Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was especially good at playing doubles matches. Nicholas reached his highest ranking in doubles at number 30 in the world in October 2017. During his career, he won four ATP Tour doubles titles and thirteen ATP Challenger Tour titles.

After he stopped playing professionally, Nicholas briefly coached American player Jack Sock in 2022 and 2023.

College Tennis Success
Professional Tennis Journey
World TeamTennis
Important Finals
- ATP Masters 1000 Finals
  - Doubles: 1 Final
ATP Career Finals
- Doubles: 13 Finals (4 Wins, 9 Losses)
ATP Challenger Tour Finals
- Doubles: 33 Finals (13 Wins, 20 Losses)
Doubles Performance Timeline
See also

College Tennis Success

Nicholas Monroe had a very successful time playing college tennis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. Here are some of his achievements:

He was named the University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004).
He earned All-American Status (2003–2004), which means he was recognized as one of the best college players.
He was also an All-ACC Status player (2002–2004), meaning he was top in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
He holds the second-highest number of singles wins (100) in his college's history.
He received the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004).
He also won the National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004).

Professional Tennis Journey

Early Career: Starting Out (2001–2007)

Nicholas Monroe began his professional tennis journey in 2001. His first main doubles match was at a Futures event in the USA. In 2002, he reached the quarterfinals in singles at a Futures tournament in Illinois.

By 2003, he won his first doubles match at a Futures event in Slovenia. In 2004, he started playing a full schedule of tournaments. He reached his first doubles final and his first singles semifinal that year. In October 2004, he won his first two Futures doubles titles. He also played in his first Challenger tournament.

In 2005, his first full year as a pro, Nicholas won his first singles title in South Africa. He also won four doubles titles with different partners. He continued to win more Futures titles in Costa Rica and Nigeria in 2006. In 2007, he tried to qualify for the 2007 Australian Open and won several more Futures titles in Japan, Mexico, and New York.

Challenger Tour Wins (2012)

In 2012, Nicholas had great success on the Challenger circuit, which is a step below the main ATP Tour. He won a doubles Challenger tournament in Medellin, Colombia, with his partner Maciek Sykut. He also won two more doubles Challengers in Mexico with his German partner, Simon Stadler.

First ATP Titles (2013–2015)

Monroe at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

The year 2013 was one of Nicholas's best. He ended the year with a doubles ranking of World No. 53. In January 2013, Nicholas and his partner Raven Klaasen reached the semifinals of the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open. They even beat the top-ranked team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor.

Later, he teamed up with Simon Stadler and reached the final of the Copa Claro in Argentina. In July 2013, he won his first ATP title with Stadler at the 2013 Bastad Skistar Swedish Open. They also reached another final in Croatia.

In 2014, he won his second ATP title at the Swedish Open again, this time with Johan Brunström. In 2015, he reached two more finals and won his third ATP title at the Stockholm Open with Jack Sock.

Reaching the Top 30 (2017–2018)

Nicholas continued his strong doubles play. After reaching three semifinals with Artem Sitak, he made it to the final of the 2017 Miami Open with Jack Sock. This big achievement helped him reach a top 40 doubles ranking. He then reached his highest career ranking of No. 30 in October 2017 after making it to his ninth final at the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open with Nikola Mektic.

With Artem Sitak, he reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time. At the 2017 US Open, partnering with John-Patrick Smith, he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career.

In 2018, Nicholas and John-Patrick Smith won the title at the Atlanta Open. They also reached the final of the 2018 Delray Beach Open earlier that year.

Later Career Highlights (2019–2021)

In 2019, Nicholas reached the final of the 2019 Winston-Salem Open with his fellow American player Tennys Sandgren.

He achieved his second Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2020 French Open, playing with Tommy Paul. In 2021, he reached the third round at the 2021 Australian Open with Frances Tiafoe.

Retirement (2022)

Nicholas Monroe played his last professional matches in 2022. He entered the main draw at Wimbledon with Tommy Paul. His very last match on the ATP tour was at the 2022 US Open with Keegan Smith. They lost in the second round.

World TeamTennis

Nicholas also played for three seasons in World TeamTennis, a league where teams play matches. He played for the Springfield Lasers in 2006, the Kansas City Explorers in 2012, and the Washington Kastles in 2019. He rejoined the Washington Kastles for the 2020 season.

Important Finals

ATP Masters 1000 Finals

These are very big tournaments, just below the Grand Slams.

Doubles: 1 Final

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2017	Miami Open	Hard	Jack Sock	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	5–7, 3–6

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 13 Finals (4 Wins, 9 Losses)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–8)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–9)
Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2013	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Simon Stadler	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2013	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Simon Stadler	Carlos Berlocq Albert Ramos Viñolas	6–2, 3–6, [10–3]
Loss	1–2	Jul 2013	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Simon Stadler	Martin Kližan David Marrero	1–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win	2–2	Jul 2014	Swedish Open, Sweden (2)	250 Series	Clay	Johan Brunström	Jérémy Chardy Oliver Marach	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Apr 2015	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Artem Sitak	Marius Copil Adrian Ungur	6–3, 5–7, [15–17]
Loss	2–4	Jul 2015	Hall of Fame Open, United States	250 Series	Grass	Mate Pavić	Jonathan Marray Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	3–4	Oct 2015	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jack Sock	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–5	Apr 2017	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Jack Sock	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Oct 2017	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Alexander Peya Rajeev Ram	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	Feb 2018	Delray Beach Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Jack Sock Jackson Withrow	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–8	May 2018	Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Ben McLachlan	Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	4–8	Jul 2018	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	Ryan Harrison Rajeev Ram	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–8]
Loss	4–9	Aug 2019	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Tennys Sandgren	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	7–6^(8–6), 1–6, [3–10]

