Monique Kiene | |
Fullname: | Monique Kiene |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1974 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $71,935 |
Singlestitles: | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 123 (24 August 1992) |
Australianopenresult: | 2R (1993) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1993) |
Doublestitles: | 1 WTA |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 61 (8 February 1993) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1993) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1992) |
Monique Kiene (born 5 August 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
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]
$25,000 tournaments | |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Runner-up | 1. | 30 June 1991 | Covilhã, Portugal | Hard | Barbara Collet | 3–6, 1–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 16 September 1991 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Meike Babel | 7–5, 6–3 |