Molly Van Nostrand (born March 12, 1965) is a retired American professional tennis player.
Career
Van Nostrand turned professional in 1983. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1985.[1] She had career wins over Natasha Zvereva, Helena Suková, Manuela Maleeva, Wendy Turnbull, and Dianne Fromholtz. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 37 in 1986. She retired in 1989. She is the younger sister of the late John Van Nostrand, who was also a professional tennis player.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
| Winner — Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Virginia Slims (0–1) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
| Runner-up |
1. |
August 18, 1986 |
Mahwah |
Hard |
 Steffi Graf |
7–5, 6–1 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
| Winner - Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| Virginia Slims (0–1) |
|
| Titles by Surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
|
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
Career SR |
| Australian Open |
A |
Q2 |
1R |
NH |
1R |
A |
Q1 |
0 / 2 |
| French Open |
A |
1R |
A |
A |
1R |
A |
A |
0 / 2 |
| Wimbledon |
A |
Q1 |
QF |
1R |
1R |
Q2 |
1R |
0 / 4 |
| US Open |
A |
Q1 |
2R |
2R |
1R |
A |
1R |
0 / 4 |
| SR |
0 / 0 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 12 |
| Year End Ranking |
NR |
112 |
44 |
62 |
142 |
239 |
111 |
- NH = tournament not held.
- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
United States
Jennifer Mundel
