Monica Niculescu

Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-highs in the 20's in singles and doubles.

Niculescu won her first WTA singles title at the 2013 Brasil Tennis Cup defeating another unseeded player Olga Puchkova in March despite being ranked lower than 50 before the tournament.

Career
Monica Niculescu started playing tennis at a young age and turned pro in May 2002; a month before the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

2008: Top 50 debut
Monica Niculescu started 2008 outside the top 100 and finished the year with her career-high of world no.47 on November 10.

2012: High-ranked World No.28
Niculescu started the year in the Australian Open series. She earned a new-career high of World No.28 on February 27 before eventually finishing outside the top 50 at the end of the year due to poor results.

Niculescu skipped the 2012 Summer Olympics tennis tournament held at the Wimbledon Championships due to an injury suffered in the Wimbledon Championships. This would have been her first Olympics.