46 Facts About Alicia Molik

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Alicia Molik was born on 27 January 1981 and is an Australian former professional tennis player.

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Alicia Molik reached a career-high singles ranking of world No 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No 6.

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Alicia Molik won the 2004 Zurich Open, defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2005 Australian Open.

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Alicia Molik won Grand Slam doubles titles at the 2005 Australian Open with Svetlana Kuznetsova, and at the 2007 French Open with Mara Santangelo.

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Alicia Molik reached the finals of three mixed doubles major tournaments: at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships, the 2004 US Open, and the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.

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Shortly after the 2005 Australian Open, Alicia Molik contracted an inner-ear infection.

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Alicia Molik was never able to replicate her pre-ailment singles results, even though she returned to the top 60 a year later.

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Alicia Molik retired in August 2008, but she returned a year later in September 2009.

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Alicia Molik's last match was a second-round loss at the 2011 Australian Open to Nadia Petrova.

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Alicia Molik won her first Grand Slam doubles title at the 2005 Australian Open with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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Alicia Molik won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the singles competition, beating then world No 3, Anastasia Myskina, in straight sets.

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Alicia Molik won the Zurich Open, a Tier I tournament, defeating Maria Sharapova in a three-set final.

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Alicia Molik began 2005 by partnering Mark Philippoussis in the Hopman Cup.

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Alicia Molik played in the Australian Open as the 10th seed.

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Alicia Molik defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round, Aiko Nakamura in the second round and Tatiana Panova in the third round to set up a meeting with eighth seed Venus Williams in the fourth round.

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Alicia Molik played in her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal against top seed Lindsay Davenport.

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Alicia Molik won her first Grand Slam doubles title with Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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Alicia Molik took another long break, missing Wimbledon, due to the ear infection.

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Alicia Molik lost in the first round in her last four tournaments of the year, Beijing, Filderstadt, Moscow and Zurich.

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In late 2005, Alicia Molik was diagnosed with vestibular neuronitis, an inner-ear condition caused by a virus that affected her balance, vision and energy level.

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Alicia Molik played a Wimbledon warm-up in the Netherlands, losing in the first round to fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in three sets.

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Alicia Molik lost in the first round of Stockholm, Montreal and New Haven.

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Alicia Molik finished the year by losing in the first round of qualifying at the Generali Ladies Linz to Yaroslava Shvedova.

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In preparation for the Australian Open, Alicia Molik competed in the Hopman Cup in Perth and scored victories over world No 6, Nadia Petrova, and Ashley Harkleroad.

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Alicia Molik reached the doubles quarterfinals in Hobart with Mirza, before losing a close match to the No 2 seeds.

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Alicia Molik had three consecutive first round losses, in Miami, Amelia Island and Charleston.

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Alicia Molik finally won a match in the clay season, in Strasbourg, before losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues.

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However, Alicia Molik teamed with Mara Santangelo to win her second Grand Slam doubles title at the French Open.

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Alicia Molik played in two Wimbledon warm up tournaments, reaching the second round in Birmingham lost in the first round in Eastbourne to Melanie South in three sets.

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Alicia Molik lost in the first round of two lead-in US Open tournaments, in Forest Hills and New Haven, before then falling in the first round at the US Open to Katarina Srebotnik.

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Alicia Molik's singles ranking continued to fall due to an elbow problem.

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Alicia Molik lost in the first round of singles qualifying at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2008, and did not win a main-draw match after January 2008.

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Alicia Molik has enjoyed erratic results in doubles, where she partnered Sun Tiantian and defeated Cara Black and Liezel Huber who were the top-seeds at the tournament in Sydney.

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Alicia Molik partnered Mara Santangelo at Wimbledon and the French Open, but fell in the first round of competition.

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Alicia Molik worked for six months as a commentator before announcing her comeback.

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On 30 July 2009, Alicia Molik announced that she planned to embark on a comeback to tour tennis, claiming to be free of injury.

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Alicia Molik entered the women's doubles at the Pilot Pen Tennis event as a wildcard with Meghann Shaughnessy, losing to the Spanish duo of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Nuria Llagostera Vives.

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In September 2009, Alicia Molik entered a $25k tournament in Darwin, which she won in both singles and doubles.

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Alicia Molik backed up with a win at the Bendigo ITF event.

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Alicia Molik won another ITF event in Mildura, and reached the semifinals of another ITF event in Perth.

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Alicia Molik then made it through to the Australian Open wildcard playoff quarterfinals after winning three out of three round-robin matches suffered a shock loss to teenager Jessica Moore.

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Alicia Molik took part in both singles and doubles at the Australian Open with Meghann Shaughnessy.

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Alicia Molik played in Dubai, where she defeated Australian Open semifinalist and 16th seed Zheng Jie in the first round, and then lost to fellow qualifier Anna-Lena Gronefeld in straight sets.

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Alicia Molik accepted a wildcard into the Premier Mandatory event at Indian Wells.

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Alicia Molik lost to Zheng Jie in the fourth round.

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Alicia Molik married Tim Sullivan in February 2011 and gave birth to their first child, a son, in 2012.