Monique Barry (born 21 June 2002) is a tennis player from New Zealand. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 471, which she reached on 17 March 2025, and a career-high doubles ranking of 241, achieved on 24 November 2025.
Early life Born in New Plymouth, Barry moved to Queensland with her family at the age of four years-old, before basing herself in Melbourne.
Career In 2019, Barry won the singles title at the Warrnambool grass-court tournament.
Barry was named the New Zealand Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023. She won her first doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour in July 2022 in Caloundra, Australia with fellow Kiwi Vivian Yang. In July 2023, she won her second title, playing doubles with Indian player Shrivalli Bhamidipaty in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand with a straight-sets win over home pairing Punnin Kovapitukted and Supapitch Kuearum. That month, she represented New Zealand in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup, playing doubles alongside Vivian Yang in a 3-0 win over Malaysia.
In December 2023, she won the Wildcard Play-off match at the ASB Tennis Arena in Auckland to earn a debut on the WTA Tour at the 2024 Auckland Open, where she lost to Elina Avanesyan in the first round. Ranked at world No. 726, Barry was given a wildcard entry into the main draw of the 2026 Auckland Open, but again she lost in the first round, this time to Ella Seidel.
ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 21 (13 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournaments (7–5)W15 tournaments (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (12–5)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2022ITF Caloundra, AustraliaW15 Hard Vivian Yang Aoi Ito Nanari Katsumi 6–2, 7–6(5)Loss 1–1 Jul 2022ITF Caloundra, AustraliaW15 Hard Stefani Webb Aoi Ito Nanari Katsumi 2–6, 2–6Loss 1–2 Jun 2023ITF Tainan, TaiwanW25 Clay Lee Ya-hsin Tsao Chia-yi Yang Ya-yi 2–6, 2–6Win 2–2 Jul 2023ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW15 Hard Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Punnin Kovapitukted Supapitch Kuearum 6–3, 7–6(3)Win 3–2 Jul 2023ITF Caloundra, AustraliaW15 Hard Lily Fairclough Yui Chikaraishi Elyse Tse 6–4, 6–1Loss 3–3 Mar 2024ITF Swan Hill, AustraliaW35 Grass Alana Parnaby Sakura Hosogi Misaki Matsuda 2–6, 2–6Loss 3–4 Jul 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW15 Hard Alicia Smith Patcharin Cheapchandej Punnin Kovapitukted 3–6, 1–6Win 4–4 Jul 2024ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW15 Hard Alicia Smith Jeong Bo-young Punnin Kovapitukted 6–4, 6–3Win 5–4 Dec 2024ITF Wellington, New ZealandW15 Hard Merel Hoedt Shiho Akita Nanari Katsumi 6–3, 6–3Win 6–4 Feb 2025Burnie International, AustraliaW35 Hard Elena Micic Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Belle Thompson 6–3, 6–4Win 7–4 Feb 2025Launceston International, AustraliaW35 Hard Elena Micic Miho Kuramochi Erika Sema 6–2, 6–4Loss 7–5 Mar 2025ITF Swan Hill, AustraliaW35 Grass Elena Micic Ayumi Miyamoto Stefani Webb 3–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss 7–6 Aug 2025ITF Tweed Heads, AustraliaW15 Hard Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Catherine Aulia Lily Fairclough 6–2, 4–6, [9–11]Win 8–6 Aug 2025ITF Tweed Heads, AustraliaW15 Hard Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Alana Subasic Belle Thompson 6–4, 6–1Win 9–6 Sep 2025ITF Darwin, AustraliaW35 Hard Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Brooke Black Reina Goto 6–3, 7–6(7)Win 10–6 Oct 2025Brisbane QTC International, AustraliaW35 Hard Natsumi Kawaguchi Tenika McGiffin Naho Sato 7–5, 6–3Loss 10–7 Feb 2026Burnie International, AustraliaW35 Hard Alexandra Osborne Gabriella Da Silva-Fick Tenika McGiffin 4–6, 3–6Win 11–7 Mar 2026ITF Timaru, New ZealandW35 Hard Alexandra Osborne Amy Stevens Belle Thompson 6–2, 6–2Loss 11–8 May 2026ITF Wuning, ChinaW35 Hard Yuan Chengyiyi Huang Yujia Zhang Ying 6–3, 2–6, [7–10]Win 12–8 May 2026ITF Wuning, ChinaW35 Hard Hikaru Sato Wang Meiling Ye Qiuyu 7–6(3), 6–4Win 13–8 Aug 2026ITF Erwitte, GermanyW35 Clay Park So-hyun Madelief Hageman Klara Veldman 6–7(0), 6–3, [10–7]
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