39 Facts About Monique Javer

Monique Alicia Javer was born on 22 July 1967 and is an American-born former professional tennis player who represented Great Britain and was at one time the British number 1.

Monique Javer turned professional in 1985 and played her final professional match in 2000.

Monique Javer represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Monique Javer reached the second round of the French Open in 1990, the US Open in 1990 and Wimbledon in 1993.

Monique Javer progressed to round two of the Australian Open on three occasions in the years 1988,1991 and 1993, to give her a total of six wins in the main draws of the Grand Slam events.

Monique Javer played her first match on the ITF circuit in June 1985 in a $10,000 tournament but was beaten in the first round.

Monique Javer competed in three more tournaments in 1985, reaching the second round of a WTA event, the quarterfinals of another $10,000 ITF event and losing in the second round of a final $10,000 ITF.

Monique Javer began her 1986 season by reaching the quarterfinals of a $10,000 ITF event in Chicago.

Monique Javer spent the rest of the season competing in the qualifying rounds for WTA events.

Monique Javer began her 1988 season strongly by reaching the second round of the Australian Open.

Monique Javer then went on to reach the second round of the newly categorised Tier V WTA event in Auckland, New Zealand.

Immediately following this result, Monique Javer caused another shock by winning the title at the tier V WTA tournament in Singapore.

Monique Javer ended her season by competing for Great Britain in the Wightman Cup.

Monique Javer achieved the first of her two year-end top 100 rankings, ending 1988 as the world No 73.

Monique Javer began 1989 with four consecutive losses before reaching the second round of the tier III tournament in California.

Monique Javer was the No 7 seed in her next tournament, the Suntory Open but did not progress past the second round.

Five consecutive defeats followed before Monique Javer won two matches to qualify for the Virginia Slims of Los Angeles.

Monique Javer was eventually knocked out in the third round by world No 6, Zina Garrison.

Monique Javer progressed past the first round in only one of her tournaments for the rest of the season.

Monique Javer reached the second round of the event in Indian Wells before heading to Asia to where she reached the quarterfinals of the Suntory Open and the third round of the Singapore Open.

Monique Javer played two more events this year and lost in the first round of both.

Monique Javer ended 1990 with a singles ranking of world No 101.

In January of 1991, Monique Javer reached the second round of the Australian Open for the second time in her career.

Monique Javer lost in the first round of both the French Open and Wimbledon before competing for Britain again in the Fed Cup.

Monique Javer reached the quarterfinals of the Suntory Open where she lost to Kimiko Date.

Monique Javer's ranking at the end of 1992 was world No 72.

Monique Javer entered her next tournament, the Volkswagen Cup in Eastbourne, courtesy of a wild card.

Monique Javer reached the second round of this tournament where she lost to Helena Sukova.

Monique Javer then received another wild card, this one into Wimbledon.

Monique Javer reached the second round to give her the first singles win of her career in the main draw of Wimbledon.

Monique Javer was beaten by the French 16th seed, Nathalie Tauziat, in round two.

Monique Javer won only three matches in 1994, two of which were in the first and second rounds of the qualifying tournament for the Australian Open and the other in the qualifying rounds for the Peters NSW Open.

At the start of the 1995 season, Monique Javer's world ranking had fallen to outside the top-500, meaning her ranking was not high enough to grant her direct access to the main draws of WTA events.

Monique Javer played six tournaments in 1995, her best result being at a $10,000 ITF tournament in Edinburgh, where she reached the semifinals.

In 1996 Monique Javer played a total of seven tournaments but did not pass the first round in any of them.

Monique Javer only fell in either the qualifying rounds or the first round of each of them with the exception of her final tournament of the season, a $10,000 ITF in Mexico where she reached the second round.

Monique Javer ended the season with a singles ranking of world No 711.

In 1998, Monique Javer did not win a match until May when she reached the second round of a $25,000 ITF in Mexico as a lucky loser.

Monique Javer won only one of her next seven matches, the single win coming in the first round of qualifying for a $25,000 ITF in California.