Kim Clijsters

Nickname(s)	Miss Congeniality
Country	Belgium
Residence	Bree, Belgium
Date of birth	June 8, 1983 (1983-06-08) (age 24)
Place of birth	Bilzen, Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Turned Pro	August 17, 1997
Retired	May 6, 2007
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	US$14,764,296
Singles
Career record:	427-104
Career titles:	34 WTA (11th in overall rankings), 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (August 11, 2003)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (2004)
French Open	F (2001, 2003)
Wimbledon	SF (2003, 2006)
U.S. Open	W (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	129-50
Career titles:	11 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (August 4, 2003)
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Kim Clijsters (IPA: [kɪm klɛistərs], listen (help· info); born June 8, 1983) is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. Image File history File links Nl-be kim clijsters. ... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... This is a list of all the female tennis player who have been or are ranked World No. ...

During her professional career, Clijsters won 34 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She won the U.S. Open singles title in 2005 and the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002 and 2003. In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003. Clijsters was twice a singles runner-up at the French Open and a one-time runner-up at the Australian Open, also reaching two Wimbledon singles semifinals. She announced her retirement with immediate effect on May 6, 2007.^[1] The Womens Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of womens professional tennis. ... For other uses, see U.S. Open. ... The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) tour. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ... The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as Wimbledon, is the oldest major championship in tennis and is widely considered to be the most prestigious. ... The Australian Open is held each January at Melbourne Park. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Playing style

Clijsters, known as Aussie Kim, Kim Kong, Killing Kim, Stampy the Ugly Mole or Kim Possible^{[citation needed]} to many fans, is recognized for her deep, powerful, well-placed groundstrokes, as well as her court-wide defense, characterized by speed and athleticism. Clijsters, along with Svetlana Kuznetsova, is among the few tennis players on either the ATP or WTA tours who can slide (known as the straddle) on all surfaces. [1] After being defeated by Clijsters in the U.S. Open, Maria Sharapova said that Clijsters's strength lies in how she always forces her opponent to "hit that extra shot."^{[citation needed]} This article is about the television series. ... Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Cyrillic:  ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. ... The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. ... The Womens Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of womens professional tennis. ... List of the 2005 US Open Champions, the top seeds and important highlights of the tournament: // Seniors Mens Singles See also: Drawsheet Champion: Roger Federer (SUI) def. ... Maria Sharapova at Indian Wells in 2005. ...

Family life

Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters was born on June 8, 1983, in Bilzen, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. She is the daughter of a successful footballer, Lei Clijsters, and a national gymnastics champion, Els Vandecaetsbeek. Clijsters claims to have inherited a footballer's legs from her father and a gymnast's flexibility from her mother.^[2] Clijsters' younger sister Elke finished 2002 as the ITF World Junior Doubles champion and retired in 2004 after back injuries. is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Province Limburg District Tongeren Area 75. ... The Flemish region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium (alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Elke Clijsters (born January 18, 1985) was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. ... ITF may mean: International Taekwondo Federation site International Turntablist Federation site International Tennis Federation site International Transport Workers Federation site This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

In November 2003, Clijsters announced her engagement to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt, but their relationship ended in October 2004.^[3] In October 2006, she announced her engagement to American basketball player Brian Lynch, who is based in Clijsters's hometown of Bree. In an interview with "Sportweekend," Clijsters said that she and Lynch will marry on July 14, 2007, and that she is retiring to start a family.^[1] However, Clijsters and Lynch secretly married Friday, July 13, 2007 at 6:00 in the morning at the Bree city hall. She was married by the mayor, with her sister, Elke Clijsters, Lynch's brother, Pat Lynch, and both families' parents.^[4] On July 10, 2007 it was confirmed that Kim is pregnant with her first child, a girl. The news was first brought into the world by father Lei (on his weblog) and then confirmed by her spokesperson. The expected birth date is February 23, 2008. Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is a former World No. ... This article is about the sport. ... Brian Lynch (born on June 12, 1978) in New Jersey, USA is a professional basketball player from the United States. ... Bree is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Tennis career

