(1983-06-08) 8 June 1983 (age 40)[1] Bilzen, Belgium
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 8½ in)
Turned pro
17 August 1997
Retired
2007–2009; 2012–2020; 12 April 2022
Plays
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
Fred Hemmes Jr. (2020–2022)
Prize money
US$24,545,194
15th in all-time rankings[2]
Int. Tennis HoF
2017 (member page)
Official website
kimclijsters.com
Singles
Career record
523–132 (79.8%)
Career titles
41
Highest ranking
No. 1 (11 August 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open
W (2011)
French Open
F (2001, 2003)
Wimbledon
SF (2003, 2006)
US Open
W (2005, 2009, 2010)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals
W (2002, 2003, 2010)
Olympic Games
QF (2012)
Doubles
Career record
131–55 (70.4%)
Career titles
11
Highest ranking
No. 1 (4 August 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open
QF (2003)
French Open
W (2003)
Wimbledon
W (2003)
US Open
QF (2002)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals
F (2003)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open
3R (2000)
Wimbledon
F (2000)
US Open
2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup
W (2001)
Hopman Cup
RR (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters[3] (Dutch pronunciation:[kɪmˈklɛistərs]ⓘ; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, four in singles and two in doubles.
Clijsters competed professionally from 1997 in an era in which her primary rivals were compatriot Justine Henin and Serena Williams. Coming from a country with limited success in men's or women's tennis, Clijsters became the first Belgian player to attain the No. 1 ranking. Together with Henin, she established Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis as the two of them led their country to their first Fed Cup crown in 2001 and were the top two players in the world in late 2003. Individually, Clijsters won 41 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. She was a three-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships. Between singles and doubles, she has been a champion at all four Grand Slam tournaments, winning the US Open and the Australian Open in singles and Wimbledon and the French Open in doubles partnering Ai Sugiyama. Her success at the majors was highlighted by winning three consecutive appearances at the US Open.
Plagued by injuries and having lost some of her desire to compete, Clijsters retired from tennis in 2007 at the age of 23 in order to get married and have a daughter. She returned to the sport two years later and won her second US Open title as an unranked player in just her third tournament back. She defended her title the following year and then won the Australian Open in 2011 en route to becoming the first mother to be the world No. 1. Along with Margaret Court, she also holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles won as a mother, with three such titles, and was the first to win one since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980. Clijsters retired again following the 2012 US Open. Seven years later, she began a second comeback in early 2020, ending in 2022.
Clijsters was born to athletic parents with backgrounds in professional football and gymnastics. She was renowned for her athleticism, which was highlighted by her ability to perform splits on court in the middle of points. She built the offensive side of her game around controlled aggression while also using her exceptional movement to become an elite defensive player. Clijsters was very popular and well-liked as a player, having won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award eight times. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (Dutch pronunciation: [kɪm ˈklɛistərs] ; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached...
This is a list of the main career statistics of tennis player KimClijsters. (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds...
helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis alongside KimClijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. She was known...
final. Serena Williams was subsequently booed during the final with KimClijsters and during the trophy presentation. Due to this, neither Williams sister...
final. Li faced world No. 3 KimClijsters in the final, and despite trailing 5–0 in the first set, Li went on to defeat Clijsters, capturing the fourth WTA...
in the final. At the US Open, Williams defeated Grand Slam champions KimClijsters, Conchita Martínez, Monica Seles, and Lindsay Davenport (the defending...
final in three sets to KimClijsters. Wozniacki ended the season with six WTA Tour singles titles, the most on the tour. Clijsters won five, and no other...
and the 12th seeded KimClijsters in the final to win her second consecutive Grand Slam title. Her 1–6, 6–4, 12–10 win over Clijsters had the longest-ever...
exhibition match against KimClijsters and a mixed doubles exhibition alongside husband Andre Agassi against Tim Henman and Clijsters as part of a test event...
and to KimClijsters at the Western & Southern Open. In the latter match, Sharapova held three match points while leading 5–3 on Clijsters's serve late...
then lost a quarterfinal match to KimClijsters. This was the second consecutive year that Hingis had lost to Clijsters in the quarterfinals of the Australian...
ultimately led to her winning the United States Open Series, ahead of KimClijsters and Maria Sharapova. At the US Open, she lost to Serena Williams. Ivanovic...
Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, KimClijsters, and Lindsay Davenport, and reached at least the quarterfinals at each...
singles successes to date include a second-round upset over world No. 2, KimClijsters, at the 2011 French Open, reaching the fourth round at the 2012 French...
for a solitary week in 2011. Fissette and Clijsters split in September that year. After splitting from Clijsters, Fissette became the coach of Sabine Lisicki...
letting Halep receive the bulk of the backlash from her suspension. KimClijsters also noted, "To me the biggest red flag is the team. I have a really...
at the 2019 US Open, Caroline Wozniacki likened her style to that of KimClijsters, one of Andreescu's childhood tennis idols, saying "I think because...
her first singles event in July, losing in the Stanford semifinals to KimClijsters. Davenport then reached the semifinals of the Tier I San Diego tournament...
However, her run ended after KimClijsters beat her despite leading 3–0 in the first set, in a victory that brought Clijsters back to world No. 1. Nevertheless...
2000 Joël Smets 2001 KimClijsters and Justine Henin 2002 Marc Wilmots 2003 Stefan Everts 2004 Axel Merckx 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut...
Belgium national team, he was the father of tennis players Kim and Elke Clijsters. Lei Clijsters was born on 6 November 1956 in Opitter, started his football...
2000 Joël Smets 2001 KimClijsters and Justine Henin 2002 Marc Wilmots 2003 Stefan Everts 2004 Axel Merckx 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut...
Rogers Cup in Toronto, she was seeded ninth. She lost to returning KimClijsters in the second round. At the US Open, Azarenka was seeded eighth. She...
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