University of Miami Athletics

Monique Albuquerque

Height

5-8

Class

Sophomore

Hometown

Porto Alegre, Brazil

High School

C.E.M. Pastor Dohms

Monique Albuquerque - Women's Tennis - University of Miami Athletics

As a Senior (2014-15): All-ACC Academic Team … ITA Scholar-Athlete
Posted an overall record of 27-9 in singles and 23-13 in doubles … Ranked in doubles the entire spring, peaking at No. 15 and finishing at No. 58 with Clementina Riobueno … Led Miami in spring doubles wins (16), dual match doubles wins (15), singles/doubles ACC wins (19), and tied for the team lead in ACC doubles wins (nine) … Had a 17-4 mark in spring singles, including a perfect 10-0 in ACC play … Dating back to 2013, won 26 straight singles matches in ACC regular season and ACC Championship play … Won 6-1, 3-0 (ret.) over Lana Rush of No. 30 Florida State at ITA National Indoor Kick-Off Weekend … Defeated Natalia Maynetto of seventh-ranked Alabama, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, at ITA National Team Indoor Championships … Beat No. 53 Wake Forest’s Luisa Fernandez, 6-0, 6-2 … Recorded her first career spring singles win over a ranked opponent by defeating No. 119 Tristen Dewar of No. 14 Clemson, 6-4, 6-4 … Defeated No. 24 Duke’s Annie Mulholland, 6-3, 6-4 … Took down No. 78 Ashley Dai of second-ranked North Carolina, 6-4, 6-4 … Beat Mia Vriens of No. 70 Florida State, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 … In the second round of the NCAA Team Championship, defeated Iris Verboven of No. 23 Ole Miss, 6-4, 6-1 … Posted a 16-10 record in spring doubles, including 9-4 in ACC matches, and played all but three matches with Riobueno … Won 6-2 over Yukako Noi/Daniela Schippers of No. 30 Florida State during ITA National Indoor Kick-Off Weekend … Went 3-0 at ITA National Indoor Team Championships, winning 6-3 over seventh-ranked Alabama’s Danielle Spielmann/Emily Zabor, 6-4 against No. 13 Ashley Dai/Kate Vialle of third-ranked North Carolina and 6-2 over top-ranked UCLA’s Robin Anderson/Terri Fleming … Defeated No. 53 Wake Forest’s Andrea Retolaza/Xue Zhang, 8-3 … Beat Romy Koelzer/Tristen Dewar of No. 14 Clemson, 8-1 … Won 8-1 against Rasheeda McAdoo/Alexa Anton-Ohlmeyer of No. 51 Georgia Tech … Topped No. 77 Elisha Hande/Joanna Nalborska of NC State, 8-2 … Defeated eighth-ranked Virginia’s Danielle Collins/Stephanie Nauta, 8-5 … Recorded an 8-2 win over No. 47 Virginia Tech’s Raluca Mita/Kelly Williford … Won 8-3 over Samantha Harris/Annie Mulholland of No. 24 Duke, 8-3 … Paired with Silvia Fuentes for an 8-3 victory against Luise Intert/Rebeca Pereira of North Florida in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship … Ranked No. 111 in singles in the fall and went 10-5 … Defeated Olga Martinez of USF, 6-1, 6-2, and Abbi Melrose of Oklahoma, 6-4, 6-3, at the USTA Clay Court Invitational … Won three matches at USTA/ITA Southeast Regionals, including defeating No. 79 Yukako Noi of Florida State, 6-1, 3-0 (ret.) … Ranked third in the nation in doubles in the fall with Clementina Riobueno and posted a 7-3 record … Defeated Hailey Grillo/Laura Argente Escamilla of USF, 8-3, at USTA/ITA Southeast Regionals … Knocked off No. 32 Gabriella De Santis/Sandy Niehaus of Ohio State, 7-5, 6-4, at Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championship.

As a Junior (2013-14): ITA All-American (Doubles) … All-ACC Academic Team
Posted overall records of 31-6 in singles and 32-8 in doubles … A spring singles record of 23-3 … Was undefeated in ACC play with a 14-0 record … Went 10-0 at No. 6 singles, 10-2 at No. 5 singles and 1-0 at No. 4 singles … Finished the regular season on a 16-match winning streak … In doubles, went 21-4 with Clementina Riobueno, including 9-1 in the ACC, reached the NCAA Singles Championship quarterfinals and concluded the year ranked sixth by the ITA … Also posted a 1-1 record with Melissa Bolivar and a 1-0 mark with Lina Lileikite … Compiled fall records of 8-3 in singles and 9-3 in doubles, and played each doubles match with Riobueno.

As a Sophomore (2012-13): ITA Scholar-Athlete
A spring singles record of 11-9 … Defeated Krisztina Kapitany of 30th-ranked Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament, 6-3, 6-0 … Defeated UNF’s Melanie Aguirre in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, 6-1, 6-0 … Defeated Kerrie Cartwright of 30th-ranked Florida State in the finals of the ACC Tournament, 6-4, 6-1 … Defeated Muriel Wacker of 22nd-ranked Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, 6-2, 6-3 … Defeated Chloe Smith of 35th-ranked NC State, 6-0, 6-3 … Defeated Elizabeth Begley of 22nd-ranked Texas, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7) … Defeated Megan Kurey of 32nd-ranked Georgia Tech, 6-1, 6-3 … Teamed with Clementina Riobueno in spring doubles, compiling a record of 16-4 … Defeated the 14th-ranked duo of Linda Abu Mushrefova and Nida Hamilton of 11th-ranked Northwestern, 8-1, in the Sweet 16 … Clinched the doubles point vs. Purdue  in the second round of the NCAA tournament with a 8-5 win over the nation’s 27th-ranked tandem of Kapitany/Schmidt, 8-5 …  Defeated the duo of Francesca Segarelli and Daneika Borthwick of 30th-ranked FSU in the finals of the ACC Tournament, 8-5 … Defeated the duo of Hanna Mar and Mary Clayton of 9th-ranked Duke, 8-5 … Defeated the duo of Ashley Dai and Zoe De Bruycker of 1st-ranked UNC, 8-0 …  Defeated the duo of Elisha Hande and Rachael James-Baker of 35th-ranked NC State, 8-6 … Defeated the duo of Alex Clay and Alex Leatu of 29th-ranked Baylor, 8-2 … Defeated the duo of Lina Padegimaite and Lana Groenvynck of 22nd-ranked Texas, 8-2 … Defeated the duo of Muriel Wacker and Natasha Prokhnevska of 32nd-ranked Georgia Tech, 8-5 … Defeated the duo of Kristina Schleich and Francesca Segarelli of 25th-ranked Florida State, 8-3 … Defeated the duo of Kyle McPhillips and Channelle Van Nguyen of 2nd-ranked UCLA, 8-4 … Defeated the duo of Maggy Lehmicke and Izabella Zgierska of 17th-ranked Nebraska, 8-7.

High School/Prep: Attended Pastor Dohms School in Porto Alegre, Brazil … Had a WTA singles rank of No. 490 and doubles rank of No. 315.