Dominique Monami

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	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

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, United States	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	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

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)