Monica Reinach

Monica Reinach (born 29 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Monica Reinach

Full name	Monica Reinach
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1966-09-29) 29 September 1966 (age 58) Pretoria, South Africa
Retired	1991
Prize money	$31,354
Singles
Career record	16–36
Highest ranking	No. 243 (21 December 1986)
Doubles
Career record	78–45
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 75 (8 June 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	2R (1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1986)
US Open	2R (1987)

Biography

A doubles specialist from Pretoria, Reinach competed on the professional tour in the 1980s. She is the elder sister of Elna Reinach, with whom she made the round of 16 of the women's doubles at the 1986 Wimbledon Championships. In 1987 she reached a career best doubles ranking of 75 in the world. She was a member of three World TeamTennis title winning teams, with Charlotte Heat in 1987 and 1988, then at the San Antonio Racquets in 1989. A knee injury caused the end of her professional tennis career.^[1]

She is married to South African former top 20 tennis player Christo van Rensburg.^[2] The couple live in Austin, Texas.^[3]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles (10–3)

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	9 December 1984	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard	Elna Reinach	Cathy Drury Ellinore Lightbody	6-3, 6-3
Win	2.	15 April 1985	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Elna Reinach	Lorrayne Gracie Martina Reinhardt	6-2, 6-4
Win	3.	28 April 1985	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Hard	Elna Reinach	Li Xinyi Zhong Ni	2-6, 6-2, 9-7
Loss	4.	6 May 1985	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Hard	Elna Reinach	Li Xinyi Zhong Ni	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	5.	20 May 1985	Bath, United Kingdom	Clay	Elna Reinach	Belinda Borneo Joy Tacon	6–3, 6–3
Win	6.	14 July 1985	Miramar, United States	Hard	Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	Jackie Masters Michelle Parun	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Win	7.	29 September 1985	Baltimore, United States	Hard	Mary Dailey	Deeann Hansel Carol Watson	7-5, 6-4
Loss	8.	10 January 1986	Miami, United States	Hard	Elna Reinach	Jana Novotná Fukiko Osawa	7-6, 2-6, 2-6
Loss	9.	19 April 1986	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Joy Tacon	Jane Wood Belinda Borneo	4–6, 3–6
Win	10.	27 April 1986	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Hard	Joy Tacon	Catrin Jexell Helena Olsson	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Win	11.	17 November 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Elna Reinach	Mary Dailey Dianne Van Rensburg	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	12.	15 December 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Elna Reinach	Katie Rickett Valda Lake	6–4, 6–2
Win	13.	5 March 1989	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Rene Mentz	Michelle Anderson Linda Barnard	6–1, 2–6, 6–4