Dominique Monami

Dominique Monami

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Mechelen
Born	(1973-05-31) 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	$2,013,032
Singles
Career record	295–182
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 9 (12 October 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1997, 1999)
French Open	3R (1997, 1998)
Wimbledon	4R (1998, 1999)
US Open	3R (1998, 1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2000)
Doubles
Career record	126–123
Career titles	4
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

Olympics

Doubles: 1 bronze medal

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2000	Sydney	Hard	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 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 October 1993	Open Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier	Carpet (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	30 October 1995	Bell Challenge, Quebec City	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner	1.	19 May 1996	British Clay Court Championships, Cardiff	Clay	Laurence Courtois	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	12 January 1997	Tasmanian International, Hobart	Hard	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	28 September 1997	Wismilak International, Surabaya	Hard	Lenka Němečková	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	20 October 1997	Bell Challenge, Quebec City	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Runner-up	4.	23 November 1997	PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	5–7, 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Winner	4.	10 January 1998	ASB Classic, Auckland	Hard	Silvia Farina	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	12 January 1998	Hobart International	Hard	Patty Schnyder	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	15 February 1998	Open Gaz de France, Paris	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	23 February 1998	Generali Ladies Linz	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	8.	23 May 1998	Madrid Open	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	9.	9 January 1999	ASB Classic, Auckland	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	26 September 1999	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	24 June 2000	Direct Line International Championships, Eastbourne	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	12.	23 July 2000	French Community Championships, Knokke-Heist	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 5–7

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

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 May 1993	Belgian Open, Liege	Clay	Ann Devries	Radka Bobková María José Gaidano	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	1.	18 July 1993	Austrian Open, Kitzbühel	Clay	Li Fang	Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	16 October 1993	Open Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier	Carpet (i)	Janette Husárová	Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	3.	26 October 1996	SEAT Open, Luxembourg City	Carpet (i)	Barbara Rittner	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	4 January 1997	ASB Classic, Auckland	Hard	Janette Husárová	Aleksandra Olsza Elena Pampoulova	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	4.	11 January 1997	Tasmanian International, Hobart	Hard	Barbara Rittner	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	22 November 1997	Volvo Women's Open, Pattaya City	Hard	Florencia Labat	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 May 1998	Madrid Open	Clay	Florencia Labat	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	13 August 2000	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles	Hard	Els Callens	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (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, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Sandrine Testud	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	27 February 1995	Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Angela Kerek	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	29 September 1996	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Åsa Svensson	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 February 1995	Southampton, United Kingdom	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

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	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

• • Head-to-Head vs. top 10:
• Martina Hingis 1–5
• Venus Williams 1–2
• Serena Williams 1–1
• Kim Clijsters 1–1
• Elena Dementieva 1–0
• Lisa Raymond 1–1
• Mary Pierce 0–5
• Barbara Schett 3–1
• Julie Halard-Decugis 2–2
• Lindsay Davenport 2–1
• Nadia Petrova 1–0
• Jennifer Capriati 0–2
• Monica Seles 0–3
• Amanda Coetzer 4–1

External links

• Dominique Monami at the Women's Tennis Association
• Dominique Monami at the International Tennis Federation
• Dominique Monami at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website Template:Fr icon Template:Nl icon