Monica Puig

Mónica Puig

Puig at the 2016 French Open
Full name	Mónica Puig Marchán
Country (sports)	Puerto Rico
Residence	Miami, Florida, United States
Born	(1993-09-27) September 27, 1993 Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	September 2010
Prize money	$1,336,267
Singles
Career record	196–127
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 33 (11 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 34 (9 August 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	3R (2013, 2016)
Wimbledon	4R (2013)
US Open	2R (2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record	13–21
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 210 (25 May 2015)
Current ranking	No. 342 (9 August 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
US Open	1R (2013, 2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–11
Medal record Representing Puerto Rico Women's Tennis Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Singles 2015 Toronto Singles Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez Singles 2010 Mayagüez Mixed doubles 2014 Veracruz Singles
Last updated on: 7 August 2016.

Mónica Puig Marchán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmonika ˈpwiɣ]; born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican tennis player.

Puig has won one singles title on the WTA tour and six singles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On June 27, 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 36. On July 23, 2012, she peaked at world number 263 in the doubles rankings. In May 2014, Puig won her maiden WTA tour title at the 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg.

Early life

Mónica Puig Marchán was born September 27, 1993 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico to father Jose Puig and mother Astrid Marchán. Her father is Cuban American of Spanish origin, (Puig is a Catalan name, but she does not pronounce in the Catalan manner, as she is from Puerto Rico) and her mother is Puerto Rican also of Spanish descent.

Tennis career

Junior career

In 2007, she entered her first tournament at the Prince Cup, but withdrew from the qualifying draw.

In 2008, she started the season with a surprise run to the final of the Costa Rica Bowl (Grade 3) as a qualifier losing in straight sets to Eugenie Bouchard. She continued her good form, winning two out of three tournaments. Puig continued good results in small Grade 3 and 4 tournaments. In her first Grade 1 tournament in Lexington, she defeated Charlotte Calhoun before going out to Lauren Embree. She continued to participate in bigger tournaments, though not with as much success as she had in the smaller ones.

Puig had her breakthrough season in 2009; she started doing much better in the bigger tournaments. She reached her first Grade 1 final in Casablanca, losing to Mai Grage of Denmark. She continued playing consistently, highlights of the latter months of the year included a semifinal appearance at a Grade B1 tournament in Tulsa, losing to Bouchard in three sets. In her next tournament, she won the doubles title.

In 2010, she continued her successes at a higher level. Puig started the year reaching the final of the 32nd International Casablanca Junior Cup (Grade A), falling easily to Sachie Ishizu of Japan. She then reached another final a week later at the Coffee Bowl (Grade 1) losing to An-Sophie Mestach of Belgium in straights. Puig followed that up with a semifinal appearance at a Grade 1 tournament in Barranquilla. Consistent results followed, before a huge Grade A title at the 27th Copa Gerdau, defeating Jessica Pegula in the final. After a semifinal appearance at another Grade A calibre tournament, she fell in the quarterfinals of the French Open. After that, she failed to advance past the quarterfinals of any of her tournaments until the 2010 US Open – Girls' Singles, where she lost to Yulia Putintseva. Puig finished the season with a flourish, falling in the quarters of Osaka (Grade A), the final of Mérida (Grade 1) and the semis of Key Biscayne (Grade A), both to Lauren Davis.

2010

In July, Puig won the gold medal in the women's tennis singles event at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Puig was the second seed in the singles event at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, but lost in the first round to Zheng Saisai of China in straight sets.

2011: Junior Slam final in Melbourne

In January, Puig won the Loy Yang Traralgon International defeating Yulia Putintseva of Russia. Puig is also in the juniors event of the Australian Open. She qualified for the final but lost to Belgian An-Sophie Mestach. On February 20, 2011 Puig won the singles title in Surprise, Arizona, defeating Slovak Lenka Wienerová, 6–4, 6–0.

Puig received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. She defeated Anne Keothavong in the first round but was then knocked out by Sorana Cîrstea in three sets.

In the juniors event of the French Open, she also qualified for the final but lost to Tunisian Ons Jabeur.

Puig won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games after defeating Christina McHale of the United States to advance to the gold medal round. She lost to Irina Falconi in the final.

2012: Reaching Top 200

In January 2012, Puig entered the WTA Tour's ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, ranked 213 in the world. She won the first and second round of qualifying matches, but lost in the last round to the number 145 in the world, Karolína Plíšková. On January 16, Puig entered the 2012 Australian Open qualifying draw ranked 209. She lost in the second round to Kirsten Flipkens. On January 23, Puig entered the $25,000 Andrézieux-Bouthéon ITF tournament as a qualifier. She won two qualifying matches and was able to play in the main draw, but lost in the first round to Magda Linette of Poland.

In the following month, Puig played on the qualifying draw of two WTA Tour events, Bogotá and Monterrey, without being able to get past the first round of the main draw. She received a wild card to play in the 2012 Indian Wells Masters qualifying draw, but, in the second round, lost to world number 66 Eleni Daniilidou. Puig's first 2012 breakthrough came when she reached the final of the Poza Rica $25,000 ITF tournament unseeded. The last two matches prior to the final included wins against tournament seeds numbers four and one, although she lost to second seed Yaroslava Shvedova.

