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Sonya Jeyaseelan

CAN Age 50 157 cm / 5'2" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1991–2003

Sonya Jeyaseelan represented Canada on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 48. In TennisDB's records, Sonya Jeyaseelan finished with a career record of 33–70 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

48 (Dec 4, 2000)

Elo peak

1639 (46th percentile)

Career record

33–70 (32.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$730,722

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Sonya Jeyaseelan's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Marion Bartoli #57	4-6 6-4 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2003*	R32	Linz Open	WTA 500	Hard
Lilia Osterloh #59	6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 20, 2001*	R32	Quebec City	WTA 250	Carpet
Kristie Boogert #125	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 2001*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Anke Huber #17	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2001*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Henrieta Nagyova #31	6-7(1) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 2001*	R64	Charleston Open	WTA 1000	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Sonya Jeyaseelan's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lisa Raymond	1	2	3	Jul 2, 2000	H2H
Patty Schnyder	0	3	3	Apr 19, 2000	H2H
Mary Pierce	0	3	3	Mar 15, 2000	H2H
Anke Huber	0	2	2	May 30, 2001	H2H
Justine Henin	0	2	2	Jan 10, 2001	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Sonya Jeyaseelan Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Sabine Appelmans #30 def. Sonya Jeyaseelan #58 7-5 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Sonya Jeyaseelan career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1992	16	0	2	2	0.0%	780	759
1993	17	1	2	3	33.3%	446	220
1994	18	4	6	10	40.0%	183	164
1995	19	1	7	8	12.5%	163	184
1996	20	2	7	9	22.2%	177	167
1997	21	2	3	5	40.0%	167	96
1998	22	8	7	15	53.3%	95	109
1999	23	2	6	8	25.0%	109	149
2000	24	12	15	27	44.4%	149	48
2001	25	1	13	14	7.1%	48	334
2003	27	0	1	1	0.0%	488	328
Career		33	70	103	32.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sonya Jeyaseelan career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	17	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1994	18	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1995	19	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%
1996	20	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1997	21	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1998	22	2	3	5	40.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	7	15	53.3%
1999	23	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
2000	24	7	9	16	43.8%	3	5	8	37.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	12	15	27	44.4%
2001	25	1	6	7	14.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	13	14	7.1%
2003	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	15	36	51	29.4%	13	16	29	44.8%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	12	15	20.0%	33	70	103	32.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Sonya Jeyaseelan career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	16	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	17	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1994	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1995	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%
1996	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1997	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1998	22	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
1999	23	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2000	24	2	3	5	40.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	8	5	13	61.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	12	15	27	44.4%
2001	25	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	13	14	7.1%
2003	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		3	7	10	30.0%	2	17	19	10.5%	15	30	45	33.3%	8	15	23	34.8%	28	69	97	28.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 97/103 (94.2%) of Sonya Jeyaseelan's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Sonya Jeyaseelan advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1991	15	1490	100.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	+0.03
1992	16	1472	91.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.12
1993	17	1483	110.8	—	—	—	—	+27	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	—	—	—	-0.27
1994	18	1508	111.6	—	—	—	—	+34	—	—	36.4%	-1.36	2–2 (50%)	0–1	—	+0.47
1995	19	1476	107.9	—	—	—	—	+4	—	—	22.2%	-1.89	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.50
1996	20	1441	95.2	—	—	—	—	-5	+125	—	26.3%	-1.89	0–1	2–2 (50%)	—	+0.72
1997	21	1482	115.3	—	—	—	—	-2	—	—	36.4%	-1.45	1–0	1–0	—	-0.15
1998	22	1550	115.3	—	—	—	—	-42	+76	—	48.4%	-0.19	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	103.4	+1.81
1999	23	1534	113.1	—	—	—	—	-47	+96	—	31.6%	-1.21	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	-0.04
2000	24	1621	131.9	—	—	—	—	-54	-5	-69	47.5%	-0.31	2–5 (29%)	2–2 (50%)	97.8	-0.55
2001	25	1495	103.3	—	—	—	—	-15	—	—	10.3%	-3.21	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.96
2003	27	1486	103.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	0–1	—	+0.07
Career		1639	120.3	—	—	—	—	-18	+60	-69	34.5%	-1.27	8–16 (33%)	10–13 (43%)	96.4	+0.73

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Sonya Jeyaseelan Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1996	20	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	21	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	22	R64	R64	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
1999	23	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2000	24	R32	R64	R32	R64	6–4 (60%)
2001	25	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	2–5 (29%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	8–15 (35%)

