Eléonora Anne-Sophie Rbis Molinaro Simon (born 4 September 2000) is a Luxembourgish former tennis player.

Eléonora Molinaro
Full nameEléonora Anne-Sophie Rbis Molinaro Simon
Country (sports) Luxembourg
Born (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24)
Luxembourg City
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$60,750
Singles
Career record144–69
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 234 (9 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record42–43
Highest rankingNo. 473 (3 February 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup25–16
Medal record
Representing  Luxembourg
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place 2015 Reykjavik Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 San Marino Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 San Marino Singles

Career

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Molinaro started playing tennis aged seven.

Having started the year with a WTA ranking of 822, she reached the final of the first ten tournaments she played in 2018, winning two out of four finals on the ITF Circuit and four out of six at the junior level.[1] This resulted in her cracking the top 500 for the first time in March and being seeded sixth in her first appearance in a junior Grand Slam tournament at the French Open. She reached the quarterfinals before bowing out to eventual champion Coco Gauff.

Since November 2021, she has only competed in three ITF tournaments.

Playing for Luxembourg Fed Cup team, she has win–loss records of 19–9 in singles and 6–7 in doubles.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (8–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Vlada Koval 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Feb 2018 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Fiona Ferro 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–7(3)
Loss 1–2 Mar 2018 ITF Amiens, France 15,000 Clay (i)   Katarina Zavatska 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Mar 2018 ITF Gonesse, France 15,000 Clay (i)   Marine Partaud 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2–3 Mar 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Maryna Chernyshova 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Mar 2019 ITF Gonesse, France 15,000 Clay (i)   Rebeka Masarova 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win 4–3 May 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Zeynep Sönmez 7–5, 6–4
Win 5–3 May 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Inès Ibbou 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–3 Jul 2019 Open Porte du Hainaut, France 25,000 Clay   Katharina Hobgarski 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win 7–3 Sep 2019 ITF Brno,
Czech Republic
25,000 Clay   Federica Di Sarra 6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Feb 2020 Open de l'Isère, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Clara Burel 7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win 8–4 Mar 2020 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Zeynep Sönmez 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (4 runner–ups, 1 cancelled)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–3)[a]
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2018 ITF Schio, Italy 15,000 Clay   Jessica Crivelletto   Costanza Traversi
  Aurora Zantedeschi
6–7(5), 6–7(4)
Loss 0–2 Jan 2019 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 15,000 Hard (i)   Daniela Vismane   Laura Ioana Paar
  Julia Wachaczyk
5–7, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2019 ITF Le Havre, France 15,000 Clay (i)   Svenja Ochsner   Tayisiya Morderger
  Yana Morderger
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 May 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Yulia Kulikova   Cemre Anıl
  Dasha Ivanova
3–6, 5–7
Finalist[a] Oct 2022 ITF Hilton Head,
United States
15,000 Clay   Daria Kuczer   Paris Corley
  Lexington Reed
canc.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Final was cancelled due to the Hurricane Ian

References

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  1. ^ "Molinaro unter den 10 Besten der Welt". Tageblatt.lu (in German). 29 May 2018.
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