Monica Puig, Puerto Rican-American tennis player
Monica Puig Marchán (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican professional tennis player. She is the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics while representing Puerto Rico, having done so in 2016 at the women's singles event. She is also a Central American and Caribbean champion and Pan American silver medalist.
Having turned professional in 2010, Puig has won two WTA singles titles and six ITF singles titles. On September 26, 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 27. On May 25, 2015, she peaked at No. 210 in the doubles rankings.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Puig won the gold medal, the ninth overall medal at the Games for Puerto Rico. 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. During her career, Puig has defeated top-ten players Sara Errani, Caroline Garcia, Angelique Kerber, Garbiñe Muguruza, Aryna Sabalenka, and Caroline Wozniacki.