Sonya Jeyaseelan: Difference between revisions
→External links
m (Protected "Sonya Jeyaseelan" ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Delete=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))) |
|||
| (25 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{Infobox player
|image = SonyaJeyaseelan.png
|birthdate = April 24, 1976
|birthplace = New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|residence =
|height = 5’2” (1,57m)
|styleofplay = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 1991
|retired = 2004
|bestwtasinglesranking = No. 48 (December 4, 2000)
|bestwtadoublesranking = No. 40 (October 16, 2000)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/sonyajeyaseelan Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
==Biography==
'''Sonya Jeyaseelan''' (born April 24, 1976 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She
In 1994, Jeyaseelan reached the final of the junior French Open. In 1996, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the US Open with compatriot [[Rene Simpson]]. In 1998, she advanced to her first and only WTA singles final, losing to Paola Suárez in Bogotá, Colombia. She has won two WTA doubles titles, both of them in Strasbourg, France (in 2000 and 2003). She also reached the doubles final in Palermo, Italy in 1999. She was named Tennis Canada female player of the year in 2000. She retired in 2004. Jeyaseelan was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011.
==WTA career finals==
Line 11 ⟶ 32:
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffea5c;"
|Olympic Games (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|WTA Championships (0–0)
Line 62 ⟶ 85:
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffea5c;"
|Olympic Games (0–0)
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|WTA Championships (0–0)
Line 125 ⟶ 150:
|Laura Granville (USA) <br /> Jelena Kostanić (CRO)
|6–4, 6–4
|}
==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#f88379;"
|ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
|ITF $75,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#addfad;"
|ITF $50,000 tournaments (0–1)
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–0)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 tournaments (0–1)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (1–2)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|Mar 1997
|style="background:lightblue;"|Rockford, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Siobhan Drake-Brockman (AUS)
|7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–3
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
|Jul 1997
|style="background:#addfad;"|Peachtree City, United States
|style="background:#addfad;"|$50,000
|Hard
|María Vento-Kabchi (VEN)
|4–6, 0–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
|Jan 2003
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Boca Raton, United States
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
|3–6, 0–6
|}
===Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:#f88379;"
|ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
|ITF $75,000 tournaments (0–0)
|- style="background:#addfad;"
|ITF $50,000 tournaments (1–1)
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–1)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 tournaments (1–0)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (3–2)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|Jul 1996
|style="background:lightblue;"|Fayetteville, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|[[Rene Simpson]] (CAN)
|Jane Chi (USA) <br /> Kelly Wilson (USA)
|3–6, 6–4, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–0</small>
|Jul 1997
|style="background:#addfad;"|Peachtree City, United States
|style="background:#addfad;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Kaoru Shibata (JPN)
|Julie Pullin (GBR) <br /> Amanda Wainwright (GBR)
|6–4, 6–1
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–1</small>
|Feb 1999
|style="background:lightblue;"|Midland, United States
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard (i)
|Kirstin Freye (GER)
|Liezel Huber (RSA) <br /> Samantha Smith (GBR)
|6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–0, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–2</small>
|Aug 1999
|style="background:#addfad;"|Salt Lake City, United States
|style="background:#addfad;"|$50,000
|Hard
|Annabel Ellwood (AUS)
|Lisa McShea (AUS) <br /> Rachel McQuillan (AUS)
|3–6, 6–4, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–2</small>
|Jan 2003
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Boca Raton, United States
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Sandra Cacic (USA)
|Shenay Perry (USA) <br /> Ljudmila Skavronskaja (RUS)
|7–5, 6–2
|}
Line 139 ⟶ 327:
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1994||French Open||Clay||Martina Hingis (SUI)||3–6, 1–6
|}
==Singles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=13 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|A
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q3
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|0 / 5
|3–5
|38%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|0 / 5
|2–5
|29%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|A
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|0 / 4
|2–4
|33%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|0 / 1
|1–1
|50%
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|0–0
|0–0
|0–1
|0–1
|2–3
|0–3
|6–4
|0–3
|0–0
|0 / 15
|8–15
|35%
|}
==Doubles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=14 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|A
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|0 / 6
|3–6
|33%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|0 / 8
|2–8
|20%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|0 / 7
|1–7
|13%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q2
|style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|0 / 8
|9–8
|53%
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|0–0
|3–3
|1–4
|2–4
|0–4
|3–4
|3–4
|1–1
|1–3
|1–2
|0 / 29
|15–29
|34%
|}
==Mixed doubles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=11 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 3
|0–3
|0%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|A
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|0 / 6
|4–6
|40%
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|0–2
|2–1
|0–2
|1–2
|0–1
|0–0
|1–1
|0 / 9
|4–9
|31%
|}
==Wins over top-10 opponents==
Jeyaseelan has a 3–7 (30%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Wins over top-10 opponents per season
|-
|Season||1991||1992||1993||1994||1995||1996||1997||1998||1999||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||'''Total'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
|Wins||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||2||0||0||0||0||'''3'''
|}
{|class="wikitable"
!No.
!Opponent
!Rank
!Event
!Surface
!Round
!class="unsortable"|Score
!Jeyaseelan<br />Rank
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|'''1999'''
|-
|1.
|Venus Williams (USA)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|6
|style="background:#d4f1c5;"|Amelia Island Championships, United States
|style="background:#ebc2af;"|Clay
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>
|140
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:center;"|'''2000'''
|-
|2.
|Nathalie Tauziat (FRA)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|8
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Australian Open, Australia
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Hard
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–4
|145
|-
|3.
|Conchita Martínez (ESP)
|style="background:#eee8aa;"|4
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Wimbledon, United Kingdom
|style="background:#ccffcc;"|Grass
|style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|6–4, 6–1
|79
|}
==Titles won with partners==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
!style="width:180px; background:#efefef;"|Partner
!style="width:80px; background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand <br /> Slams
!style="width:80px; background:#ffea5c;"|Olympic <br /> Games
!style="width:80px; background:#ffffcc;"|WTA <br /> Championships
!style="width:80px; background:#e9e9e9;"|WTA <br /> Tier I
!style="width:80px; background:#d4f1c5;"|WTA <br /> Tier II
!style="width:80px; background:#ffffff;"|WTA <br /> Tier III/IV/V
!style="width:80px; background:#efefef;"|Total
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Florencia Labat (ARG)
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Maja Matevžič (SLO)
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|1
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Overall Total
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|2
|2
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/sonyajeyaseelan Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeyaseelan, Sonya}}
[[Category:Canadian female tennis players]]
[[Category:Canadian retired tennis players]]
| |||