, 6–7, 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.
She 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 wild card into the Brisbane International, but lost to Samantha Crawford in straight sets. Hon was awarded a main-draw wild card into the Australian Open after winning the 18/u 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 Santa Margherita di Pula. Hon ended 2016 with a singles rank of 499.

2017

In August, Hon qualified for and made the semifinals of the Challenger de Gatineau.
In September, she qualified for the Korean 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. Hon ended 2017 with a singles rank of 227.

2018

She lost in the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open, and competed on the ITF Women's 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. Hon ended 2018 with a singles rank of 158.

2019

Hon commenced at Brisbane, where she was awarded a wild card 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 was awarded a wild card but lost in the first round to Astra Sharma.
In February, Hon represented Australia for the first time in Fed Cup partnering with Ash Barty in doubles. The pair won the deciding rubber 6-4 7-5 against USA resulting in Australia progressing to the semi-final.
In May, Hon achieved her first Main Draw win at a Grand Slam tournament by defeating Timea 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 in Europe, falling in the second round of qualifying at Wimbledon.
In August, Hon travelled to North America and reached the quarterfinal of the 2019 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open. At the US Open, Hon qualified for the singles main draw, before losing to Margarita Gasparyan in the first round. Hon returned to Australia and reached the semi-final of 2019 Bendigo Women's International. Hon ended 2019 with a singles rank of 126.

2020

Hon commenced 2020 losing the first round of 2020 Brisbane International and 2020 Adelaide International. At the 2020 Australian Open, Hon reached the second round for the first time at the Australian Open by defeating Kateryna Kozlova.

ITF finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 2015ITF Mornington, Australia15,000Clay Sandra Zaniewska5–7, 6–3, 7–6
Win2–0Oct 2015ITF Brisbane, Australia25,000Hard Kimberly Birrell6–4, 6–3
Win3–0May 2016ITF Pula, Italy10,000Clay Jessica Crivelletto6–2, 6–2
Win4–0Oct 2018ITF Bendigo, Australia60,000Hard Ellen Perez6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss4–1Mar 2019ITF Canberra, Australia25,000Clay Olivia Rogowska6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (10 titles, 3 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2014ITF Toowoomba, Australia15,000Hard Lizette Cabrera Jessica Moore
Abbie Myers
3–6, 3–6
Win1–1Mar 2015ITF Mornington, Australia15,000Clay Tammi Patterson Mana Ayukawa
Ayaka Okuno
6–4, 7–6
Win2–1Apr 2015ITF Melbourne, Australia15,000Clay Tammi Patterson Agata Barańska
Sandra Zaniewska
2–6, 6–4,
Win3–1May 2015ITF Pula, Italy10,000Clay Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov Cristina Bucșa
Eva Guerrero Álvarez
6–0, 6–3
Win4–1Aug 2015ITF Leipzig, Germany15,000Clay Jil Teichmann Pia König
Conny Perrin
6–1, 6–4
Loss4–2Oct 2015ITF Tweed Heads, Australia15,000Hard Dalma Gálfi Kimberly Birrell
Tammi Patterson
7–6, 3–6,
Win5–2Mar 2017ITF Mornington, Australia25,000Clay Fanny Stollár Jessica Moore
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–1, 7–5
Win6–2Jun 2017ITF Grado, Italy25,000Clay Julia Glushko Tereza Mrdeža
Conny Perrin
7–5, 6–2
Win7–2Jun 2017ITF Brescia, Italy60,000Clay Julia Glushko Montserrat González
Ilona Kremen
2–6, 7–6,
Loss7–3Jun 2017ITF Barcelona, Spain60,000Clay Julia Glushko Montserrat González
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
4–6, 3–6
Win8–3Jun 2017ITF Warsaw, Poland25,000Clay Vera Lapko Katarzyna Kawa
Katarzyna Piter
7–6, 6–4
Win9–3Aug 2017ITF Lexington, United States60,000Hard Vera Lapko Hiroko Kuwata
Valeria Savinykh
6–3, 6–4
Win10–3Mar 2018ITF Canberra, Australia60,000Clay Dalila Jakupović Makoto Ninomiya
Miyu Kato
6–4, 4–6,

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles