Nicholas Monroe
US$1,498,916 | ||||||||||||
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Career record | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 253 (19 September 2011) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q2 (2007) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2008) | |||||||||||
US Open | Q1 (2008, 2011) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 154–214 (41.8% in ATP Tour and Grand Slams main draw) | |||||||||||
Career titles | 4 ATP, 13 Challengers | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 30 (2 October 2017) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2021) | |||||||||||
French Open | QF (2020) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (2017) | |||||||||||
US Open | QF (2017) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2018) | |||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2014) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (2016) | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2017) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 6 February 2023. |
Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American former professional
He briefly coached American player Jack Sock in the off season in 2022 and in 2023.[2][3]
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:
- 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 the University 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 Futures match. He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of USA F21. This was the only tour event he competed in 2001.[1]
2002
Monroe reached the quarterfinals of his first
2003
Nicholas won his first Futures doubles match, partnering Yannis Vlachos to the semifinals of Slovenia F1.[1]
2004: Turned Pro
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
2005
His first full year as a professional, Nicholas played
Monroe competed in 29 events in 2005, all but one of which were Futures. 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.[1]
2006
Nicholas started the year by winning the
2007
Nicholas began the year by attempting to qualify for the
2012: Challenger circuit doubles success
Nicholas won the Challenger in Medellin, Colombia (doubles) with his partner Maciek Sykut.
He also won two doubles Challengers in Mexico with German partner, Simon Stadler. [4]
2013–2015: First Three ATP doubles titles
Nicholas had his best year as a professional in 2013, finishing the year with a doubles Ranking of World No. 53. In January 2013, Monroe and partner
2017–18: Continued doubles success: First Masters final & US Open quarterfinal, top 30 debut
Following three semi-final finishes in Chennai, Auckland and Quito all with
Partnering Artem Sitak he reached the third round at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships for their first time at this Major and in his career. With John-Patrick Smith at the 2017 US Open (tennis), he reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam also for the first time in his career.
The pair also won the title at the 2018 Atlanta Open, and reached earlier in February 2018 the final at the 2018 Delray Beach Open, Monroe’s tenth.
2019–2021: Thirteenth final, Second Major quarterfinal at the French Open
Monroe reached the final of the 2019 Winston-Salem Open partnering compatriot Tennys Sandgren.
Partnering fellow American Tommy Paul, he also reached at the 2020 French Open the second doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career.
He reached the third round at the 2021 Australian Open for the first time at this Major partnering compatriot Frances Tiafoe.
2022: Retirement
He entered the main draw at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as an alternate pair again with Tommy Paul.[6] He played his last match on the ATP tour at the 2022 US Open (tennis) with Keegan Smith (tennis) ad a wildcard pair, where they lost to Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in the second round.
World TeamTennis
Nicholas has played three seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2006 when he debuted in the league with the Springfield Lasers, followed by a season with the Kansas City Explorers in 2012 and the Washington Kastles in 2019. It was announced that he will re-joining the Washington Kastles during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.[7]
Significant finals
ATP Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2017 | Miami Open | Hard | Jack Sock | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
5–7, 3–6 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2013 | Argentina Open , Argentina |
250 Series | Clay | Simon Stadler | Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2013 | Swedish Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Clay | Simon Stadler | Carlos Berlocq Albert Ramos Viñolas |
6–2, 3–6, [10–3] |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2013 | Croatia Open, Croatia |
250 Series | Clay | Simon Stadler | Martin Kližan David Marrero |
1–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2014 | Swedish Open, Sweden (2) |
250 Series | Clay | Johan Brunström | Jérémy Chardy Oliver Marach |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7] |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2015 | Romanian Open, Romania |
250 Series | Clay | Artem Sitak | Marius Copil Adrian Ungur |
6–3, 5–7, [15–17] |
Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2015 | Hall of Fame Open, United States |
250 Series | Grass | Mate Pavić | Jonathan Marray Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
Win | 3–4 | Oct 2015 | Stockholm Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Jack Sock | Michael Venus
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7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–5 | Apr 2017 | Miami Open, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Jack Sock | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Oct 2017 | Shenzhen Open, China |
250 Series | Hard | Nikola Mektić | Alexander Peya Rajeev Ram |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–7 | Feb 2018 | Delray Beach Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Jack Sock Jackson Withrow |
6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 3–8 | May 2018 | Istanbul Open, Turkey |
250 Series | Clay | Ben McLachlan | Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt |
6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
Win | 4–8 | Jul 2018 | Atlanta Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Ryan Harrison Rajeev Ram |
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8] |
Loss | 4–9 | Aug 2019 | Winston-Salem Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | Tennys Sandgren | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
7–6(8–6), 1–6, [3–10] |
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Doubles: 33 (13–20)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2005 | Joplin, United States | Hard (i) | Jeremy Wurtzman | Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2006 | Yuba City, United States | Hard | Horia Tecău | Scott Lipsky David Martin |
0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Aug 2006 | Manta , Ecuador
