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tennis Nicholas Monroe
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| Country | United States |
| Residence | Manhattan Beach, California |
| Born |
April 12, 1982 (age 31) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb) |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $123,410 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (ATP Tour or Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 280 (Jule 28, 2008) |
| Current ranking | No. 343 (February 14, 2011) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2007) |
| French Open | DNP |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2008) |
| US Open | Q1 (2008) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 170 (May 18, 2009) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2013) |
| French Open | DNP |
| Wimbledon | DNP |
| US Open | 2R (2012) |
Benjamin Nicholas "Nick" Monroe (born April 12, 1982, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger titles in his career.[1]
College career
Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. His achievements include:
The University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004) • All-American Status (2003–2004) • All-ACC Status (2002–2004) • 2nd in All-time Singles Wins (100) at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Recipient of the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004) • National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004).
Professional career
2001
Nicholas competed in doubles in his first main-draw Furtures match.[citation needed] He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of USA F21. This was the only tour event he competed in 2001.[citation needed]
2002
Monroe reached the quarterfinals of his first Futures tournament in singles play, USA F11, played in Peoria, Illinois in July.
2003
Nicholas won his first Futures doubles match, partnering Yannis Vlachos to the semifinals of Slovenia F1.[citation needed]
2004
After playing only four Futures events in 2003, Monroe played, from June, a full schedule in 2004. In his first doubles tournament of the year, he reached his first final, partnering Jonathan Igbinovia. In August he reached his first singles semifinal, at Indonesia F2 in Makassar. In October, Monroe captured his first doubles Futures title, in doubles, partnering Márcio Torres, at Venezuela F3. He won a second two weeks later, Mexico F17, playing alongside Jeremy Wurtzman. Later in November, Monroe played in his first Challenger tournament, the Puebla Challenger in Puebla, Mexico, losing in the first round to Santiago González. In doubles, he and Wurtzman reached the semifinals. Three weeks later in Guadalajara, however, he won two Challenger matches to reach the quarterfinalss.
2005
His first full year as a professional, Nicholas played ITF Circuit and USTA Pro Circuit events. He reached his first final and won his first singles title at the ITF Circuit event in South Africa, when he defeated Stephen Mitchell. Highly successful in doubles, Nick won four titles in 2005: with Jeremy Wurtzman at the USTA Pro Circuit event in Orange Park, Florida; with Izak van der Merwe atITF Circuit events in Botswana and Zimbabwe; and with Sam Warburg at the ITF Circuit event in Israel.[citation needed]
Monroe competed in 29 events in 2005, all but one of which were Futures.[citation needed] He lost in the first round of his only main draw Challenger event singles match, to Zack Fleishman at the Cuenca Challenger. Monroe won his
first singles title, South Africa F1 in late October, defeating Stephen Mitchell in the final.
2006
Nicholas started the year by winning the ITF Circuit title in Costa Rica. A month later, he won another ITF title, this time in Nigeria. He reached the semifinals of a USTA Pro Circuit event in Little Rock, before reaching back-to-back finals in India. He lost to Karan Rastogi in Delhi and defeated Sunil Kumar Sipaeya in Dehradun. He reached another ITF Circuit final in the fall in Japan, where he lost to Satoshi Iwabuchi. At the beginning of the year, Nick won consecutive doubles titles on the ITF Circuit with partner Sam Warburg in Mexico and Costa Rica.[citation needed]
2007
Nicholas began the year by attempting to qualify for the Australian Open. He reached consecutive ITF Futures events in Japan, where he lost to Gouichi Motomura both times. He won two titles at ITF Futures events in Mexico and won a USTAPro Circuit event in Rochester, New York, where he defeated Robert Yim in the final. The fall of 2007 saw Nick reach the semifinals of USTAPro Circuit events in Manchester, Texas, where he lost to eventual champion Michael McClune, andWaikoloa, Hawaii where he lost to Lester Cook. He partnered with Izak van der Merwe to win the USTA Pro Circuit doubles title in Brownsville, Texas.[citation needed]
2012
Nicholas won the Challenger in Medellin-Colombia (doubles). His partner was the German Studle.
2013
Monroe and partner Raven Klaasen made it to the semifinals of the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open in January, falling to Benoît Paire and Stanislas Wawrinka, after a surprise quarterfinal win over Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor. He then teamed with German Simon Stadler to play the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. They made it to the final, falling to the Italian pair of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli.