Clijsters was an accomplished junior player. In singles, she finished as runner-up in the 1998 Wimbledon junior event, placing 11th in the year-end singles ranking. In the same year in doubles, Clijsters won the French Open title with Jelena Dokić, and the U.S. Open with Eva Dyrberg, ending the season as number four in the International Tennis Federation junior doubles world ranking. List of the 1998 Wimbledon Champions: // Mens Singles Pete Sampras (USA) d. ... List of the 1998 French Open Champions: Mens Singles Carlos Moya (ESP) d. ... Jelena Dokić (Serbian: Јелена Докић / Jelena Dokić) (born 12 April 1983) is a tennis player who has played for both Australia and Serbia and Montenegro (including Yugoslavia prior to February 2003), and currently plays for Australia. ... List of the 1998 US Open Champions: Seniors Mens singles Main article: 1998 US Open - Mens Singles Patrick Rafter (AUS) def. ... The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 202 national tennis associations. ...

In 1999, Clijsters made her breakthrough professionally. Playing through the qualifying rounds, she made it through the main draw of Wimbledon, wherein she defeated tenth ranked Amanda Coetzer en route to the fourth round, where Clijsters lost to her childhood idol Steffi Graf. Later that summer, Clijsters reached the third round of the U.S. Open, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams after serving for the match. In the autumn, Clijsters won her first Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles title at Luxembourg. She followed up with her first WTA doubles title at Bratislava, partnering Laurence Courtois. Amanda Coetzer (b. ... For the Austrian runner, see Stephanie Graf. ... Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. ... The Womens Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of womens professional tennis. ... Nickname: Location of Bratislava within Slovakia Coordinates: , Country Region Districts Bratislava I-V City subdivisions 17 city boroughs Cadastral areas 20 cadastral areas First mentioned 907 Government  - Type City council  - Mayor (Primátor) Andrej ÄŽurkovský  - Headquarters Primates Palace Area [1]  - City 367. ... Laurence Courtois (born on January 18, 1976 in Kortrijk, Belgium) was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. ...

Clijsters climbed up the rankings over the next couple of years. In 2001, she reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, where she lost to Jennifer Capriati 12-10 in the third set. Her next important breakthrough came at the end of 2002, when she won the year-end WTA Tour Championship in Los Angeles, defeating top ranked Serena Williams in the final, 7-5 6-3. During that time, Serena was considered to be the most dominant player, and being defeated in straight sets by an 18-year old was an incredible shock. On her way to the final, she also beat fourth ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne and second ranked Venus Williams (when Williams retired). In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976, in New York City) is a former World No. ... The results of the 2002 WTA Tour Championships, for the first time held in Los Angeles, United States. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Justine Henin; ( ) (born June 1, 1982 in Liège) is a Belgian professional tennis player from the Walloon (French-speaking) region of Belgium. ... Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. ...

Clijsters had her career-best season in 2003. She won nine singles tournaments and seven doubles titles that year, including the French Open and Wimbledon. She successfully defended her WTA Tour Championships title and reached two Grand Slam finals (French Open and U.S. Open), losing both to Henin-Hardenne. She reached the semis at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, showing incredible consistency. With the exception of her losses in the final, one memory that will be remembered is her loss to Serena Williams at the 03 Aussie Open semis. Serena had won her last 26 Grand Slam matches (as well as winning the last three Grand Slams), and after stunning her in straight sets at the Year-End Championships, she seemed well on her way for another upset victory as she lead 6-4, 3-6, 5-1. However, an incredibly resilient Williams fought off two match points, and ran off six straight games to secure a spot in the final, and ending up achieving the "Serena Slam". Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. ...

On August 11, 2003, Clijsters attained the top ranking, holding the spot for 12 non-consecutive weeks before losing it later in the year to Henin. She is the first woman to be ranked number one on the computer rankings without winning a Grand Slam title. is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Clijsters started 2004 by reaching her fourth career Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, where she lost once more to Henin-Hardenne. She then won two consecutive titles in Paris and Antwerp. While defending her Tier I title at Indian Wells, however, Clijsters began to have problems with her wrist, eventually requiring surgery and forcing her to withdraw from most tournaments. She attempted a comeback towards the end of the season, winning several matches, before reaggravating the injury. The Australian Open is held each January at Melbourne Park. ... Open Gaz de France is a Tier II tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Paris, France. ... The Proximus Diamond Games is a professional tennis tournament held in Antwerp, Belgium. ... The WTA Tier I tournaments are ten Womens Tennis Association (WTA) tennis tournaments held throughout the year in various locations around the world, chiefly in Europe and North America. ... The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California. ...

