Monami was born in Verviers.^[1] In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daughter, and played under the name Dominique Van Roost for much of her career, until their divorce in 2003.

Career

Monami won her first WTA Tour tournament in 1996 in Cardiff (Welsh Open). Before this win, she had been on the ITF circuit where she won seven ITF events, five of which in 1990. In 1997, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The following year, Van Roost became the first ever Belgian tennis player (male or female) to reach the top 10 in WTA rankings.

Monami won a total of four WTA singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 in October 1998. In total, she participated in 36 Grand Slam tournaments during her career.

Another achievement for Van Roost came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles competition, partnering Els Callens. Also in doubles, she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1999 and 2000, and the semifinals of the 2000 US Open.

In November 2000, Monami ended her professional tennis career when she became pregnant by Bart Van Roost, whom she divorced later in 2003. Subsequently, in 2006, she married Erik Vink, a manager in Sony BMG.

After retiring from playing, Monami became involved in Belgian tennis in various capacities, including as a tournament director (Brussels Open) and as Fed Cup captain. She also wrote a book titled Een Kwestie van Karakter (Tout est dans le caractère). Monami was awarded Belgian Sports Personality of the Year in 1998.

Since October 2021 is Monami vice-president of the Belgian Olympic Committee.

Significant finals

Olympics

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2000	Sydney	Hard	Els Callens	Olga Barabanschikova Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 6–4, 6–1

WTA career finals

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–3)
Tier III (0–4)
Tier IV (4–5)

Singles: 16 (4 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1993	Montpellier Open, France	Carpet (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Oct 1995	Bell Challenge, Canada	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Win	1.	May 1996	British Clay Court Championships, UK	Clay	Laurence Courtois	6–4, 6–2
Win	2.	Jan 1997	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Marianne Werdel	6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	Sep 1997	Surabaya International, Indonesia	Hard	Lenka Němečková	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	Oct 1997	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 5–7
Loss	4.	Nov 1997	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	5–7, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 5–7
Win	4.	Jan 1998	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Silvia Farina	4–6, 7–6, 7–5
Loss	5.	Jan 1998	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Patty Schnyder	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	Feb 1998	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7.	Feb 1998	Linz Open, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	1–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Loss	8.	May 1998	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Patty Schnyder	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Loss	9.	Jan 1999	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	4–6, 1–6
Loss	10.	Sep 1999	Luxembourg Open	Carpet (i)	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	Jun 2000	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Loss	12.	Jul 2000	Knokke-Heist Trophy, Belgium	Clay	Anna Smashnova	2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1993	Belgian Open	Clay	Ann Devries	Radka Bobková María José Gaidano	4–6, 6–2, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	1.	Jul 1993	Austrian Open	Clay	Li Fang	Maja Murić Pavlína Rajzlová	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	Oct 1993	Montpellier Open, France	Carpet (i)	Janette Husárová	Meredith McGrath Claudia Porwik	6–3, 2–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	3.	Oct 1996	Luxembourg Open	Carpet (i)	Barbara Rittner	Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Jan 1997	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Janette Husárová	Aleksandra Olsza Elena Pampoulova	6–2, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Loss	4.	Jan 1997	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Barbara Rittner	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	Nov 1997	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Florencia Labat	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu	3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	May 1998	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Florencia Labat	Rachel McQuillan Nicole Pratt	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	Aug 2000	LA Tennis Championships, U.S.	Hard	Els Callens	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5

ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (7–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 August 1990	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Magdalena Feistel	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	17 September 1990	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay	Klára Bláhová	6–3, 6–2
Winner	3.	24 September 1990	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay	Catarina Bernstein	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	15 October 1990	ITF Burgdorf, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Sabine Lohmann	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	22 October 1990	ITF Lyss, Switzerland	Clay	Katja Meichelbock	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	12 November 1990	ITF Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Sandrine Testud	4–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	27 February 1995	ITF Southampton, UK	Carpet (i)	Angela Kerek	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	29 September 1996	ITF Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Åsa Carlsson	2–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	27 February 1995	ITF Southampton, UK	Carpet (i)	Andrea Temesvari	Seda Noorlander Christína Papadáki	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	28 September 1996	ITF Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Caroline Dhenin	Natalia Medvedeva Larisa Neiland	1–6, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

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

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	W%
Australian Open	A	4R	2R	1R	Q1	2R	QF	3R	QF	2R	0 / 8	15–8	65%
French Open	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 9	6–9	40%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	4R	4R	1R	0 / 9	11–9	55%
US Open	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 10	10–10	50%
Year-end championships
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Tier I tournaments
Tokyo	Tier II		A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Indian Wells	Tier II						A	3R	1R	4R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Miami	A	A	A	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	3R	0 / 7	5–6	45%
Berlin	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Rome	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	3R	QF	2R	0 / 5	8–5	62%
Montreal / Toronto	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Moscow	T V	Not Held		Tier III			SF	A	SF	A	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Zürich	Tier II		A	A	A	A	2R	QF	QF	1R	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Year-end ranking	129	100	59	133	43	46	18	12	14	24

Head-to-head record

Record vs. top 10 players

References

External links

Belgian Sportsman of the Year

Belgian Sportsman of the Year
Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne 2016 Greg Van Avermaet 2017 David Goffin 2018 Eden Hazard 2019 Remco Evenepoel 2020-2021 Wout van Aert 2022-2023 Remco Evenepoel
Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon 2016–2017 Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019 Nina Derwael 2020 Emma Meesseman 2021 Nina Derwael 2022 Nafissatou Thiam 2023 Lotte Kopecky
Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Men's under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2012 Men's field hockey team 2013–2014 Men's football team 2015 Davis Cup team 2016 Men's field hockey team 2017 Davis Cup team 2018–2019 Men's field hockey team 2020 Women's basketball team 2021 Men's field hockey team 2022 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2023 Women's basketball team
Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot 2016 Louise Carton 2017 Lotte Kopecky 2018 Remco Evenepoel 2019 Yari Verschaeren 2020 Charles De Ketelaere 2021 Thibau Nys 2022 Cian Uijtdebroeks 2023 Alec Segaert
Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort 2016 Laurens Devos 2017–2018 Peter Genyn 2019–2021 Joachim Gérard 2022 Michèle George 2023 Maxime Carabin
Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017 Roger Lespagnard 2018 Roberto Martínez 2019 Shane Mcleod 2020 Philip Mestdagh 2021 Shane Mcleod 2022 Roger Lespagnard 2023 Rachid Meziane

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