PLAYER PROFILE

Priscilla Hon

Age26
Born10 May 1998
Birth PlaceBrisbane, Australia
LivesBrisbane, Australia
PlaysRight-handed

“I’m just taking it match by match but my goal is still to be top 100 by the end of the year.”

— Priscilla Hon, 24 Oct 2019

» Hon on target in title defence

On court

started playing tennis at age six
favourite surface is clay; dream is to win at Roland Garros
thinks Pat Rafter is the greatest Aussie player of all time
training base is the National Academy Brisbane at the Queensland Tennis Centre
in 2012, won her first ITF junior title at the Swiss Junior Trophy, a Grade 4 event in Oberentfelden
won three more junior tournaments in 2013 – Odense, Denmark; Oceania Closed Junior Championships, Fiji; Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships, Tokyo
peaked at a career high ITF junior ranking of No.13 in June 2014
was selected as “orange girl” for Australia’s Fed Cup tie against Germany in February 2015
in March 2015, won her first professional ITF title at the $15,000 clay-court event in Mornington; won a second at the $25,000 Brisbane Pro Tour event October
triumphed at the 18s Australian Championships at the 2015 December Showdown; prize was a wildcard entry into the main draw of Australian Open 2016
contested her first WTA main draw at Brisbane International 2016, falling 6-4 6-4 to Samantha Crawford
in 2017, reached the quarterfinals of her first WTA tournament in Seoul, Korea at age 19
made her Fed Cup debut in February 2019, combining with Ash Barty in the live doubles rubber to deliver Australia a 3-2 victory over the USA – which sent Australia into the World Group semifinals
scored first top-20 win against Petra Kvitova at the 2022 Adelaide International
won her biggest career singles title at an ITF 75 tournament at Burnie in February 2024
Was among a record five Australian women to qualify at US Open 2024