Monica Puig
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Full name | Mónica Puig |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | September 27, 1993
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Prize money | $120,492 |
Singles | |
Career record | 107–50 |
Career titles | 6 ITF |
Highest ranking | 101 (February 25, 2013) |
Current ranking | 101 (February 25, 2013) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2012) |
French Open | Q3 (2012) |
Wimbledon | — |
US Open | Q1 (2012) |
Australian Open Junior | F (2011) |
French Open Junior | F (2011) |
Wimbledon Junior | 3R (2010) |
US Open Junior | QF (2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 9–7 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | 263 (July 23, 2012) |
Current ranking | 397 (February 25, 2013) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 2R (2011) |
French Open Junior | — |
Wimbledon Junior | SF (2010) |
US Open Junior | 1R (2010) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 12–10 |
Last updated on: February 25, 2013. |
Mónica Puig (born September 27, 1993 in Hato Rey) is a Puerto Rican tennis player.
Puig has won six singles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On February 25, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 101. On July 23, 2012, she peaked at world number 263 in the doubles rankings. Her biggest achievement so far on the professional circuit is winning the $50,000 ITF tournament in Joué-lès-Tours in 2012, which included a first round win against the number one seed, and world ranked 87, Alexandra Panova.
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.[1] 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.[2]
2011
In January, Puig won the Loy Yang Traralgon International defeating Yulia Putintseva of Russia.[3] Puig is also in the juniors event of the Australian Open. She qualified for the final but lost to Belgian An-Sophie Mestach.[4][5] On February 20, 2011 Puig won the singles title in Surprise, Arizona, defeating Slovak Lenka Wienerová, 6–4, 6–0.[6]
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.
Puig won the silver medal at the 2011 Panamerican 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
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 Andrezieux 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 next month, Puig played on the qualifying draw of two WTA Tour tournaments Bogotá and Monterrey, without being able to get past the first round of the main draw. She received a wildcard to play in the 2012 Indian Wells Masters qualifying draw, but, on the second round, lost to world number 66 Eleni Daniilidou. Puig's first 2012 breakthrough came when she reached the finals of the Poza Rica $25,000 ITF tournament being 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. In the semifinals, she defeated An-Sophie Mestach, the same opponent to whom she lost at the 2011 Junior Australian Open final match.
Career statistics
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 finals (2 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner–up | 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Runner–up | 2011 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(8–10), 1–6 |
ITF circuit finals
Singles: 9 finals (6 Titles, 3 Runner-up)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | April 19, 2010 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | February 20, 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 3. | May 1, 2011 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
7–6(4), 7–5 |
Winner | 4. | August 22, 2011 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 5. | June 25, 2012 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | March 12, 2012 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | June 25, 2012 | ![]() |
Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 8. | October 8, 2012 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 9. | October 22, 2012 | ![]() |
Hard | ![]() |
7–5 1–6 7–5 |
Central American and Caribbean Games
Singles: 1 final (1 gold medal)
Outcome | Year | Host nation | Surface | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2010 | Puerto Rico | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Pan American Games
Singles: 1 final (1 silver medal)
Outcome | Year | Host nation | Surface | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2011 | Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
References
- ^ "Tennis ace Monica Puig nets gold in Mayagüez". July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ^ "Singapore challenge ends on opening day". International Tennis Federation. August 15, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
- ^ Monica Puig (Activity)
- ^ "Australian Open Notebook". Metro. January 29, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ "Cae en la final Mónica Puig". El Nuevo Día. January 29, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
- ^ "ITF Tennis.com $25,000 Surprise, AZ, 2011". February 20, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
External links
- Mónica Puig at the Women's Tennis Association
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Mónica Puig at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Junior watch: Getting to know Monica Puig