The second breakthrough of 2012 occurred when Puig won the first ITF $50,000 tournament of her career at Joué-lès-Tours, France. She opened the first round by eliminating the number one seed and world ranked 87, Alexandra Panova. In the semifinals, Puig defeated An-Sophie Mestach, the same opponent to whom she lost in the 2011 Australian Open junior final.

2013: Entering Top 100

Puig at the 2013 US Open

Puig reached her first WTA main draw quarterfinal at the 2013 Portugal Open, competing as a lucky loser. She defeated number 8 seed and former top-15 player Julia Görges in round one before beating former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the second round. She lost in the quarterfinals to number 4 seed Carla Suárez Navarro of Spain. At the 2013 French Open, Puig had the most remarkable win of her career to date when she defeated world number 11, Nadia Petrova, in three sets. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, she beat world number 5 and fifth seed Sara Errani in the first round, then defeated Silvia Soler Espinosa in three sets in the second round and Eva Birnerová in three sets in round three before losing to Sloane Stephens in the fourth round. She was ranked 56th at the end of the year.

2014: First WTA title, high ranking of No. 41

Puig at the 2015 Aegon International in Eastbourne, England.

In May, she played and won her first WTA final in Strasbourg, defeating Sílvia Soler Espinosa. This success took her to her highest WTA ranking 41st.

In October 2014, Puig won first place at the WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore. Puig defeated Zheng Saisai in two sets. At the end of the year, she was world no. 59.

2015: Lesser results, still in top 100

Puig's best performances in 2015 was the semifinals in Pattaya. She also made the quarterfinals in Acapulco, after defeating Sara Errani, world no. 12 at the moment. Another important victory in Guangzhou against world no. 17 Andrea Petkovic. Puig ended the season ranked world no. 92.

2016

Puig started her 2016 season strongly in Sydney. As a qualifier she went on to defeat Magdaléna Rybáriková, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Samantha Stosur, and Belinda Bencic before losing in her second WTA final to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

At the Australian Open, she reached the third round, defeating Magda Linette and Kristýna Plíšková before losing to the fourth seed Agnieszka Radwańska.

In the 2016 Aegon International Eastbourne, Puig progressed as far as to the semi-finals after beating Kristina Mladenovic.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–1) International (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	May 24, 2014	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Silvia Soler Espinosa	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	January 15, 2016	Sydney International, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–6, 2–6

ITF finals

Singles (6–4)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	April 19, 2010	Torrent, Spain	Clay	Nanuli Pipiya	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	February 14, 2011	Surprise, United States	Hard	Lenka Wienerová	6–4, 6–0
Winner	3.	April 25, 2011	Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Winner	4.	August 22, 2011	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Nika Kukharchuk	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	October 24, 2011	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Hard	Michelle Larcher de Brito	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	March 12, 2012	Poza Rica, Mexico	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	June 25, 2012	Périgueux, France	Clay	Irina Khromacheva	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	October 8, 2012	Joué-lès-Tours, France	Hard (i)	Maria João Koehler	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	October 22, 2012	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Elena Vesnina	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	December 17, 2012	Ankara, Turkey	Hard (i)	Ana Savić	7–5, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles (0–1)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 9, 2012	Biarritz, France	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Séverine Beltrame Laura Thorpe	2–6, 3–6

Central American and Caribbean Games

Singles: 2 finals (2 gold medals)

Outcome	Year	Host nation	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2010	Puerto Rico	Hard	Adriana Pérez	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2014	México	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–2, 6–1

Pan American Games

Singles (1 silver medal)

Outcome	Year	Host nation	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2011	Mexico	Hard	Irina Falconi	3–6, 2–6

Head-to-head vs. top 20 ranked players

Puig's win-loss record (4-7, 36%) against players who were ranked world no. 20 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

• Sara Errani 2–0
• Nadia Petrova 1–0
• Kirsten Flipkens 0–1
• Angelique Kerber 0–1
• Maria Sharapova 0–1
• Sloane Stephens 0–1
• Samantha Stosur 1–1
• Carla Suárez Navarro 0–1
• Caroline Wozniacki 0–1

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	LQ	LQ	2R	2R	3R	4–3
French Open	LQ	3R	1R	1R	3R	4–4
Wimbledon	A	4R	1R	1R	1R	3–4
US Open	LQ	1R	2R	1R		1-3
Win–loss	0–0	5–3	2–4	1–4	4–3	12–14

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	0–3
French Open	A	1R	1R	1R	0–3
Wimbledon	1R	1R	A		0–2
US Open	1R	1R	A		0–2
Win–loss	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–10

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2011	Australian Open	Hard	An-Sophie Mestach	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2011	French Open	Clay	Ons Jabeur	6–7(8–10), 1–6

See also

• List of Puerto Ricans

External links

• Monica Puig at the Women's Tennis Association
• Monica Puig at the Billie Jean King Cup