Dutch tennis player
Monique Kiene (born 5 August 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
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)
ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
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$10,000 tournaments
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Singles (1–1)
Outcome
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No.
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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Runner-up
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1.
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30 June 1991
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Covilhã, Portugal
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Hard
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Barbara Collet
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3–6, 1–6
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Winner
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2.
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16 September 1991
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Sofia, Bulgaria
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Clay
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Meike Babel
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7–5, 6–3
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