Monica Rho

{{Short description|Costa Rican tennis player}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2022}}

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| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1974)

| Wimbledonresult = Q1 (1973, 1974)

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| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1973)

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| FrenchOpenMixedresult = 2R (1974)

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Monica Rho (born 25 October 1955) is a Costa Rican former professional tennis player.

She is the first Costa Rican female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam.

She played in singles at the French Open in 1974. She lost to the Romanian player Judith Dibar-Gohn in the First Round.{{cite web|title=1974 French Open Women's Singles Draws|url=https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1974/903.pdf|publisher=wtafiles}}

In 1973 French Open, her partner in Women's Doubles, Japanese Naoko Sato lost in the Second Round to the American Chris Evert and Soviet Olga Morozova.{{cite web|title=1973 French Open Women's Doubles Draws|url=https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1973/903.pdf|publisher=wtafiles}}

Career finals

= Singles (0–1) =

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!Result

!No.

!Year

!Location

!Surface

!Opponent

!Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

| 1.

| January 1973

| Lake Worth, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Ann Reese

| 4–6, 1–6

=Doubles: 3 (2–1)=

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Result

! No.

! Year

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

| 1.

| January 1973

| Lake Worth, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Sabine Bernegger

| {{flagicon|USA}} Christina Kolifrath
{{flagicon|USA}} Diana Mostler

| 6–3, 6–1

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| style="background:#98fb98;" |Win

| 2.

| February 1973

| West Palm Beach, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Sabine Bernegger

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bunny Smith
{{flagicon|USA}} Vicki Beggs

| 6–4, 6–4

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| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Loss

| 1.

| December 1973

| Key Biscayne, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bunny Smith

| {{flagicon|ECU}} María Eugenia Guzmán
{{flagicon|CHI}} Michelle Rodríguez

| 4–6, 2–6

References