Nicholas Monroe

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Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. Monroe was a doubles specialist. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 30 on 2 October 2017 and won four ATP Tour doubles titles and thirteen ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career.[1]

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 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.[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 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 quarterfinals.

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 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 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 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.[1]

2007

Nicholas began the year by attempting to qualify for the 2007 Australian Open. He defeated Jeremy Chardy in his first round singles qualifying match. 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 Monroe 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.[1]

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

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Monroe at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

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 Raven Klaasen made it to the semifinals of the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open, falling to Benoît Paire and Stanislas Wawrinka, after a surprise quarterfinal win over the #1 Seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor. He then teamed up successfully with Simon Stadler to play the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They made it to the final, falling to the Italian pair of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli. In July 2013, he won his first ATP title in doubles also with Stadler at the 250 level at the 2013 Bastad Skistar Swedish Open and reached the final of the 2013 Umag Open in Croatia also on clay.

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 Artem Sitak, Monroe reached a top 40 doubles ranking of No. 39 on 3 April 2017 after the biggest run of his career to the final of the 2017 Miami Open with Jack Sock.[5] He later peaked at a career-high of No. 30 on 2 October 2017 after reaching his ninth final at the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open partnering Nikola Mektic.

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, 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 with Keegan Smith as 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
Loss 2017 Miami Open Hard Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Łukasz Kubot
Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo 		5–7, 3–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–9)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 [[2013 Copa Claro – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Argentina Open,
Argentina 		250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Simone Bolelli
Template:Flagicon Fabio Fognini 		3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 [[2013 Swedish Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Swedish Open,
Sweden 		250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Carlos Berlocq
Template:Flagicon Albert Ramos Viñolas 		6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss 1–2 [[2013 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Croatia Open,
Croatia 		250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Martin Kližan
Template:Flagicon David Marrero 		1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 2–2 [[2014 Swedish Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Swedish Open,
Sweden (2) 		250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström Template:Flagicon Jérémy Chardy
Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach 		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Loss 2–3 [[2015 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Romanian Open,
Romania 		250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak Template:Flagicon Marius Copil
Template:Flagicon Adrian Ungur 		6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Loss 2–4 [[2015 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Hall of Fame Open,
United States 		250 Series Grass Template:Flagicon Mate Pavić Template:Flagicon Jonathan Marray
Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 		6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 3–4 [[2015 Stockholm Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Stockholm Open,
Sweden 		250 Series Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Mate Pavić
Template:Flagicon Michael Venus 		7–5, 6–2
Loss 3–5 [[2017 Miami Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Miami Open,
United States 		Masters 1000 Hard Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Łukasz Kubot
Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–6 [[2017 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Shenzhen Open,
China 		250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon Nikola Mektić Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya
Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 [[2018 Delray Beach Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Delray Beach Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith Template:Flagicon Jack Sock
Template:Flagicon Jackson Withrow 		6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 3–8 [[2018 Istanbul Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Istanbul Open,
Turkey 		250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Ben McLachlan Template:Flagicon Dominic Inglot
Template:Flagicon Robert Lindstedt 		6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 4–8 [[2018 BB&T Atlanta Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Atlanta Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith Template:Flagicon Ryan Harrison
Template:Flagicon Rajeev Ram 		3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Loss 4–9 [[2019 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Winston-Salem Open,
United States 		250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon Tennys Sandgren Template:Flagicon Łukasz Kubot
Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo 		7–6(8–6), 1–6, [3–10]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 33 (13–20)

