Monica Niculescu

Romanian tennis player (born 1987)

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Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player.
28 in singles and No.
She was ranked within the top 30 for several years in singles.
She reached the quarterfinals in doubles in all Grand Slam championships.
In singles, her best Grand Slam performance is reaching round four, which she did at the 2011 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as 19 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She was ranked within the top 30 for several years in singles. Niculescu entered the Grand Slam doubles final at Wimbledon 2017 tournament, together with Chan Hao-ching. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles in all Grand Slam championships. In WTA 1000 tournaments, she got into three finals (doubles), six semifinals (five in doubles), and 12 quarterfinals (11 in doubles). In singles, her best Grand Slam performance is reaching round four, which she did at the 2011 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

Early life

Niculescu was born in Slatina but moved to Bucharest when she was age four. Her mother Cristiana Silvia is a pharmaceutical sales representative, and her father Mihai Niculescu is an engineer. She has an older sister, Gabriela, who has also been a professional tennis player.