Maylani Ah Hoy

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Maylani Ah Hoy
Country (sports)Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag placeholder.svg  Pacific Oceania (Fed Cup tournaments)
Born (1975-09-24) 24 September 1975 (age 47)
Western Samoa (now Samoa)
PlaysRight handed
Prize money$15,826
Team competitions
Fed Cup 2–3

Maylani Ah Hoy (born 24 September 1975 in Western Samoa) is a tennis player and coach from Samoa. In 2016 she coached Samoan Paralympian athlete Maggie Aiono for her appearance at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [1] [2]

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Playing for Pacific Oceania in Fed Cup, Ah Hoy has a W/L record of 2–3. [3]

Life

Ah Hoy attended Brigham Young University-Hawaii and represented the university in tennis. [4] In 2011 she represented Samoa at the Pacific Games, winning a bronze medal in the mixed doubles. [5] In 2012 she represented Samoa at the Oceania Tennis Championships, winning gold in the women's doubles. [6]

In 2016, Ah Hoy coached Maggie Aiono for the Paralympics, and the following year she coached Samoan tennis player Milo Toleafoa for his appearance at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games. [7]

Other finals

Singles

OutcomeDateTournamentLocationOpponentsScore
Silver medal.svg Silver MedalAugust 2005 2005 South Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau Flags of New Caledonia.svg Stéphanie Di Luccio 4–6, 0–6

Doubles

OutcomeDateTournamentLocationPartneredOpponentsScore
Gold medal.svg Gold MedalJuly 2003 2003 South Pacific Games Suva, Fiji Flag of Samoa.svg Tagifano So'Onalole Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Irene George
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Gurianna Korinihona
6–1, 6–3
Silver medal.svg Silver MedalAugust 2005 2005 South Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau Flag of Samoa.svg Kim Carruthers Flags of New Caledonia.svg Stéphanie Di Luccio
Flags of New Caledonia.svg Yumiko Justin
7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Gold medal.svg Gold MedalSeptember 2007 2007 South Pacific Games Apia, Samoa Flag of Samoa.svg Tagifano So'Onalole Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Nicole Angat
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Abigail Tere-Apisah
4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Mixed doubles

OutcomeDateTournamentLocationPartneredOpponentsScore
Gold medal.svg Gold MedalAugust 2005 2005 South Pacific Mini Games Koror, Palau Flag of Samoa.svg Juan Langton Flags of New Caledonia.svg Stéphanie Di Luccio
Flags of New Caledonia.svg Thibault Bousquet
6–4, 6–4
Gold medal.svg Gold MedalSeptember 2007 2007 Pacific Games Apia, Samoa Flag of Samoa.svg Leon So'Onalole Flags of New Caledonia.svg Stéphanie Di Luccio
Flags of New Caledonia.svg Nickolas N’Godrela
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Bronze medal.svg Bronze MedalSeptember 2011 2011 Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia Flag of Samoa.svg Leon So'onalole Flag of Vanuatu.svg Gregory Jacobe
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Marie Hyacinthe Liwuslili
6–3, 6–1

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