Dominique Monami

Dominique Monami (born 31 May 1973) is a former tennis player from Belgium. She is her country's first ever top-10 tennis professional.

Dominique Monami

Dominique in 2003
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	US$ 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
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1999, 2000)
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1998, 1999, 2000)
US Open	SF (2000)
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Doubles

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 for much of her career, until their divorce in 2003.

Career

Monami won her first WTA Tour tournament in 1996 in Cardiff (Welsh Open). Before this win, she had been on the ITF circuit where she won seven ITF events, five of which in 1990. In 1997, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The following year, Van Roost became the first ever Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the top 10 in WTA rankings.

Monami won a total of four WTA singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in October 1998. In total, she participated in 36 Grand Slam tournaments during her career.

Another achievement for Van Roost came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles competition, partnering Els Callens. Also in doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1999 and 2000, and the semifinals of the 2000 US Open.

In November 2000, Monami ended her professional tennis career when she became pregnant by Bart Van Roost, whom she divorced later in 2003. Subsequently, in 2006, she married Erik Vink, a manager in Sony BMG.

After retiring from playing, Monami became involved in Belgian tennis in various capacities, including as a tournament director (Brussels Open) and as Fed Cup captain. She also wrote a book titled Een Kwestie van Karakter (Tout est dans le caractère). Monami was awarded Belgian Sports Personality of the Year in 1998.

Since October 2021 is Monami vice-president of the Belgian Olympic Committee.

Significant finals

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2000	Sydney	Hard	Els Callens	Olga Barabanschikova Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 6–4, 6–1

WTA career finals

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–3)
Tier III (0–4)
Tier IV (4–5)

Singles: 16 (4 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1993	Montpellier Open, France	Carpet (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Oct 1995	Bell Challenge, Canada	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–7(5), 2–6
Win	1.	May 1996	British Clay Court Championships, UK	Clay	Laurence Courtois	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	Jan 1997	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Marianne Werdel	6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	Sep 1997	Surabaya International, Indonesia	Hard	Lenka Němečková	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	Oct 1997	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 7–6(4), 5–7
Loss	4.	Nov 1997	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	5–7, 7–6(6), 5–7
Win	4.	Jan 1998	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Silvia Farina	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
Loss	5.	Jan 1998	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Patty Schnyder	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	Feb 1998	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7.	Feb 1998	Linz Open, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	1–6, 6–7(2)
Loss	8.	May 1998	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	9.	Jan 1999	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	4–6, 1–6
Loss	10.	Sep 1999	Luxembourg Open	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	Jun 2000	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	12.	Jul 2000	Knokke-Heist Trophy, Belgium	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1993	Belgian Open	Clay	Ann Devries	Radka Bobková María José Gaidano	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4)
Win	1.	Jul 1993	Austrian Open	Clay	Li Fang	Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	Oct 1993	Montpellier Open, France	Carpet (i)	Janette Husárová	Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	3.	Oct 1996	Luxembourg Open	Carpet (i)	Barbara Rittner	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Jan 1997	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Janette Husárová	Aleksandra Olsza Elena Pampoulova	6–2, 6–7(5), 6–3
Loss	4.	Jan 1997	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Barbara Rittner	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	Nov 1997	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Florencia Labat	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu	3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	May 1998	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Florencia Labat	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	Aug 2000	LA Tennis Championships, U.S.	Hard	Els Callens	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5

ITF finals

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

Singles: 8 (7–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 August 1990	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Magdalena Feistel	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	17 September 1990	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay	Klára Bláhová	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	24 September 1990	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay	Catarina Bernstein	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	15 October 1990	ITF Burgdorf, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Sabine Lohmann	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	22 October 1990	ITF Lyss, Switzerland	Clay	Katja Meichelbock	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	12 November 1990	ITF Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Sandrine Testud	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	27 February 1995	ITF Southampton, UK	Carpet (i)	Angela Kerek	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	29 September 1996	ITF Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Åsa Carlsson	2–6, 7–6(4), 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 February 1995	ITF Southampton, UK	Carpet (i)	Andrea Temesvari	Seda Noorlander Christína Papadáki	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	28 September 1996	ITF Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Caroline Dhenin	Natalia Medvedeva Larisa Neiland	1–6, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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

Head-to-head record

Record vs. top 10 players

• 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 Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in French and Dutch)