Monique Adamczak (born 21 January 1983) is an inactive Australian
tennis
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player. Her favourite surface is
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. She has specialised in doubles and has been coached by
Tony Roche
Anthony Dalton Roche Order of Australia, AO Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 17 May 1945) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
A native of Tarcutta, Roche played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga ...
, former coach of
Roger Federer
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.
Adamczak made her debut as a professional in 1998, aged 15, at an
ITF tournament in
Lyneham. On her way to the quarterfinals she defeated
Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6.
Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...
.
She won her first title in September 2000 on grass at the ITF Jaipur in India, defeating home favourite
Manisha Malhotra, in three sets. It was here that she also won her first doubles title, partnering with
Jennifer Schmidt.
At the
2009 US Open, Adamczak qualified for the singles event, losing to
Alizé Cornet in the first round, in a tight three-setter.
At the
2014 Australian Open, Adamczak partnering
Olivia Rogowska, reached the third round, losing to the first seeds
Sara Errani
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and
Roberta Vinci
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.
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Performance timeline
Singles
Doubles
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 19 (8–11)
Doubles: 54 (32–22)
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Australian female tennis players
Australian people of Polish descent
People from the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)
Sportswomen from New South Wales
1983 births
Living people
Tennis players from Sydney