Nicholas Monroe

Benjamin Nicholas Monroe (born April 12, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. Monroe was a doubles specialist. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 30 on 2 October 2017 and won four ATP Tour doubles titles and thirteen ATP Challenger Tour titles in his career.

He briefly coached American player Jack Sock in the off-season in 2022 and in 2023.

College career Monroe had a highly successful college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2000 to 2004. His achievements include:

University of North Carolina's Senior Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2003–2004) All-American Status (2003–2004) All-ACC Status (2002–2004) 2nd in all-time singles wins (100) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Recipient of the Arthur Ashe Regional Sportsmanship Award (2003–2004) National and Regional NCAA/ITF John Van Nostrand Sportsmanship Awards (2003–2004)

Professional career

2001 Nicholas competed in doubles in his first main-draw Futures match. He and partner (compatriot) Tripp Phillips lost in the first round of USA F21. This was the only tour event he competed in during 2001.

2013–2015: First Three ATP doubles titles

Nicholas had his best year as a professional in 2013, finishing the year with a doubles ranking of World No. 53. In January 2013, Monroe and partner Raven Klaasen made it to the semifinals of the 2013 Aircel Chennai Open, falling to Benoît Paire and Stanislas Wawrinka, after a surprise quarterfinal win over the #1 seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor. He then teamed up successfully with Simon Stadler to play the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They made it to the final, falling to the Italian pair of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli. In July 2013, he won his first ATP title in doubles also with Stadler at the 250 level at the 2013 Bastad Skistar Swedish Open, and reached the final of the 2013 Umag Open in Croatia, also on clay.

2017–18: Continued doubles success: First Masters final & US Open quarterfinal, top 30 debut Following three semi-final finishes in Chennai, Auckland and Quito all with Artem Sitak, Monroe reached a top 40 doubles ranking of No. 39 on 3 April 2017 after the biggest run of his career to the final of the 2017 Miami Open with Jack Sock. He later peaked at a career-high of No. 30 on 2 October 2017 after reaching his ninth final at the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open partnering Nikola Mektic.

Partnering Artem Sitak he reached the third round at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships for their first time at this major and in his career. With John-Patrick Smith at the 2017 US Open, he reached the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam also for the first time in his career.

The pair also won the title at the 2018 Atlanta Open, and in February 2018 reached the final at the 2018 Delray Beach Open, Monroe's tenth.

2019–2021: Thirteenth final, Second Major quarterfinal at the French Open Monroe reached the final of the 2019 Winston-Salem Open, partnering compatriot Tennys Sandgren.

Partnering fellow American Tommy Paul, he also reached the second doubles Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career at the 2020 French Open.

He reached the third round at the 2021 Australian Open for the first time at this major, partnering compatriot Frances Tiafoe.

2022: Retirement

He entered the main draw at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as an alternate pair, again with Tommy Paul. He played his last match on the ATP tour at the 2022 US Open with Keegan Smith as a wildcard pair, where they lost to Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in the second round.

World TeamTennis

Nicholas played three seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2006 when he debuted in the league with the Springfield Lasers, followed by a season with the Kansas City Explorers in 2012 and the Washington Kastles in 2019. It was announced that he will re-joining the Washington Kastles during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.

Significant finals

ATP Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (2–4)Grass (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (3–9)Indoor (1–0)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 33 (13–20)

Doubles performance timeline

Current after the 2022 US Open.