Amazing Alicia: Molik's Career In Pictures
Many happy returns to Alicia Molik, who celebrates her 40th birthday on January 27. Check out this gallery, which pays tribute to the popular Australian’s tour highlights and ongoing contribution to the sport of tennis.
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Early in her career, a 19-year-old Alicia Molik teamed up with the legendary Evonne Goolagong Cawley to help promote the 2001 Australian Open.
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Molik won the first of her five WTA singles titles at Hobart in 2003, defeating Amy Frazier of the US in the final.
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By winning bronze at the Athens Olympics in 2004, Molik became Australia’s first tennis medalist in singles.
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Molik reached three mixed doubles finals, two of them with Todd Woodbridge, including the US Open in 2004.
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After collecting three more singles titles in 2004, Molik defeated fellow Aussie Samantha Stosur to win the biggest singles title of her career at the Sydney International in 2005.
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Big-serving Molik’s best Grand Slam singles run also came on home soil at the 2005 Australian Open, where she defeated Venus Williams before falling to Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals.
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The 2005 Australian Open also brought Molik’s first Grand Slam title in doubles, partnering Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Molik’s powerful all-court game carried her to a career-high singles ranking of World No.8 in February of 2005. She went even higher in doubles, peaking at World No.6 the same year.
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In 2007, Molik teamed up with Italy’s Mara Santangelo to win a second doubles major, this time on the clay of Roland Garros. It was her seventh and final doubles title.
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Vestibular neuronitis – a debilitating inner-ear nerve disorder – and other injuries affected the second half of Molik’s career. She called time on her touring days in 2011, at the age of 27.
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Having played 22 Billie Jean King Cup ties for Australia, Molik was named team captain in 2013. In 2019 she led her squad to the final against France in Perth.
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In addition to her Billie Jean King Cup duties, Molik is a respected tennis commentator and analyst.
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In recent years, Molik has served as a Legend Ambassador for the WTA Finals; in 2017, she took on group selfie duties during a Tai Chi session in Singapore.
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At the Shiseido WTA Finals in Shenzhen in 2019, Molik faced off against Martina Hingis and Agnieszka Radwanska in a friendly round of Chinese calligraphy.
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Girls competing in the WTA Future Stars competition, held on the sidelines of the WTA Finals, are just some of the youngsters who continue to benefit from Molik’s expertise and encouragement.
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