Dominique Monami

Country (sports)

Belgium

Residence

Mechelen

Born

31 May 1973
Verviers, Liège

Height

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Turned pro

June 1991

Retired

October 2000

Plays

Right-handed (two handed-backhand)

Prize money

US$2,015,702

Singles

Career record

295–182

Career titles

Highest ranking

No. 9 (12 October 1998)

Grand Slam Singles results

QF (1997, 1999)

3R (1997, 1998)

4R (1998, 1999)

3R (1998, 1999)

Other tournaments

Olympic Games

QF (2000)

Doubles

Career record

126–123

Career titles

Highest ranking

No. 21

Other doubles tournaments

Olympic Games

Bronze medal (2000)

Medal record

Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Doubles

Last updated on: 25 August 2007.

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

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 until their divorce in 2003.

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.

Significant finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2000	Sydney	Hard	Els Callens	Olga Barabanschikova Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 6–4, 6–1

WTA Tour finals

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (4)

Singles: 16 (4 titles, 12 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 October 1993	Montpellier, France	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	30 October 1995	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Winner	3.	19 May 1996	Cardiff, Great Britain	Clay	Laurence Courtois	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	12 January 1997	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	28 September 1997	Surabaya, Indonesia	Hard	Lenka Němečková	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	20 October 1997	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7
Runner-up	7.	23 November 1997	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 5–7
Winner	8.	5 January 1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Silvia Farina	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	12 January 1998	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Patty Schnyder	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	9 February 1998	Paris, France	Hard	Mary Pierce	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	23 February 1998	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Jana Novotná	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Runner-up	12.	18 May 1998	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	13.	2 January 1999	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	14.	20 September 1999	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Hard	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	15.	19 June 2000	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	16.	17 July 2000	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 May 1993	Liege, Belgium	Clay	Ann DeVries	Radka Bobková María José Gaidano	6-4, 2-6, 7-6^(7–4)
Winner	2.	18 July 1993	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Li Fang	Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	11 October 1993	Montpellier, France	Hard	Janette Husárová	Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	4.	21 October 1996	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Carpet	Barbara Rittner	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	2-6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	30 December 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Janette Husárová	Aleksandra Olsza Elena Pampoulova	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	6.	6 January 1997	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Barbara Rittner	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	6–3, 6-1
Runner-up	7.	17 November 1997	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Florencia Labat	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–4
Winner	8.	4 May 1998	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Florencia Labat	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–1
Winner	9.	13 August 2000	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Els Callens	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	W%
Australian Open	A	4R	2R	1R	Q1	2R	QF	3R	QF	2R	0 / 8	15–8	7001650000000000000♠65%
French Open	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 9	6–9	7001400000000000000♠40%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	4R	4R	1R	0 / 9	11–9	7001550000000000000♠55%
US Open	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 10	10–10	7001500000000000000♠50%
Year-End Championships
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	A	0 / 2	2–2	7001500000000000000♠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	7001570000000000000♠57%
Miami	A	A	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	3R	0 / 7	5–6	7001450000000000000♠45%
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	7001330000000000000♠33%
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	3R	QF	2R	0 / 5	8–5	7001620000000000000♠62%
Montreal / Toronto	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 3	1–3	7001250000000000000♠25%
Moscow	T V	Not Held		Tier III			SF	A	SF	A	0 / 2	6–2	7001750000000000000♠75%
Zürich	Tier II		A	A	A	A	2R	QF	QF	1R	0 / 4	5–4	7001560000000000000♠56%
Year End Ranking	129	100	59	133	43	46	18	12	14	24

Statistics

- Head-to-Head vs. Top 10:

References

External links

Dominique Monami at the Women's Tennis Association
Dominique Monami at the International Tennis Federation
Dominique Monami at the Fed Cup
Official website (French) (Dutch)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Not given	Belgian Sports Personality of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Luc Van Lierde

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motorcross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motorcross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Field hockey team 2013–2014 Football team 2015 Davis Cup team

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot

Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort

Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck

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