Nicholas Monroe

Nicholas Monroe

Nicholas Monroe at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Born	(1982-04-12) April 12, 1982 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$834,395
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 253 (September 19, 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2007)
French Open	—
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)
US Open	Q1 (2008, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	84–108
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 34 (May 22, 2017)
Current ranking	No. 37 (May 29, 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015, 2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2017)
US Open	3R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	1R (2014)
Medal record Representing  United States Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Doubles
Last updated on: May 31, 2017.

Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional tennis player. He has won 3 ATP World Tour titles and 12 ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career.^[1]

College career

Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. His achievements include:

The University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004) • All-American Status (2003–2004) • All-ACC Status (2002–2004) • 2nd in All-time Singles Wins (100) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Recipient of the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004) • National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004).

Professional career

2001

Nicholas competed in doubles in his first main-draw Futures match. He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of USA F21. This was the only tour event he competed in 2001.^[1]

2002

Monroe reached the quarterfinals of his first Futures tournament in singles play, USA F11, played in Peoria, Illinois in July.

2003

Nicholas won his first Futures doubles match, partnering Yannis Vlachos to the semifinals of Slovenia F1.^[1]

2004

After playing only four Futures events in 2003, Monroe played, from June, a full schedule in 2004. In his first doubles tournament of the year, he reached his first final, partnering Jonathan Igbinovia. In August he reached his first singles semifinal, at Indonesia F2 in Makassar. In October, Monroe captured his first doubles Futures title, in doubles, partnering Márcio Torres, at Venezuela F3. He won a second two weeks later, Mexico F17, playing alongside Jeremy Wurtzman. Later in November, Monroe played in his first Challenger tournament, the Puebla Challenger in Puebla, Mexico, losing in the first round to Santiago González. In doubles, he and Wurtzman reached the semifinals. Three weeks later in Guadalajara, however, he won two Challenger matches to reach the quarterfinalss.

2005

His first full year as a professional, Nicholas played ITF Circuit and USTA Pro Circuit events. He reached his first final and won his first singles title at the ITF Circuit event in South Africa, when he defeated Stephen Mitchell. Highly successful in doubles, Nick won four titles in 2005: with Jeremy Wurtzman at the USTA Pro Circuit event in Orange Park, Florida; with Izak van der Merwe at ITF Circuit events in Botswana and Zimbabwe; and with Sam Warburg at the ITF Circuit event in Israel.

Monroe competed in 29 events in 2005, all but one of which were Futures. He lost in the first round of his only main draw Challenger event singles match, to Zack Fleishman at the Cuenca Challenger. Monroe won his first singles title, South Africa F1 in late October, defeating Stephen Mitchell in the final.^[1]

2006

Nicholas started the year by winning the ITF Circuit title in Costa Rica. A month later, he won another ITF title, this time in Nigeria. He reached the semifinals of a USTA Pro Circuit event in Little Rock, before reaching back-to-back finals in India. He lost to Karan Rastogi in Delhi and defeated Sunil Kumar Sipaeya in Dehradun. He reached another ITF Circuit final in the fall in Japan, where he lost to Satoshi Iwabuchi. At the beginning of the year, Nick won consecutive doubles titles on the ITF Circuit with partner Sam Warburg in Mexico and Costa Rica.^[1]

2007

Nicholas began the year by attempting to qualify for the Australian Open. He defeated Jeremy Chardy in his 1st rd singles qualifying match. He reached consecutive ITF Futures events in Japan, where he lost to Gouichi Motomura both times. He won two titles at ITF Futures events in Mexico and won a USTA Pro Circuit event in Rochester, New York, where he defeated Robert Yim in the final. The fall of 2007 saw Nick reach the semifinals of USTAPro Circuit events in Manchester, Texas, where he lost to eventual champion Michael McClune, and Waikoloa, Hawaii where he lost to Lester Cook. He partnered with Izak van der Merwe to win the USTA Pro Circuit doubles title in Brownsville, Texas.^[1]

2012

Nicholas won the Challenger in Medellin-Colombia (doubles). His partner was the German Simon Stadler.

2013

Nicholas had his best year as a professional, finishing the year with a Doubles Ranking of 51. He won the 250 level Bastad Skistar Swedish Open Doubles Championship with Stadler. Monroe and partner Raven Klaasen made it to the semifinals of the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open in January, falling to Benoît Paire and Stanislas Wawrinka, after a surprise quarterfinal win over the #1 Seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor. He then teamed with Simon Stadler to play the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. They made it to the final, falling to the Italian pair of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli.

Significant finals

ATP Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2017	Miami	Hard	Jack Sock	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	5–7, 3–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 24, 2013	Copa Claro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Simon Stadler	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	3–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	July 14, 2013	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Simon Stadler	Carlos Berlocq Albert Ramos	6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	2.	July 27, 2013	ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Simon Stadler	Martin Kližan David Marrero	1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner	2.	July 7, 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Johan Brunström	Jérémy Chardy Oliver Marach	4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
Runner-up	3.	April 26, 2015	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Artem Sitak	Marius Copil Adrian Ungur	6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Runner-up	4.	July 20, 2015	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States	Grass	Mate Pavić	Jonathan Marray Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	3.	October 25, 2015	Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jack Sock	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	April 1, 2017	Miami Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Jack Sock	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger Tour titles

Doubles (12)

Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
June 8, 2008	Yuba City, United States	Hard	Michael Yani	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Oudsema	6–4, 6–4
November 23, 2008	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Eric Nunez	Daniel Garza Santiago González	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
May 30, 2010	Carson, United States	Hard	Brian Battistone	Artem Sitak Leonardo Tavares	5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
April 1, 2012	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Maciek Sykut	Marcel Felder Frank Moser	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
April 8, 2012	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Simon Stadler	Andre Begemann Jordan Kerr	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
July 1, 2012	Milan, Italy	Clay	Simon Stadler	Andrey Golubev Yuri Schukin	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
November 4, 2012	Medellín, Columbia	Clay	Simon Stadler	Renzo Olivo Marco Trungelliti	6–4, 6–4
June 7, 2013	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Simon Stadler	Mateusz Kowalczyk Lukáš Rosol	6–4, 6–4
August 10, 2013	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Simon Stadler	Daniele Bracciali Florin Mergea	6–2, 6–4
November 2, 2014	Geneva, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Johan Brunström	Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald	5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
July 11, 2015	Winnetka, United States	Hard	Johan Brunström	Sekou Bangoura Frank Dancevic	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
March 20, 2016	Irving, United States	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Chris Guccione André Sá	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2017 Rogers Cup.

References

External links

• Nicholas Monroe at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nicholas Monroe at the International Tennis Federation