Dominique Monami

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Mechelen
Born	(1973-05-31) 31 May 1973 (age 47) 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 WTA, 7 ITF
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 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Bronze medal (2000)
Medal record Olympic Games Doubles

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

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 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 professional career.

Another achievement for Van Roost came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, 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. She became embroiled in political controversy in Belgium because of her name change.^[] She had been criticized in the country for abandoning her Walloon surname and adopting that of her Flemish husband. After her divorce, she reverted to her original last name. 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 the Belgian Fed Cup captain. She also wrote a book titled Een Kwestie van Karakter (Tout est dans le caractere). Monami was awarded Belgian Sports Personality of the Year in 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

Singles: 16 (4 wins, 12 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1993	Open Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier	Carpet (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	3-6, 4-6
Loss	2.	Oct 1995	Bell Challenge, Quebec City	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6-7(5), 2-6
Win	1.	May 1996	British Clay Court Championships, Cardiff	Clay	Laurence Courtois	6-4, 6-2
Win	2.	Jan 1997	Tasmanian International, Hobart	Hard	Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer	6-3, 6-3
Win	3.	Sep 1997	Wismilak International, Surabaya	Hard	Lenka N?me?ková	6-1, 6-3
Loss	3.	Oct 1997	Bell Challenge, Quebec City	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4-6, 7-6(4), 5-7
Loss	4.	Nov 1997	PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	5-7, 7-6(6), 5-7
Win	4.	Jan 1998	ASB Classic, Auckland	Hard	Silvia Farina	4-6, 7-6, 7-5
Loss	5.	Jan 1998	Hobart International	Hard	Patty Schnyder	3-6, 2-6
Loss	6.	Feb 1998	Open Gaz de France, Paris	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	3-6, 5-7
Loss	7.	Feb 1998	Generali Ladies Linz	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	1-6, 6-7(2)
Loss	8.	May 1998	Madrid Open	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6-3, 4-6, 0-6
Loss	9.	Jan 1999	ASB Classic, Auckland	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	4-6, 1-6
Loss	10.	Sep 1999	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg City	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	2-6, 2-6
Loss	11.	Jun 2000	Eastbourne International, Eastbourne	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	6-7(4), 4-6
Loss	12.	Jul 2000	French Community Championships, Knokke	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2-6, 5-7

Doubles: 9 (4 wins, 5 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Pertner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1993	Belgian Open, Liege	Clay	Ann Devries	Radka Bobková María José Gaidano	6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4)
Win	1.	Jul 1993	Austrian Open, Kitzbühel	Clay	Li Fang	Maja Muri? Pavlína Rajzlová	6-2, 6-1
Loss	2.	Oct 1993	Open Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier	Carpet (i)	Janette Husárová	Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik	3-6, 6-2, 7-6(3)
Loss	3.	Oct 1996	SEAT Open, Luxembourg City	Carpet (i)	Barbara Rittner	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Win	2.	Jan 1997	ASB Classic, Auckland	Hard	Janette Husárová	Aleksandra Olsza Elena Pampoulova	6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3
Loss	4.	Jan 1997	Tasmanian International, Hobart	Hard	Barbara Rittner	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	6-3, 6-1
Loss	5.	Nov 1997	Volvo Women's Open, Pattaya City	Hard	Florencia Labat	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu	6-3, 6-4
Win	3.	May 1998	Madrid Open	Clay	Florencia Labat	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Pratt	6-3, 6-1
Win	4.	Aug 2000	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles	Hard	Els Callens	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6-2, 7-5

ITF finals

Singles (7-1)

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, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Sandrine Testud	4-6, 4-6
Winner	6.	27 February 1995	Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Angela Kerek	0-6, 6-4, 6-3
Winner	7.	29 September 1996	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Åsa Carlsson	2-6, 7-6(4), 6-1

Doubles (1-1)

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

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

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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 (in French and Dutch)