2005

In February 2005, after almost a year of inactivity caused by injuries, she made her return to the WTA tour by participating in her home country tournament at Antwerp, losing to Venus Williams in a quarterfinal. She then completed her comeback to the top echelon of women's tennis when she won, as an unseeded entry, 14 straight matches to claim two Tier I titles (Indian Wells and Miami) in March. During that run, Clijsters defeated five of the world's top six players. Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. ... The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California. ... The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held at Key Biscayne, in Miami, Florida. ...

Clijsters finally won a Grand Slam singles title at the U.S. Open. It was her first victory after reaching four Grand Slam finals previously. In the tournament, Clijsters defeated Mary Pierce 6-3, 6-1 in the final. Along the way, she defeated 10th seeded Venus Williams and top seeded Maria Sharapova. By winning the U.S. Open Series—a string of tournaments leading to the Grand Slam—Clijsters received a 100 percent bonus to the U.S. $1.1 million in prize money at the U.S. Open. Her U.S. $2.2 million paycheck was the largest payday in women's sports history. In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... For other uses, see U.S. Open. ... Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a French-American womens professional tennis player on the WTA and one of the leading women in professional sports with multiple Grand Slam tennis championships to her name. ... Maria Sharapova at Indian Wells in 2005. ... The US Open Series is the six-week summer tennis season linking 10 ATP Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tournaments together. ...

On September 15, within days after her U.S. Open victory, it was announced that the cooperation between Clijsters and her coach, Marc Dehous, would come to an end. Dehous thought that it was time to do something else. is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the 2005 WTA Tour Championships, Clijsters was eliminated after only two matches. She lost her first match to Mary Pierce, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6. Amélie Mauresmo defeated her in the second match, 6-3, 7-6. Clijsters said in interviews that her defeats were due to fatigue and maybe jet lag, having had a relatively short time to adjust and acclimatize before the tournament began. Although she won her third match in the round-robin tournament against Elena Dementieva, 6-2 6-3, it was considered a dead rubber. The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) tour. ... Amélie Simone Mauresmo ( in French) (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ... Jet lag (or jet-lag) is a physical condition caused by crossing multiple time zones during flight. ... A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. ... Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (pronounced: L-e-nuh de-MENT-ye-vuh Russian:  ); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Dead-rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches. ...

Overall, she won nine singles events in 2005, her last one being at the Gaz de France Stars in Hasselt. She ended the year ranked No. 2. Gaz de France Stars is a tennis tournament held in Hasselt, Belgium. ... Hasselt municipality and district in the province Limburg Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg. ...

2006

Clijsters started her 2006 season by winning an exhibition tournament, the Watson Water Challenge, in Hong Kong. On her way to the title she defeated Jie Zheng, Elena Dementieva, and top ranked Lindsay Davenport. Zheng Jie (July 5, 1983) is a Chinese professional female tennis player. ... Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (pronounced: L-e-nuh de-MENT-ye-vuh Russian:  ); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. ...

Clijsters then withdrew from her semifinal match at the WTA tournament in Sydney, citing a left hip muscle strain. The Womens Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of womens professional tennis. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...

At the 2006 Australian Open, Clijsters defeated former champion Martina Hingis, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in a quarterfinal, before retiring from a semifinal match with Amélie Mauresmo. Despite the loss, the ranking points she accumulated were enough to regain the world number one spot, a position she last held on November 9, 2003. She was the first tennis player, male or female, to rise from outside the Top 100 (No. 134) to No. 1 in less than year. The Australian Open is held each January at Melbourne Park. ... Martina Hingis (pronounced: ) (born September 30, 1980 in KoÅ¡ice, Slovakia) is a former World No. ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Clijsters' loss to Mauresmo in the Australian Open semifinals was due to an ankle injury. Although she had been expected to miss at least eight weeks to recover, Clijsters returned two weeks later at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp. She lost the final of that tournament to Mauresmo in three sets.

Clijsters won her first title of the year at a clay court event in Warsaw, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final 7-5, 6-2. For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ... Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Cyrillic:  ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. ...

