2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Molinaro, Eleonora

Eleonora Molinaro
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Bio
RECORD AND HONORS
Career Singles Record: 56-37Career Doubles Record: 50-31
2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Community Service Team
2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC Community Service Team
2022 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Doubles Runner-Up
2021-22 VOLeaders Academy
SEC Player of the Week - 1/26/2022
2021-22 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 - SENIOR
Singles Record: 17-4Doubles Record: 12-3
SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)
- Recorded her 50th career doubles win against Artimedi/Schwarte (Missouri), 6-2, alongside Leyla Britez Risso. (3/3)
- Posted a 6-2 doubles win with Leyla Britez Risso over Alexandrova/Rovira (ETSU). (2/10)
- Swept Yeva Kramarova from Bellarmine 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 5 spot. (1/21)
- Added a doubles win with partner, Leyla Britez Risso 6-1 over Bellarmine's Willis/Kramarova.
- Collected two singles wins at the No. 4 spot against Grace Thomas from Furman 6-2, 6-4 and Alice Hall from Chattanooga 6-2, 6-1. (1/14)
- Notched a doubles win with partner Leyla Britez Risso vs. Manolache/Pedrettri from Chattanooga 6-2. (1/14)
- Concluded the fall ranked at No. 100 in singles.
- Played stellar, notching 15 singles wins and seven doubles victories during the fall.
- A doubles champion with Lauren Anzalotta at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic.
- A singles champion at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic, defeating Lopata from Georgia.
- Went undefeated at the UT Home Invitational, claiming three singles wins and clinching a doubles victory.
- Began the fall ranked No.47 in doubles with Esther Adeshina.
2022-23 - JUNIOR
Singles Record: 11-11Doubles Record: 20-11
SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)
- Cashed in two victories at Furman (2/3), earning a come-from-behind doubles victory to secure the doubles point, 7-6(6) with Kuczer, before dominating Marissa Pennings, 6-1, 6-3, on Court 3.
- Started the dual season with a doubles win, 6-2, and a singles win, 6-2, 6-3, in the season opener against Wake Forest (1/27)
- Qualified for the ITA National Fall Championships for the first time in her career.
- Won all three doubles matches at the Michigan Invitational, playing with Daria Kuczer
- Kicked off the doubles year with four-straight victories at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional before having to withdraw from the finals match.
- Began the fall ranked No. 47 in doubles with Daria Kuczer.
2021-22 - SOPHOMORE
Singles Record: 25-12Doubles Record: 14-11
SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)
- Concluded her season with single-season high totals in singles and doubles victories, winning her 25th singles match of the season against VCU in the NCAA Championship.
- Added sigles and doubles wins against VCU in the first round of the NCAA Championship (5/7), 6-3, 7-6(2), over Shivani Manjanna after topping Sorkin/Karlova, 6-4, with Kuczer.
- Went undefeated in the SEC Tournament in singles, claiming a pair of matches and not finishing one bout which was in a third set.
- Captured both a singles and doubles victory against #14 Georgia, downing Vidmanova and Nirundorn to start the day with Daria Kuczer, 6-2, helping the Lady Vols take the doubles point. She then moved to Court 6 and cleaned up a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Mai Nirundorn.
- Started off the SEC Tournament in Gainesville, Fla. with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kasia Pitak of Alabama on Court 6 in singles and returned to the doubles court for the first time since the regular-season contest against the Gators.
- Rounded out the regular season with a convincing victory over Ansley Cheshire, 6-2, 6-1, at Alabama (4/17) for the first point of singles.
- Collected another straight-set victory against Kentucky (4/10), besting Maialen Morante, 6-3, 6-1.
- Earned her 20th victory of the season at Missouri (4/3), dominating Romary Cardenas 6-2, 6-1 in just over an hour, helping the Lady Vols to another sweep.
- Completed a spotless weekend against LSU, finishing off the 7-0 sweep with a 7-6(6), 6-3 victory over Rania Azziz on Court 6.
- Got back to her winning ways against Texas A&M (3/25), defeating Katya Townsend 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final match of the day.
- Had her career-best win-streak snapped at Florida (3/13), falling in a three-setter.
- Posted her 11th-straight singles victory against Ole Miss (3/6), taking down Elysia Pool 6-2, 6-1 for the first singles point of the match.
- Begun SEC play with victories in both singles and doubles vs. Mississippi State (3/4), defeating Alessia Tagliente, 7-5, 6-7(3), 1-0(12-10) on Court 6 and playing doubles on Court 3 with Mertena against Mikhailuk/Tagliente, winning 6-1.
- Went unfinished in her first singles match, but defeated Maja Kozerski, 6-1, 6-1, in the doubleheader with Bellarmine (2/20). She was credited with a pair of doubles wins with Callie Creath, though the Knights didn't have a third doubles pair, so they won by default.
- Defeated Indiana's Rose Hu on court five (2/19), 6-3, 6-4 and got the doubles with with Rebeka Mertena at 3, beating Hu and Lexi Kubas, 6-1
- Nabbed Tennessee's first point against #6 NC State (2/4), downing Amelia Rajecki 6-3, 6-1, on court six.
- Named the first SEC Player of the Week for 2022 after going 2-0 in singles and 1-1 in doubles against Charlotte and Wake Forest on the road.
- Clinched the match at Wake Forest (1/23), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, on court 5 and did so with all the pressure on as the match was in the middle of the third set when it became the standalone court. Broke Wake Forest's Brooke Killingsworth three times in the final set, including on match point.
- Opened the dual season up with a victory over Emma Wilkins of Charlotte on the road (1/21), 6-3, 6-4, playing at the #5 position, and won in doubles against the 49ers with Esther Adeshina, 6-2, over Safont/Petruzelova to clinch the doubles point.
- Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll and a 2021-22 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete.
- Took home a win at each of the four events she played in during the fall slate.
- Started the fall strong, winning all three of her singles matches at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic
- Battled at the Tennessee Fall Invitational through three 3-set singles matches (including four tiebreakers). She won two of the three and finished the tourment with three victories in four tries
- Found success after doubles pairings shuffled with Daria Kuczer; the duo took down three opponents from Illinois (6-0), Kentucky (6-1) and Wake Forest (6-3).
- Capped the individual portion of the season off with four wins, two in singles and two in doubles, at the Tar Heel Invitational. She was named winner of singles Flight 2 and doubles Flight 2 with Esther Adeshina.
2020-21 - FRESHMAN
Singles Record: 3-10Doubles Record: 4-6
FALL SEASON
- Did not participate
- Made her collegiate debut against NC State.
- Picked up her first collegiate singles and doubles wins against ETSU.
- Earned her first singles and doubles wins over ranked opponents against Ole Miss.
- Clinched the doubles point against Florida with partner Rebeka Mertena on court three.
- Picked up a ranked doubles win with Tenika McGiffin on court one against Alabama as well as a straight-set singles win.
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Named the Best Young Sportsperson (Prix du Jeune Espoir) in Luxembourg in 2018
- Nominated for the Fed Cup Heart Award (now the Billie Jean King Cup) given by the ITF. It is the Federation's annual "MVP" award players who have represented their country with distinction, shown exceptional courage on court and demonstrated outstanding commitment to the team.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Eléonora Anne-Sophie Rubis Molinaro Simon
- Born Sept. 4, 2000 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
- Daughter of Gilles Bruno Molinaro and Manon Simon
- Recipient of the Jennie M. Adcock Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
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