Monique Kiene

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Monique Kiene
Full nameMonique Kiene
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1974-08-05) 5 August 1974 (age 49)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$71,935
Singles
Career record60–48
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 123 (24 August 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1993)
French Open 1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record22–24
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 61 (8 February 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1993)
French Open 2R (1992)

Monique Kiene (born 5 August 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

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Biography

Kiene, a right-handed player from Purmerend, played on the professional tour in the early 1990s. [1]

She won her first professional tournament in 1991, at the $25k ITF event in Sofia.

In 1992, she partnered with compatriot Miriam Oremans to win her only title on the WTA Tour, in the doubles at the Linz Open. [2] Later in the year she was a semifinalist at the Prague Open, which helped her singles ranking peak at No. 123 in the world. [3]

She played her final year on tour in 1993. At the 1993 Australian Open, she featured in the singles main draw and beat Germany's Maja Živec-Škulj in the first round, before losing her next match to Lindsay Davenport. On 8 February 1993 she reached a career high doubles ranking of 61. She was drawn up against second seed Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the first round of the 1993 French Open but played a competitive match. [4] After losing the first set, she led the Spaniard 4–0 in the second, before losing the match in a tiebreak. [5]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win Feb 1992 Linz Open, AustriaTier VHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Miriam Oremans Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Porwik
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaella Reggi-Concato 		6–4, 6–2

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.30 June 1991 Covilhã, PortugalHard Flag of France.svg Barbara Collet 3–6, 1–6
Winner2.16 September 1991 Sofia, BulgariaClay Flag of Germany.svg Meike Babel 7–5, 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ "Winst voor Rottier en talent Basting". De Stem (in Dutch). 17 September 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Linz - 10 February - 16 February 1992". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Prague - 20 July - 26 July 1992". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Roberts, John (24 May 1993). "Bates and Wood take the first exit". The Independent . Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kiene kwartier niet onder indruk". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 25 May 1993. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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