Dominique Monami

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Dominique Monami
Country Flag of Belgium Belgium
Residence Leuven, Belgium
Date of birth 31 May 1973
Place of birth Verviers, Belgium
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 55 kg (122 lb)
Turned Pro 1991
Plays Right
Career Prize Money $2,013,032
Singles
Career record: 295-182
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: 9 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF
French Open 3r
Wimbledon 4r
U.S. Open 3r
Doubles
Career record: 126-123
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: 21

Infobox last updated on: July 13, 2006.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Bronze Sydney 2000 Doubles Competition

Dominique Monami (born May 31, 1973 in Verviers, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.

In 1995 she married her coach Bart Van Roost and played under the name Van Roost or Van Roost-Monami, until their divorce.

Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Els Callens. Monami won four singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in October 1998.

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[edit] Performance Timeline

[edit] Grand Slam Results

Tournament 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Australian Open 2r QF 3r QF 1r - 1r 2r 4r -
French Open 2r 1r 3r 3r 1r 2r 1r 1r 1r -
Wimbledon 1r 4r 4r 1r 3r 2r 3r 1r 1r -
U.S. Open 2r 3r 3r 1r 1r 2r 1r 2r 2r 3r

[edit] Singles titles

Year Tournament Opponent in the final Score
1996 Cardiff Laurence Courtois (Belgium) 6-4 6-2
1997 Hobart Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer (USA) 6-3 6-3
1997 Surabaya Lenka Nemeckova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-3
1998 Auckland Silvia Farina (Italy) 4-6 7-6 7-5


Preceded by
Gella Vandecaveye
Belgian Sportswoman of the Year
1998
Succeeded by
Kim Clijsters


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