In May, Clijsters competed at the French Open. She did not lose a set on her way to the semifinals. In a quarterfinal, she once again defeated Hingis, 7-6, 6-1. However, she lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne in a semifinal 6-3, 6-2, on her 23rd birthday. The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. ... Justine Henin ( ) (born June 1, 1982 in Liège) is the current World No. ...

Clijsters at 2006 Wimbledon

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Clijsters collected her second title of the year as the top seed in Stanford, defeating Patty Schnyder in the final 6-4, 6-2. Clijsters then reached the final in San Diego, falling to second-seeded Maria Sharapova 7-5, 7-5. This was her first loss to Sharapova in five career meetings. Bank of the West Classic is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Stanford, California, United States. ... Patty Schnyder (born December 14, 1978, Basel) is professional female tennis player. ... The Acura Classic is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. ... Maria Sharapova at Indian Wells in 2005. ...

On August 16, after receiving a first round bye at the 2006 Rogers Cup in Montréal, Clijsters faced Canadian Stéphanie Dubois in the second round. Having won the first set 6-1 and trailing 2-3 in the second set, Clijsters slipped and fell on her left wrist and was forced to retire from the match. On August 18, 2006, Clijsters announced on her official website that the condition of her wrist was worse than she had expected and that she would be unable to compete in the 2006 U.S. Open to defend her title. She also missed the Fed Cup final against Italy, which Italy won 3-2.^[2] is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rogers Cup is the name of the championship game for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... Stéphanie Dubois is a Canadian female tennis player, born on October 31, 1986 in Laval, Quebec. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see U.S. Open. ... Schedule and results of the 2006 Fed Cup. ...

At the Gaz de France Stars, her first tournament in more than two months, Clijsters successfully defended her title by beating qualifier Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the final. En route to the final, Clijsters defeated Anne Kremer (6-3, 6-2), Martina Müller (6-3, 6-2), Sandra Klösel (6-1, 6-0) and Vera Zvonareva (6-4, 3-6, 6-4). Gaz de France Stars is a tennis tournament held in Hasselt, Belgium. ... Kaia Kanepi (born June 10, 1985 in Tallinn) is an Estonian tennis player ranked in the worlds top 100. ... Anne Kremer (born October 17, 1975 in Luxembourg) is a professional female tennis player from Luxembourg. ... Martina Muller (born October 11, 1982 in Hannover, Germany) is a professional female tennis player from Germany. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia on one of the following topics: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources. ... Vera Zvonareva (pronunciation: VEH-ruh zvon-a-RYOH-vuh, Russian: Вера Звонарёва ( ), born September 7, 1984, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ...

At the year-ending WTA Tour Championships, Clijsters lost a semifinal to Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, after defeating Dementieva and Kuznetsova and losing to Sharapova in the round robin phase of the tournament. The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) tour. ... Amélie Simone Mauresmo ( in French) (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ...

2007

Clijsters started her final season on the tour by winning an exhibition tournament, the Watson Water Challenge, in Hong Kong. On her way to the title, she defeated Jie Zheng, Patty Schnyder, and top ranked Maria Sharapova. Zheng Jie (July 5, 1983) is a Chinese professional female tennis player. ... Patty Schnyder (born December 14, 1978, Basel) is professional female tennis player. ... Maria Sharapova at Indian Wells in 2005. ...

Clijsters then won the Medibank International tournament in Sydney, Australia, defeating Jelena Janković in the final 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4 after being down a match point. The Medibank International is a professional tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia. ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... Jelena Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Јанковић, pronounced ; born on February 28, 1985) is a Serbian professional female tennis player. ...

At the 2007 Australian Open, the fourth seeded Clijsters defeated sixth seeded Martina Hingis in a quarterfinal match. However, she lost to Sharapova in a semifinal 6-4, 6-2. The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January through 28 January 2007. ... Martina Hingis (pronounced: ) (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia) is a former World No. ...

She played her last tournament in Belgium at the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, where she lost to Amelie Mauresmo in the final 6-4, 7-6(4). At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Clijsters lost in the fourth round to Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. The Proximus Diamond Games is a professional tennis tournament held in Antwerp, Belgium. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... Am lie Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ... The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held at Key Biscayne, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Miami-Dade Established 1991 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Bob Oldakowski Area  - Village 3. ... Li Na (Chinese: 李娜, Lǐ Nà; born February 26, 1982), is a professional womens tennis player from the Peoples Republic of China. ...

