Monica Puig
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Monica Puig at the 2016 French Open
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| Full name | Monica Puig Marchán | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |
 Puerto Rico
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| Residence | Miami, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 27, 1993 Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | September 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach(es) | Ricardo Sánchez (2014–2015) Juan Todero (2015–) |
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| Prize money | $1,750,696 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 226–140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 2 WTA, 6 ITF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 27 (September 26, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 46 (January 16, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 3R (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 3R (2013, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 4R (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | W (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 14–25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 210 (25 May 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 342 (9 August 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015, 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2014, 2015, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2013, 2014, 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fed Cup | 16–11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 21 September 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monica Puig Marchán (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican professional tennis player and Olympic gold medal winner. She is also a Central American and Caribbean champion and Pan American silver medalist.
Puig has won one singles title on the WTA tour and six singles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On September 26, 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 27. On May 25, 2015, she peaked at world number 210 in the doubles rankings. In May 2014, Puig won her first WTA tour title at the 2014 Internationaux de Strasbourg.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Puig became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal while representing Puerto Rico and the ninth overall medalist for that delegation. During this event, she became the first Latin American player to win the women's singles tournament. Defeating two top-5 opponents, she bested the second ranked player in the world, Angelique Kerber, in the final. Puig is the only unseeded female player to win gold since the reintroduction of tennis in 1988.
Monica Puig Marchán was born 27 September 1993 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico to a Cuban American father, José Puig, and a Puerto Rican mother, Astrid Marchán. Puig stated her grandparents are Catalan. She has a brother named Ricardo "Ricky" Puig.
In 2007, she entered her first tournament at the Prince Cup, but withdrew from the qualifying draw.
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