Dominique Monami

Dominique Monami (born 31 May 1973) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She is her country's first ever top 10 tennis professional.

Dominique Monami
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceMechelen
Born (1973-05-31) 31 May 1973
Verviers, Liège
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned proJune 1991
RetiredOctober 2000
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$2,013,032
Singles
Career record295–182
Career titles4 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 9 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQF (1997, 1999)
French Open3R (1997, 1998)
Wimbledon4R (1998, 1999)
US Open3R (1998, 1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (2000)
Doubles
Career record126–123
Career titles4 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 21
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games Bronze medal (2000)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Doubles

Monami was born in Verviers. In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daughter, and played under the name Dominique Van Roost for much of her career until their divorce in 2003.

Career

Monami won her first WTA tournament in 1996 in Cardiff (Welsh Open). Before this win, she had been on the ITF circuit where she won seven ITF events, five of which in 1990. In 1997, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The following year, Van Roost became the first ever Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the top 10 in WTA rankings.

Monami won a total of four WTA singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in October 1998. In total, she participated in 36 Grand Slam tournaments during her professional career.

Another achievement for Van Roost came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Els Callens. Also in doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1999 and 2000, and the semifinals of the 2000 US Open.

In November 2000, Monami ended her professional tennis career when she became pregnant by Bart van Roost, whom she divorced later in 2003. She became embroiled in political controversy in Belgium because of her name change. She had been criticized in the country for abandoning her Walloon surname and adopting that of her Flemish husband. After her divorce, she reverted to her original last name. Subsequently, in 2006, she married Erik Vink, a manager in Sony BMG.

After retiring from playing, Monami became involved in Belgian tennis in various capacities, including as a tournament director (Brussels Open) and as the Belgian Fed Cup captain. She also wrote a book titled Een Kwestie van Karakter (Tout est dans le caractere). Monami was awarded Belgian Sports Personality of the Year in 1998.

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 bronze medal
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze2000SydneyHard Els Callens Olga Barabanschikova
Natalia Zvereva		4–6, 6–4, 6–1

WTA career finals
Legend (Singles)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–3)
Tier III (0–4)
Tier IV (4–5)

Singles: 16 (4 wins, 12 losses)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Oct 1993 Open Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier Carpet (i) Elena Likhovtseva 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. Oct 1995 Bell Challenge, Quebec City Carpet (i) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 6–7(5), 2–6
Win 1. May 1996 British Clay Court Championships, Cardiff Clay Laurence Courtois 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. Jan 1997 Tasmanian International, Hobart Hard Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer 6–3, 6–3
Win 3. Sep 1997 Wismilak International, Surabaya Hard Lenka Němečková 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3. Oct 1997 Bell Challenge, Quebec City Carpet (i) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4–6, 7–6(4), 5–7
Loss 4. Nov 1997 PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City Hard Henrieta Nagyová 5–7, 7–6(6), 5–7
Win 4. Jan 1998 ASB Classic, Auckland Hard Silvia Farina 4–6, 7–6, 7–5
Loss 5. Jan 1998 Hobart International Hard Patty Schnyder 3–6, 2–6
Loss 6. Feb 1998 Open Gaz de France, Paris Carpet (i) Mary Pierce 3–6, 5–7
Loss 7. Feb 1998 Generali Ladies Linz Carpet (i) Jana Novotná 1–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 8. May 1998 Madrid Open Clay Patty Schnyder 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss 9. Jan 1999 ASB Classic, Auckland Hard Julie Halard-Decugis 4–6, 1–6
Loss 10. Sep 1999 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City Carpet (i) Kim Clijsters 2–6, 2–6
Loss 11. Jun 2000 Eastbourne International, Eastbourne Grass Julie Halard-Decugis 6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 12. Jul 2000 French Community Championships, Knokke Clay Anna Smashnova 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (4 wins, 5 losses)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Pertner Opponents Score
Loss 1. May 1993 Belgian Open, Liege Clay Ann Devries Radka Bobková
María José Gaidano		 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(4)
Win 1. Jul 1993 Austrian Open, Kitzbühel Clay Li Fang Maja Murić
Pavlína Rajzlová		 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. Oct 1993 Open Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier Carpet (i) Janette Husárová Meredith McGrath
Claudia Porwik		 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss 3. Oct 1996 SEAT Open, Luxembourg City Carpet (i) Barbara Rittner Kristie Boogert
Nathalie Tauziat		 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 2. Jan 1997 ASB Classic, Auckland Hard Janette Husárová Aleksandra Olsza
Elena Pampoulova		 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–3
Loss 4. Jan 1997 Tasmanian International, Hobart Hard Barbara Rittner Naoko Kijimuta
Nana Miyagi		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 5. Nov 1997 Volvo Women's Open, Pattaya City Hard Florencia Labat Kristine Kunce
Corina Morariu		 6–3, 6–4
Win 3. May 1998 Madrid Open Clay Florencia Labat Rachel McQuillan
Nicole Pratt		 6–3, 6–1
Win 4. Aug 2000 East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles Hard Els Callens Kimberly Po
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot		 6–2, 7–5

ITF finals

Singles (7–1)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 6 August 1990 Koksijde, Belgium Clay Magdalena Feistel 6–2, 6–1
Winner 2. 17 September 1990 Napoli, Italy Clay Klára Bláhová 6–3, 6–2
Winner 3. 24 September 1990 Napoli, Italy Clay Catarina Bernstein 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. 15 October 1990 Burgdorf, Switzerland Carpet (i) Sabine Lohmann 5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 5. 22 October 1990 Lyss, Switzerland Clay Katja Meichelbock 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 12 November 1990 Swindon, Great Britain Carpet (i) Sandrine Testud 4–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 27 February 1995 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Angela Kerek 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. 29 September 1996 Limoges, France Hard (i) Åsa Carlsson 2–6, 7–6(4), 6–1

Doubles (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 27 February 1995 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Andrea Temesvari Seda Noorlander
Christína Papadáki		 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 28 September 1996 Limoges, France Hard (i) Caroline Dhenin Natalia Medvedeva
Larisa Neiland		 1–6, 1–6

Singles performance timeline
Tournament1991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LW%
Australian Open A 4R 2R 1R Q1 2R QF 3R QF 2R 0 / 8 15–8 65%
French Open Q1 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 1R 4R 4R 1R 0 / 9 11–9 55%
US Open 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 0 / 10 10–10 50%
Year-end championships
Tour Championships A A A A A A A QF QF A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Tier I tournaments
Tokyo Tier II A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Tier II A 3R 1R 4R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Miami A A A 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 7 5–6 45%
Berlin A A A A A A A 1R 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome A A A 1R A A 3R 3R QF 2R 0 / 5 8–5 62%
Montreal / Toronto A 1R A A A A A 2R A 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Moscow T V Not Held Tier III SF A SF A 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Zürich Tier II A A A A 2R QF QF 1R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Year-end ranking 129 100 59 133 43 46 18 12 14 24

Statistics

References
    Awards and achievements
    Preceded by
    Not given    		 Belgian Sports Personality of the Year
    1998    		 Succeeded by
    Luc Van Lierde
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.