Monique Adamczak

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**Monique Adamczak**

Country	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Date of birth	January 21, 1983 (1983-01-21) (age 25)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$208,803
Singles
Career record:	201-173
Career titles:	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 148 (January 7, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	Q1 (2007)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2007)
US Open	Q2 (2007)
Doubles
Career record:	134-89
Career titles:	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 109 (October 23, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: May 15, 2008.

Monique Adamczak (born 21 January 1983 Kensington, New South Wales) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is currently coached by Roger Federer's former coach and Australian legend, Tony Roche. Adamczak's favourite surface is grass.

Adamczak made her bow as a professional in 1998, aged 15, at a small ITF tournament in Lyneham. On her way to the quarter-finals she defeated Alicia Molik.

She won her first title in September 1999 at the ITF Jaipur in India, defeating home favourite Manisha Malhotra, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3. This event was played on grass. It was here that she also won her first doubles title, partnering Jennifer Schmidt.

In recent years, Adamczak has been combining her entries in singles tournaments with more doubles events. In the early part of her career, she was focused almost solely on singles competition,