Justine Henin-Hardenne at the 2006 Medibank International
Country (sports)
Belgium
Residence
Brussels, Belgium
Born
(1982-06-01) 1 June 1982 (age 41) Liège, Belgium
Height
1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro
1 January 1999
Retired
26 January 2011
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach
Carlos Rodríguez (1995–2008; 2010–2011)
Prize money
US$ 20,863,335[1][2]
22nd in all-time rankings[2]
Int. Tennis HoF
2016 (member page)
Singles
Career record
525–115 (82.0%)
Career titles
43
Highest ranking
No. 1 (20 October 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (2004)
French Open
W (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon
F (2001, 2006)
US Open
W (2003, 2007)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
W (2006, 2007)
Olympic Games
(2004)
Doubles
Career record
47–35 (57.3%)
Career titles
2
Highest ranking
No. 23 (14 January 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
3R (2003)
French Open
SF (2001)
Wimbledon
3R (2001)
US Open
2R (2001, 2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup
W (2001)
Hopman Cup
F (2011)
Justine HeninCMW (French pronunciation:[ʒystinɛnɛ̃];[3] born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former world No. 1 tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in tennis, helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis alongside Kim Clijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. She was known for her all-court style of play and for being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand.
Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles: the French Open in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the US Open in 2003 and 2007, and the Australian Open in 2004. At Wimbledon, she was the runner-up in 2001 and 2006. She also won a gold medal in the women's singles at the 2004 Olympic Games and won the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 2006 and 2007. In total, she won 43 WTA singles titles.
Tennis experts cite her mental toughness, the completeness and variety of her game, her footspeed and footwork, and her one-handed backhand (which John McEnroe described as "the best single-handed backhand in both the women's or men's game")[4] as the principal reasons for her success.[5][6] She retired from professional tennis on 26 January 2011, due to a chronic elbow injury.[7] In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time.[8] She is widely considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.[9][10] In 2016, she became the first Belgian tennis player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame[11][12] and in 2023, the International Tennis Federation awarded Justine Henin its highest honor, the Philippe Chatrier Award.[13]
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^Harman, Neil (20 January 2003). "Henin finds strength to overcome adversity". The Times. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^"Henin bows out at the top". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
^"Resilient Henin takes U.S. Open title". The Hindu. India. 7 September 2003. Archived from the original on 6 December 2003. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
^McClure, Geoff (29 January 2004). "Sporting Life". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
^"Justine Henin quits tennis because of injury", BBC News, 26 January 2011.
^William Lee Adams (22 June 2011). "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future – Justine Henin". TIME. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^Jason Le Miere (28 August 2015). "Top 10 Women's Tennis Players of All-Time: Where Does Serena Williams Rank on List of Greatest Ever?". International Business Times. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^Jeff Williams (28 August 2015). "10 best women's tennis players of all time". Newsday. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^Marat Safin, Justine Henin inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame. Associated Press (17 July 2016)
^Justine Henin. International Tennis Hall of Fame
^"JUSTINE HENIN PRESENTED WITH ITF PHILIPPE CHATRIER AWARD". International Tennis Federation. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
JustineHenin CMW (French pronunciation: [ʒystin ɛnɛ̃]; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former world No. 1 tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks...
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her first clay-court final at the Eurocard German Open, but lost to JustineHenin. Williams won her first clay-court title at the Italian Open, which...
Grand Slam win streak ended in the semis at the hands of eighth seeded JustineHenin. Capriati rebounded at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, making it to the final...
runner-up at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open, losing to JustineHenin and Maria Sharapova respectively. She qualified for the year-end WTA...
Hamburg but lost in the third round of the Tier I German Open to No. 18 JustineHenin and the first round of the French Open to Barbara Schett. This was only...
failed to win a game in a match. She defeated former world No. 1 players JustineHenin and Venus Williams to reach the final at the Tier I NASDAQ-100 Open...
professionally from 1997 in an era in which her primary rivals were compatriot JustineHenin and Serena Williams. Coming from a country with limited success in men's...
her maiden name of Price. During a semifinal match between Serena and JustineHenin at the 2003 French Open, Williams was booed by fans after a complaint...
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players include Roger Federer, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, JustineHenin, Steffi Graf, Gustavo Kuerten, Amélie Mauresmo, Martina Navratilova...
idols growing up were former world No. 1 JustineHenin and compatriot Andrei Pavel. She has said, "I liked [Henin's] style because she was playing very aggressively...
January 2, 2006, and concluded on November 12, 2006, after 61 events. JustineHenin-Hardenne came out as the winner in a historic three-way battle for the...
defeating Amanda Coetzer, world No. 9, Daniela Hantuchová, world No. 4, JustineHenin and world No. 5, Lindsay Davenport. Dementieva was the lowest seed (10th)...
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