Monica Niculescu
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Niculescu at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
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| Country (sports) |
 Romania
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| Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
| Born |
25 September 1987 Slatina, Romania |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | May 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 3,924,412 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 423–281 (60.09%) |
| Career titles | 3 WTA, 18 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 28 (27 February 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 32 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2011, 2012, 2014) |
| French Open | 2R (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2015) |
| US Open | 4R (2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 365–211 (63.37%) |
| Career titles | 7 WTA, 22 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 15 (29 August 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 15 (29 August 2015) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2012) |
| French Open | QF (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2009) |
| US Open | 3R (2009, 2010) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 28–16 (63.64%) |
| Last updated on: 26 March 2016. | |
Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a professional Romanian tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking is no. 28 in singles, reached on February 27, 2012, and no. 16 in doubles, reached on 31 July 2016.
Niculescu was born in Slatina, Romania, but moved to Bucharest when she was four. She is currently coached by Călin Stelian Ciorbagiu.
As a junior, Niculescu had the remarkable gift to win quite easily every final she reached. Thus, before reaching the age of 18, she won 11 ITF singles finals, losing only one set:
She also won 8 out of 14 ITF finals played in doubles, as a junior, in most of them having as a partner her older sister Gabriela Niculescu. She played finals in girls'doubles in Roland Garros (2004, paired with Madalinea Gojnea) and twice in Wimbledon (2004 and 2005, paired with Marina Erakovic).
By the end of 2005, now already a senior player, she was no. 271 in the WTA rankings and no.4 in Romania.
Niculescu made her WTA debut in 2006 Istanbul, where she won to then junior Sabine Lisicki but could not pass the 3rd qualification round. In 2007 she continued to play many ITF tournaments, and she also played in qualifications in all 4 Grand Slams and 3 other WTA tournaments, but only in Dubai she reached the main draw. Still, winning several ITF tournaments and gathering many small points, she finished the year 2007 in Top 200.
In 2008, she reached the quarterfinals in Tashkent, and in all 4 Grand Slams she reached the first round, with round 2 reached in Wimbledon. Gathering points constantly on WTA tour, and also including some smaller successes in ITF tournaments, Niculescu was ranked 48th in the World, and 2nd in Romania, at the end of 2008.
Niculescu opened the season at the Brisbane International, where she lost to Tsvetana Pironkova in the first round in three sets. She also lost in the first round of the Moorilla Hobart International to Alona Bondarenko. At the 2009 Australian Open, Niculescu beat Katie O'Brien in the first round, 6–4, 6–4, before losing to Sara Errani in the second, 2–6, 3–6. Alongside Sorana Cîrstea, Niculescu was the fourteenth seed in women's doubles; they lost to Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo in the second round, 3–6, 3–6.
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