ATP Challenger Tour Finals

Doubles: 33 Finals (13 Wins, 20 Losses)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2005	Joplin, United States	Hard (i)	Jeremy Wurtzman	Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2006	Yuba City, United States	Hard	Horia Tecău	Scott Lipsky David Martin	0–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2006	Manta, Ecuador	Hard	Horia Tecău	Eric Nunez Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jul 2007	Winnetka, United States	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Patrick Briaud Chris Drake	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 2007	Donetsk, Ukraine	Hard	Patrick Briaud	Philipp Petzschner Simon Stadler	5–7, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	1–5	Jun 2008	Yuba City, United States	Hard	Michael Yani	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Oudsema	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Jul 2008	Granby, Canada	Hard	Alberto Francis	Philip Bester Peter Polansky	6–2, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–7	Sep 2008	Waco, United States	Hard	Alberto Francis	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Dušan Vemić	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win	2–7	Nov 2008	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Eric Nunez	Daniel Garza Santiago González	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	3–7	May 2010	Carson, United States	Hard	Brian Battistone	Artem Sitak Leonardo Tavares	5–7, 6–3, [10–4]
Loss	3–8	Oct 2010	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Donald Young	Rik de Voest Izak van der Merwe	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	3–9	Sep 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Ludovic Walter	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Riccardo Ghedin	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–10	Oct 2011	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Jack Sock	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, [5–10]
Loss	3–11	Jan 2012	Honolulu, United States	Hard	Jack Sock	Amer Delić Travis Rettenmaier	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	3–12	Feb 2012	Dallas, United States	Hard (i)	Jack Sock	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, [17–19]
Win	4–12	Apr 2012	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Maciek Sykut	Marcel Felder Frank Moser	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	5–12	Apr 2012	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Simon Stadler	Andre Begemann Jordan Kerr	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	5–13	May 2012	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Simon Stadler	Jerzy Janowicz Jürgen Zopp	6–7^(1–7), 3–6
Win	6–13	Jul 2012	Milan, Italy	Clay	Simon Stadler	Andrey Golubev Yuri Schukin	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	6–14	Oct 2012	Belém, Brazil	Hard	Simon Stadler	John Peers John-Patrick Smith	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–15	Oct 2012	San Juan, Argentina	Hard	Simon Stadler	Martín Alund Horacio Zeballos	6–3, 2–6, [12–14]
Win	7–15	Nov 2012	Medellín, Colombia	Clay	Simon Stadler	Renzo Olivo Marco Trungelliti	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–16	May 2013	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Simon Stadler	Christopher Kas Oliver Marach	6–2, 4–6, [1–10]
Win	8–16	Jun 2013	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Clay	Simon Stadler	Mateusz Kowalczyk Lukáš Rosol	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–16	Aug 2013	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Simon Stadler	Daniele Bracciali Florin Mergea	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–17	Oct 2013	Rennes, France	Hard (i)	Simon Stadler	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	10–17	Nov 2014	Geneva, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Johan Brunström	Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald	5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss	10–18	May 2015	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Artem Sitak	Robin Haase Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 2–6
Win	11–18	Jul 2015	Winnetka, United States	Hard	Johan Brunström	Sekou Bangoura Frank Dancevic	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	11–19	Sep 2015	Cary, United States	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Chase Buchanan Blaž Rola	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [4–10]
Loss	11–20	Nov 2015	Champaign, United States	Hard (i)	Austin Krajicek	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	1–6, 4–6
Win	12–20	Mar 2016	Irving, United States	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Chris Guccione André Sá	6–2, 5–7, [10–4]
Win	13–20	Nov 2018	Houston, United States	Hard	Austin Krajicek	Marcelo Arévalo James Cerretani	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), [10–5]

Doubles Performance Timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

This table shows Nicholas Monroe's results in doubles at major tournaments and events.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	3R	1R	0 / 9	3–9
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	2R	0 / 8	8–8
Wimbledon	Q1	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	NH	1R	2R	0 / 9	6–9
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 11	6–11
Win–loss	1–1	1–3	1–4	2–4	3–4	5–4	0–4	1–3	3–2	3–4	3–4	0 / 37	23–37
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	NH	A		0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	QF	F	1R	A	NH	1R		0 / 4	5–4
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	NH	A		0 / 1	1–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	1–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	NH	A		0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R		0 / 3	2–3
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	NH			0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	2R	A	A	QF	2R	A	A	A	A		0 / 3	4–3
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	7–6	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 14	12–14
Career statistics
Tournaments	3	17	24	23	29	31	29	19	8	24	11	218
Titles	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Finals	0	3	1	3	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	13
Overall win–loss	2–3	15–16	13–23	17–22	20–29	32–31	21–28	10–19	6–9	11–24	7–11	154–214
Year-end ranking	79	53	65	55	52	30	65	100	74	98	182	42%

Nicholas Monroe facts for kids

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