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Hard | Horia Tecău | Eric Nunez Jean-Julien Rojer |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Jul 2007 | Winnetka , United States
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Hard | Izak van der Merwe | Patrick Briaud Chris Drake |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Sep 2007 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Hard | Patrick Briaud | Philipp Petzschner Simon Stadler |
5–7, 6–3, [6–10] |
Win | 1–5 | Jun 2008 | Yuba City, United States | Hard | Michael Yani | Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Oudsema |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–6 | Jul 2008 | Granby , Canada
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Hard | Alberto Francis | Philip Bester Peter Polansky |
6–2, 1–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 1–7 | Sep 2008 | Waco, United States | Hard | Alberto Francis | Alex Bogomolov Jr. Dušan Vemić |
4–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
Win | 2–7 | Nov 2008 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | Eric Nunez | Daniel Garza Santiago González |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Win | 3–7 | May 2010 | Carson, United States | Hard | Brian Battistone | Artem Sitak Leonardo Tavares |
5–7, 6–3, [10–4] |
Loss | 3–8 | Oct 2010 | Sacramento, United States | Hard | Donald Young | Rik de Voest Izak van der Merwe |
6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 3–9 | Sep 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Ludovic Walter | Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Riccardo Ghedin |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–10 | Oct 2011 | Sacramento, United States | Hard | Jack Sock | Carsten Ball Chris Guccione |
6–7(3–7), 6–1, [5–10] |
Loss | 3–11 | Jan 2012 | Honolulu, United States | Hard | Jack Sock | Amer Delić Travis Rettenmaier |
4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 3–12 | Feb 2012 | Dallas, United States | Hard (i) | Jack Sock | Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot |
7–6(8–6), 4–6, [17–19] |
Win | 4–12 | Apr 2012 | Barranquilla, Colombia | Clay | Maciek Sykut | Marcel Felder Frank Moser |
2–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Win | 5–12 | Apr 2012 | San Luis Potosí , Mexico
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Clay | Simon Stadler | Andre Begemann Jordan Kerr |
3–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
Loss | 5–13 | May 2012 | Tunis, Tunisia | Clay | Simon Stadler | Jerzy Janowicz Jürgen Zopp |
6–7(1–7), 3–6 |
Win | 6–13 | Jul 2012 | Milan, Italy | Clay | Simon Stadler | Andrey Golubev Yuri Schukin |
6–4, 3–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 6–14 | Oct 2012 | Belém, Brazil | Hard | Simon Stadler | John Peers John-Patrick Smith |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 6–15 | Oct 2012 | San Juan, Argentina | Hard | Simon Stadler | Martín Alund Horacio Zeballos |
6–3, 2–6, [12–14] |
Win | 7–15 | Nov 2012 | Medellín , Colombia
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Clay | Simon Stadler | Renzo Olivo Marco Trungelliti |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–16 | May 2013 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Simon Stadler | Christopher Kas Oliver Marach |
6–2, 4–6, [1–10] |
Win | 8–16 | Jun 2013 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Simon Stadler | Mateusz Kowalczyk Lukáš Rosol |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 9–16 | Aug 2013 | San Marino , San Marino
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Clay | Simon Stadler | Daniele Bracciali Florin Mergea |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–17 | Oct 2013 | Rennes, France | Hard (i) | Simon Stadler | Oliver Marach Florin Mergea |
4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Win | 10–17 | Nov 2014 | Geneva, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Johan Brunström | Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald |
5–7, 7–5, [10–6] |
Loss | 10–18 | May 2015 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | Artem Sitak | Robin Haase Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 11–18 | Jul 2015
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Winnetka, United States | Hard | Johan Brunström | Sekou Bangoura Frank Dancevic |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 11–19 | Sep 2015 | Cary, United States | Hard | Austin Krajicek | Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola |
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [4–10] |
Loss | 11–20 | Nov 2015 | Champaign , United States
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Hard (i) | Austin Krajicek | David O'Hare Joe Salisbury |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12–20 | Mar 2016 | Irving, United States | Hard | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Chris Guccione André Sá |
6–2, 5–7, [10–4] |
Win | 13–20 | Nov 2018 | Houston, United States | Hard | Austin Krajicek | Marcelo Arévalo James Cerretani |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5] |
Doubles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current after the 2022 US Open.
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 3–9 |
French Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 2R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 8–8 |
Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 6–9 |
US Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 11 | 6–11 |
Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 0 / 37 | 23–37 |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters
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A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | QF | F | 1R | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Cincinnati Masters
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A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
Shanghai Masters
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A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Paris Masters | A | 2R | A | A | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 7–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 12–14 |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Tournaments | 3 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 218 | |
Titles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Finals | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
Overall win–loss | 2–3 | 15–16 | 13–23 | 17–22 | 20–29 | 32–31 | 21–28 | 10–19 | 6–9 | 11–24 | 7–11 | 154–214 | |
Year-end ranking | 79 | 53 | 65 | 55 | 52 | 30 | 65 | 100 | 74 | 98 | 182 | 42% |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Nicholas Monroe Player Activity". ATP World Tour.
- ^ "Jack Sock Has New Coach But Loses Again · Tennis-Prose.com". Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Sock Drops Monroe As Coach". March 23, 2023.
- ^ "Nick Monroe Interview: Pro Doubles Player & Tennis Channel Analyst". November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Monroe Riding High on Late Doubles Breakthrough | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Blumberg & Monroe Playing at Wimbledon". July 10, 2023.
- ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.