In May, she failed to defend her 2006 title in Warsaw, losing in the second round to Julia Vakulenko 7-6(3), 6-3. This was Clijsters's last professional match. The J&S Cup is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Warsaw, Poland. ... Julia Vakulenko (born July 10, 1983 in Yalta, Ukraine) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. ...

On May 6, 2007, citing injuries, Clijsters announced on her official website that she is retiring immediately from professional tennis, concluding a career highlighted by her 2005 U.S. Open singles title. is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... List of the 2005 US Open Champions, the top seeds and important highlights of the tournament: // Seniors Mens Singles See also: Drawsheet Roger Federer (SUI) def. ...

Coaches

• 1992-1996: Bart Van Kerckhove
• 1996-2002: Carl Maes
• 2002-2005: Marc Dehous

Records

2003 See also: 2003 in sports, 2002 in tennis, 2004 in tennis. ...

• Clijsters became not only the first Belgian—man or woman—to be ranked number one, but also did it without winning a Grand Slam tournament. Clijsters also is one of the few women to be both world number one in singles and doubles.

• Clijsters compiled a 90-12 singles record. Her singles win total was the highest single-season total by any woman since 1982. Clijsters was the first woman to play more than 100 singles matches in a year since 1974.

2005 In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... See also: 2005 in sports, 2004 in tennis, 2006 in tennis. ...

• By winning in Indian Wells, Clijsters became the lowest ranked (No. 133) player ever to win a Tier I event. In the final, she beat top ranked Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. She is the lowest ranked player to defeat a reigning world number one since 1975.

• In Miami, Clijsters became only the second player (the first being Steffi Graf in 1995 and 1996) to win the Indian Wells-Miami double. En route to victory, she beat the sixth (Anastasia Myskina), fifth Elena Dementieva, second Amélie Mauresmo, and third Maria Sharapova seeds in consecutive matches. She was the first unseeded winner of the tournament and did not lose a set in the tournament.

• Following Clijsters' victory in the US Open Series and the subsequent U.S. Open, she collected U.S. $2.2 million in prize money, the largest paycheck in women's sports history. To that date, she held a North American hardcourt win-loss record of 36-1, the most matches ever won on that surface during a season.

• Clijsters had a 22-match winning streak from August to October. During the streak, she won tournaments in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Luxembourg and the U.S. Open.

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• In returning to the world number one spot in the rankings after the Australian Open in January, Clijsters broke a rankings record. She was ranked as low as No. 134 in March 2005, so her return to the top spot in a ten-month span was the fastest and biggest leap in women's tennis history.

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Awards

Clijsters is considered by her peers as one of the most likeable players on tour. This, combined with her accomplishments on court, has earned her numerous citations:

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2005	U.S. Open	Mary Pierce	6-3, 6-1

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Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	French Open	Jennifer Capriati	1-6, 6-4, 12-10
2003	French Open (2nd)	Justine Henin	6-0, 6-4
2003	U.S. Open	Justine Henin	7-5, 6-1
2004	Australian Open	Justine Henin	6-3, 4-6, 6-3

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WTA Tour titles (45)