WTA 1000

Sonya Jeyaseelan WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	PAN	W-L Win %
1991	15	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	18	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1995	19	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	20	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	22	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	24	R64	R128	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	1–4 (20%)
2001	25	R128	R128	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	0–4 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–8 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–19 (21%)

WTA 500

Sonya Jeyaseelan WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	EAS	PAR	SDG	AME	CHI	HAN	LIN	MAN	NIC	SCO	STR	W-L Win %
1992	16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	18	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	3–3 (50%)
1995	19	—	R64	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2000	24	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2001	25	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	0–3 (0%)
2003	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	8–15 (35%)

WTA 250

Sonya Jeyaseelan WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	BIR	BOG	CAN	CAN	CAR	GOL	OKL	QUE	SAN	STR	W-L Win %
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1996	20	—	R64	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1997	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	22	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1999	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	24	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	R32	2–4 (33%)
2001	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	5–8 (38%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	12–20 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Dec 4, 2000

First Top 100

Oct 13, 1997

First Top 50

Nov 13, 2000

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Sonya Jeyaseelan ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	16	—	—	—	—	—	776	759	—	—	—	—	—
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	340	224	220	—	—	—
1994	18	—	—	181	195	200	—	193	189	180	181	165	164
1995	19	180	168	184	182	151	152	167	162	175	169	181	184
1996	20	158	159	162	146	148	147	156	155	153	189	179	167
1997	21	163	154	136	118	125	117	122	104	103	98	96	96
1998	22	97	81	92	103	104	105	102	117	114	124	110	109
1999	23	112	169	154	109	107	112	123	132	131	131	149	149
2000	24	91	81	74	84	86	79	62	61	57	56	49	48
2001	25	63	75	87	97	96	109	190	191	223	245	332	334
2002	26	485	517	550	605	625	661	692	488	480	560	492	488
2003	27	425	422	382	368	353	344	340	400	357	307	321	328
2004	28	327	370	403	418	450	455	456	470	543	557	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Sonya Jeyaseelan's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Maureen Drake	CAN	47	1,586	0	133	40	93	30.1%	1988–2005	Match log
Andrea Glass	GER	53	1,638	0	120	35	85	29.2%	1992–2002	Match log
Marketa Kochta	GER	45	1,635	0	99	32	67	32.3%	1990–1997	Match log
Rossana De Los Ríos	PAR	51	1,622	0	184	64	120	34.8%	1991–2010	Match log
Flora Perfetti	ITA	54	1,600	0	90	31	59	34.4%	1992–1999	Match log
Adriana Rikl Gersi	CZE	48	1,644	1	145	54	91	37.2%	1996–2002	Match log
Olga Barabanschikova	BLR	49	1,671	0	130	54	76	41.5%	1996–2003	Match log
Elena Tatarkova	UKR	45	1,600	0	70	21	49	30.0%	1994–2004	Match log
Amelie Cocheteux	FRA	55	1,583	0	81	28	53	34.6%	1995–2000	Match log
Jana Kandarr	GER	43	1,658	0	188	68	120	36.2%	1994–2003	Match log
Brie Rippner	USA	57	1,650	0	53	17	36	32.1%	1995–2002	Match log
Marion Maruska	AUT	50	1,620	1	81	27	54	33.3%	1989–2001	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sonya Jeyaseelan?: Sonya Jeyaseelan is 50 years old, born on April 24, 1976.
Which country does Sonya Jeyaseelan represent?: Sonya Jeyaseelan represents Canada in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Sonya Jeyaseelan?: Sonya Jeyaseelan is 157 cm / 5'2".
Does Sonya Jeyaseelan use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Sonya Jeyaseelan uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Sonya Jeyaseelan left-handed or right-handed?: Sonya Jeyaseelan plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Sonya Jeyaseelan won?: Sonya Jeyaseelan has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sonya Jeyaseelan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sonya Jeyaseelan's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Sonya Jeyaseelan's highest WTA ranking?: Sonya Jeyaseelan's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 48, first achieved on December 4, 2000.
What is Sonya Jeyaseelan's career win-loss record?: Sonya Jeyaseelan has a career WTA singles record of 33 wins and 70 losses (32.0%).
How much career prize money has Sonya Jeyaseelan earned?: Sonya Jeyaseelan has earned at least $730,722 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Sonya Jeyaseelan's career appear in TennisDB?: Sonya Jeyaseelan appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1991 through 2003.
On which surface does Sonya Jeyaseelan have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Sonya Jeyaseelan's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 44.8% (13–16).
Who has Sonya Jeyaseelan faced most often?: Sonya Jeyaseelan's most frequent opponent is Lisa Raymond, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.