Monica Puig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Monica Puig

Puerto Rican Olympic gold medalist in tennis

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1993

Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Profession: tennis player

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Monica Puig

  • Monica Puig Marchán (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican professional tennis player and the reigning Olympic champion.
  • She is also a Central American and Caribbean champion and Pan American silver medalist.
  • She is the first Puerto Rican to win an Olympic gold medal representing Puerto Rico. Having turned professional in 2010, Puig has won two WTA singles titles and six ITF singles titles.
  • On 26 September 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No.
  • 27.
  • On 25 May 2015, she peaked at No.
  • 210 in the doubles rankings. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Puig won the gold medal and the ninth overall medalist for that delegation.
  • With the feat, she also became the first Latin American champion in the women's singles discipline, and is the only unseeded female player to win the gold medal since the reintroduction of tennis in 1988.

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