Result W–L Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Joplin, United States Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jeremy Wurtzman Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest
Template:Flagicon Łukasz Kubot 		6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Template:Dts Yuba City, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău Template:Flagicon Scott Lipsky
Template:Flagicon David Martin 		0–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Template:Dts Manta, Ecuador Hard Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău Template:Flagicon Eric Nunez
Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Template:Dts Winnetka, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Izak van der Merwe Template:Flagicon Patrick Briaud
Template:Flagicon Chris Drake 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 0–5 Template:Dts Donetsk, Ukraine Hard Template:Flagicon Patrick Briaud Template:Flagicon Philipp Petzschner
Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler 		5–7, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 1–5 Template:Dts Yuba City, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Yani Template:Flagicon Jan-Michael Gambill
Template:Flagicon Scott Oudsema 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–6 Template:Dts Granby, Canada Hard Template:Flagicon Alberto Francis Template:Flagicon Philip Bester
Template:Flagicon Peter Polansky 		6–2, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 1–7 Template:Dts Waco, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Alberto Francis Template:Flagicon Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Template:Flagicon Dušan Vemić 		4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 2–7 Template:Dts Puebla, Mexico Hard Template:Flagicon Eric Nunez Template:Flagicon Daniel Garza
Template:Flagicon Santiago González 		4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 3–7 [[2010 USTA LA Tennis Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Carson, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Brian Battistone Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak
Template:Flagicon Leonardo Tavares 		5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss 3–8 [[2010 Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Sacramento, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Donald Young Template:Flagicon Rik de Voest
Template:Flagicon Izak van der Merwe 		6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 3–9 [[2011 Chang-Sat Bangkok Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Bangkok, Thailand Hard Template:Flagicon Ludovic Walter Template:Flagicon Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Template:Flagicon Riccardo Ghedin 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–10 [[2011 Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Sacramento, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Carsten Ball
Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione 		6–7(3–7), 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 3–11 [[2012 Honolulu Challenger – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Honolulu, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Amer Delić
Template:Flagicon Travis Rettenmaier 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–12 [[2012 Challenger of Dallas – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Dallas, United States Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jack Sock Template:Flagicon Chris Eaton
Template:Flagicon Dominic Inglot 		7–6(8–6), 4–6, [17–19]
Win 4–12 [[2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Barranquilla – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Barranquilla, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Maciek Sykut Template:Flagicon Marcel Felder
Template:Flagicon Frank Moser 		2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 5–12 [[2012 San Luis Potosí Challenger – Doubles|Template:Dts]] San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Andre Begemann
Template:Flagicon Jordan Kerr 		3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 5–13 [[2012 Tunis Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Tunis, Tunisia Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Jerzy Janowicz
Template:Flagicon Jürgen Zopp 		6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 6–13 [[2012 Aspria Tennis Cup Trofeo City Life – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Milan, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Andrey Golubev
Template:Flagicon Yuri Schukin 		6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 6–14 [[2012 Campeonato Internacional de Tênis do Estado do Pará – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Belém, Brazil Hard Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon John Peers
Template:Flagicon John-Patrick Smith 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–15 [[2012 Copa San Juan Gobierno – Doubles|Template:Dts]] San Juan, Argentina Hard Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Martín Alund
Template:Flagicon Horacio Zeballos 		6–3, 2–6, [12–14]
Win 7–15 [[2012 Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Medellín, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Renzo Olivo
Template:Flagicon Marco Trungelliti 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–16 [[2013 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Bordeaux, France Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Christopher Kas
Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach 		6–2, 4–6, [1–10]
Win 8–16 [[2013 UniCredit Czech Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Mateusz Kowalczyk
Template:Flagicon Lukáš Rosol 		6–4, 6–4
Win 9–16 [[2013 San Marino CEPU Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] San Marino, San Marino Clay Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Daniele Bracciali
Template:Flagicon Florin Mergea 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 9–17 [[2013 Open de Rennes – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Rennes, France Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach
Template:Flagicon Florin Mergea 		4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 10–17 [[2014 Geneva Open Challenger – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Geneva, Switzerland Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach
Template:Flagicon Philipp Oswald 		5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 10–18 [[2015 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Aix-en-Provence, France Clay Template:Flagicon Artem Sitak Template:Flagicon Robin Haase
Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 		1–6, 2–6
Win 11–18 [[2015 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Winnetka, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström Template:Flagicon Sekou Bangoura
Template:Flagicon Frank Dancevic 		4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 11–19 [[2015 Cary Challenger – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Cary, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Austin Krajicek Template:Flagicon Chase Buchanan
Template:Flagicon Blaž Rola 		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [4–10]
Loss 11–20 [[2015 JSM Challenger of Champaign–Urbana – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Champaign, United States Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Austin Krajicek Template:Flagicon David O'Hare
Template:Flagicon Joe Salisbury 		1–6, 4–6
Win 12–20 [[2016 Irving Tennis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Irving, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione
Template:Flagicon André Sá 		6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Win 13–20 [[2018 Oracle Challenger Series – Houston – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Houston, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Austin Krajicek Template:Flagicon Marcelo Arévalo
Template:Flagicon James Cerretani 		4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–5]

Doubles performance timeline

Template:Performance key Current after the 2022 US Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
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 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 A A A A A A 2R 1R A 2R 0 / 3 2–3
Shanghai Masters 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 Template:Tennis win percentage

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