Monique Javer

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

She also 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.

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

She had no more notable results into July when she won three matches to qualify for a WTA Tour event.

She won two more in the main draw to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in her career where she was beaten by the number three seed, Melissa Gurney, 1–6, 5–7.

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

As with the previous year, Javer spent the majority of the remainder of the season trying to qualify for WTA events but did not manage to pass the first round of any.

In April she won three matches to qualify for the Suntory Japan Open, the third of which was against compatriot, Sarah Loosemore.

In the main draw she beat Barbara Gerken in the first round to set up a clash with top seed and world No.13, Natasha Zvereva.

Javer caused a huge upset by beating Zvereva in straight sets, 7–6(3), 6–2, to reach the quarterfinals where she was beaten by world No.28, Stephanie Rehe, 5–7, 1–6.

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

Javer's best results over the rest of the year were second round showings in Eastbourne (where she lost to the eventual champion, Martina Navratilova) and Los Angeles.

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

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

Javer competed for Great Britain in the Fed Cup in July where she won one of her two singles matches.

In October, Monique came up against the world No.10, Conchita Martínez, in the semifinals of the Arizona Classic but was beaten 6–1, 6–1.

Despite losing in the first round of the Australian Open she reached the quarterfinals in Auckland and the semifinals of the Fernleaf Classic.

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

She 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.