Nick Monroe
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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.
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 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).
in July.
. In October, Monroe captured his first tour title, in doubles, partnering Márcio Torres, at Venezuela F3. He won a second two weeks later, Mexico F17, playing aside Jeremy Wurtzman. Later in November Monroe played in his first challenger tournament, the Puebla Challenger in Puebla, Mexico
, losing in the first round 2 and 1 to Santiago González. And in doubles he and Wurtzman reached the semis. Three weeks later in Guadalajara
however he won two challenger event matches to reach the quarters.
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
at ITF
Circuit events in Botswana
and Zimbabwe
; and with Sam Warburg
at the ITF
Circuit event in Israel
.
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
3 and 2 at the Cuenca Challenger. Monroe however won his first singles title, South Africa F1 in late October, defeating Stephen Mitchell in the final.
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
.
. 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 USTA Pro 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
, and Waikoloa, 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
.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
) is an American professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger titles in his career.
College career
Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
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 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
• Recipient of the Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...
Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004)
• National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004).
2001
Nicholas competed in doubles in his first ever tour main draw match. He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of U.S.A. F21. This was the only tour event he competed in in 2001.2002
Monroe reached the quarter-finals of his first Futures tournament in singles play, U.S.A. F11, played in Peoria, IllinoisPeoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
in July.
2003
Nicholas won his first tour doubles match, partnering Yannis Vlachos to the semi-finals of Slovenia F1.2004
After playing only four tour events in 2003, Monroe played, from June, a full schedule in 2004. In his first doubles tournament of the year, he reached his first tour final, partnering Jonathan Igbinovia. In August he reached his first singles semi-final, at Indonesia F2 in MakassarMakassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...
. In October, Monroe captured his first tour title, in doubles, partnering Márcio Torres, at Venezuela F3. He won a second two weeks later, Mexico F17, playing aside Jeremy Wurtzman. Later in November Monroe played in his first challenger tournament, the Puebla Challenger in Puebla, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico
Puebla, Mexico, may refer to:*Puebla, one of the 32 component federal entities of the United Mexican States*Puebla, Puebla, capital city of that state...
, losing in the first round 2 and 1 to Santiago González. And in doubles he and Wurtzman reached the semis. Three weeks later in Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
however he won two challenger event matches to reach the quarters.
2005
His first full year as a professional, Nicholas played ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Circuit and USTA Pro Circuit events. He reached his first final and won his first singles title at the ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
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
Izak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
at ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Circuit events in Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
; and with Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg is a retired American male tennis player.- College career :Warburg was a 4-time All -American for Stanford University, and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2004. He also won the 2004 & 2005 PAC-10 Singles titles...
at the ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Circuit event in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
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
Zack Fleishman
Zachary Rodin "Zack" Fleishman is a right-handed professional tennis player from the United States.-Tennis career:Fleishman began playing tennis at the age of 8....
3 and 2 at the Cuenca Challenger. Monroe however 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 ITFInternational Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Circuit title in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. A month later he won another ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
title, this time in Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. 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
Karan Rastogi
Karan Rastogi is an Indian tennis player. He started playing tennis at the age of 3. In 2003, he turned professional. He reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open Junior Championship in 2004...
in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and defeated Sunil Kumar Sipaeya in Dehradun
Dehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
. He reached another ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Circuit final in the fall in Japan where he lost to Satoshi Iwabuchi
Satoshi Iwabuchi
is a retired professional tennis player from Japan.Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which...
. At the beginning of the year, Nick won consecutive doubles titles on the ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Circuit with partner Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg
Sam Warburg is a retired American male tennis player.- College career :Warburg was a 4-time All -American for Stanford University, and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2004. He also won the 2004 & 2005 PAC-10 Singles titles...
in Mexico and Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
.
2007
Nicholas began the year by attempting to qualify for the Australian OpenAustralian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
. He reached consecutive ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Futures events in Japan, where he lost to Gouichi Motomura
Gouichi Motomura
is a retired Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Over a 16-year period, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all in doubles, and is tied for the most Davis Cup ties played by a Japanese player, with 23. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134 and doubles ranking is...
both times. He won two titles at ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
Futures events in Mexico and won a USTA Pro Circuit event in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
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
Michael McClune
Michael McClune is an American professional tennis player.He turned professional in 2007, is represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG, and signed a lucrative contract with Nike.-Junior career:...
, and Waikoloa, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
where he lost to Lester Cook
Lester Cook
Lester Cook is an American professional tennis player.-External links:...
. He partnered with Izak van der Merwe
Izak van der Merwe
- Professional career :In June 2008, van der Merwe qualified into the 2008 Wimbledon main draw, beating World No. 177 Miguel Ángel López Jaén, World No. 126 Kristian Pless, and World No. 246 Frédéric Niemeyer...
to win the USTA Pro Circuit doubles title in Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville is a city in the southernmost tip of the state of Texas, in the United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a population of...
.