Carole Monnet (born 1 December 2001) is a Ukrainian-born French tennis player. Monnet has career-high WTA rankings of No. 162 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2023, and No. 129 in doubles, reached on 28 October 2024.[1]

Carole Monnet
Country (sports) France
Born (2001-12-01) 1 December 2001 (age 22)
Boiarka, Ukraine
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$503,096
Singles
Career record236–191
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 162 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 231 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French Open1R (2022)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record83–93
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 129 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 129 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2023, 2024)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Early life

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Monnet was born in Boiarka, Ukraine, and adopted at the age of two by French parents from Toulouse.[2]

Career

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Monnet made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Ladies Open Lausanne, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament.[citation needed]

Her first singles tour-level main-draw match was at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg.[3]

She received a wildcard for the main draw in singles at the 2022 French Open for her home Grand Slam debut.[2]

Partnering Darja Semeņistaja, Monnet won the doubles title at the WTA125 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Katarzyna Kawa in the final.[4]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L
Australian Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open Q2 Q2 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1

WTA Challenger finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2024 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay   Estelle Cascino   Amina Anshba
  Anastasia Dețiuc
6–7(7–9), 6–2, [5–10]
Win 1–1 September 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy , Romania Clay   Darja Semeņistaja   Aliona Bolsova
  Katarzyna Kawa
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W50 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W15 tournaments (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2018 ITF Cantanhede, Portugal W15 Carpet   Manca Pislak 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Hard   Ioana Gașpar 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2019 ITF Lousada, Portugal W15 Hard   Francisca Jorge 6–4, 6–7(6), 4–6
Win 1–3 Nov 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Andreea Prisăcariu 6–2, 3–1 ret.
Win 2–3 Nov 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Clara Burel 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–3 Dec 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Mariia Tkacheva 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–3 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Valentina Ryser 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–3 Nov 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yuliya Hatouka 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss 5–4 Dec 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Lulu Sun 0–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 6–4 Dec 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yuliya Hatouka 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard   Maja Chwalińska 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Mar 2022 ITF Antalya, Turkey W25 Clay   Petra Marčinko 4–6, 1–6
Win 7–6 Oct 2022 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal W25 Clay   Joanne Züger 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 8–6 Feb 2023 ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic W25 Hard   Darja Semeņistaja 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 8–7 Jul 2023 Figueira da Foz Open, Portugal W100 Hard   Alina Korneeva 0–6, 0–6
Loss 8–8 Jan 2024 ITF Bangalore, India W50 Hard   Darja Semeņistaja 1–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles: 11 (2 titles, 9 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (0–2)
W60/75 tournaments (0–3)
W25 tournaments (0–3)
W15 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–6)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Tamara Čurović   Manon Arcangioli
  Alice Robbe
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Dec 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Mariia Tkacheva   Yasmine Mansouri
  Marie Mettraux
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 2–1 Nov 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Dia Evtimova   Weronika Falkowska
  Anna Kubareva
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss 2–2 Jun 2021 ITF Jonköping, Sweden W25 Clay   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad   Cristiana Ferrando
  Oana Georgeta Simion
5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2021 ITF Kiryat Motzkin, Israel W25 Hard   Maria Bondarenko   Quirine Lemoine
  Eva Vedder
0–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 2022 ITF Mogyoród, Hungary W25 Clay   Marine Partaud   Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie
  Amarissa Kiara Tóth
5–7, 0–6
Loss 2–5 May 2023 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia W60 Clay   Antonia Ružić   Dalila Jakupović
  Valentini Grammatikopoulou
2–6, 5–7
Loss 2–6 Nov 2023 ITF Charleston Pro,
United States
W100 Clay   Nigina Abduraimova   Hailey Baptiste
  Whitney Osuigwe
4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Loss 2–7 May 2024 Open Saint-Gaudens, France W75+H Clay   Estelle Cascino   Émeline Dartron
  Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah
3–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Loss 2–8 Jun 2024 Open de Biarritz, France W100 Clay   Estelle Cascino   Irina Bara
  Andreea Mitu
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 2–9 Nov 2024 Ismaning Open, Germany W75 Carpet (i)   Isabelle Haverlag   Aneta Kučmová
  Aneta Laboutková
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Carole Monnet | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ a b Macpherson, Alex (20 May 2022). "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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