Singles wins (34)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 20, 1999	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Carpet	Dominique Monami	6-2, 6-2
2.	January 10, 2000	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Chanda Rubin	2-6, 6-2, 6-2
3.	October 30, 2000	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Elena Likhovtseva	7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4
4.	July 23, 2001	Stanford, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1
5.	September 24, 2001	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Magdalena Maleeva	6-1, 6-1
6.	October 22, 2001	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Lisa Raymond	6-2, 6-2
7.	April 29, 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Venus Williams	1-6, 6-3, 6-4
8.	October 7, 2002	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
9.	October 21, 2002	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	6-1, 6-2
10.	November 4, 2002	WTA Championships, Los Angeles, USA	Carpet	Serena Williams	7-5, 6-3
11.	January 6, 2003	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 6-3
12.	March 3, 2003	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 7-5
13.	May 12, 2003	Rome, Italy	Clay	Amélie Mauresmo	3-6, 7-6(3), 6-0
14.	June 16, 2003	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Justine Henin	6(4)-7, 3-0 retired
15.	July 21, 2003	Stanford, USA	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
16.	August 4, 2003	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6-1, 3-6, 6-1
17.	October 6, 2003	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Justine Henin	5-7, 6-4, 6-2
18.	October 20, 2003	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Chanda Rubin	6-2, 7-5
19.	November 3, 2003	WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2, 6-0
20.	February 9, 2004	Paris, France	Carpet	Mary Pierce	6-2, 6-1
21.	February 16, 2004	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Silvia Farina Elia	6-3, 6-0
22.	March 7, 2005	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
23.	March 23, 2005	Miami, USA	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6-3, 7-5
24.	June 13, 2005	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Vera Douchevina	7-5, 6-0
25.	August 1, 2005	Stanford, USA	Hard	Venus Williams	7-5, 6-2
26.	August 8, 2005	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	6-4, 6-1
27.	August 15, 2005	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Justine Henin	7-5, 6-1
28.	September 10, 2005	U.S. Open, New York, USA	Hard	Mary Pierce	6-3, 6-1
29.	October 2, 2005	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6-2, 6-4
30.	October 30, 2005	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard	Francesca Schiavone	6-2, 6-3
31.	May 7, 2006	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Svetlana Kuznetsova	7-5, 6-2
32.	July 30, 2006	Stanford, USA	Hard	Patty Schnyder	6-4, 6-2
33.	November 5, 2006	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard	Kaia Kanepi	6-3, 3-6, 6-4
34.	January 12, 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jelena Janković	4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4

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Doubles wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	October 27, 1999	Bratislava, Slovakia	Laurence Courtois	Olga Barabanschikova and Lilia Osterloh	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
2.	May 21, 2000	Antwerp, Belgium	Sabine Appelmans	Jennifer Hopkins and Petra Rampre	6-1, 6-1
3.	August 12, 2002	Los Angeles, U.S.	Jelena Dokić	Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-3
4.	October 27, 2002	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Janette Husárová	Květa Peschke and Barbara Rittner	4-6, 6-3, 7-5
5.	January 12, 2003	Sydney, Australia	Ai Sugiyama	Conchita Martínez and Rennae Stubbs	6-3, 6-3
6.	February 16, 2003	Antwerp, Belgium	Ai Sugiyama	Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit	6-2, 6-0
7.	March 2, 2003	Scottdale, USA	Ai Sugiyama	Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond	6-1, 6-4
8.	June 8, 2003	French Open, Paris, France	Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez	6-7, 6-2, 9-7
9.	July 6, 2003	Wimbledon, London, Britain	Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez	6-4, 6-4
10.	August 3, 2003	San Diego, USA	Ai Sugiyama	Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond	6-4, 7-5
11.	October 19, 2003	Zurich, Switzerland	Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez	7-6, 6-2

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WTA Tour runner-ups (27)

Singles (17)

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Women's doubles (9)

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Mixed doubles (1)

• 2000: Wimbledon (with Lleyton Hewitt)

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Singles performance timeline

• A = did not participate in the tournament
• SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
• ¹ The San Diego tournament only achieved Tier I status in 2004.
• ² If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 10-1; Clay: 23-4) and Fed Cup (15-3) participations are included, overall win-loss record stands at 425-103.

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WTA Tour career earnings

Notable matches

• 2001 French Open final: lost to Jennifer Capriati, 1-6, 6-4, 12-10. The two-hour, 21-minute match featured the longest third set in a French Open women's final. Clijsters was four times within two points of winning, before Capriati prevailed.
• 2002 WTA Tour Championships final: defeated Serena Williams for the first time in her career, 7-5 6-3. This was only the fifth defeat of the year for Williams and snapped her 18-match winning streak. In her run to the finals, Clijsters also defeated Venus Williams, becoming just the fourth player to beat both of the Williams sisters in the same event. She also equaled the event's record for the fewest games dropped.
• 2003 Australian Open semifinal: lost to Serena Williams, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. After defeating Williams in the WTA Tour Championships the previous year, some commentators believed that only Clijsters could prevent Williams from winning her fourth consecutive Grand Slam singles title. Clijsters led 5-1 in the third set (and held a match point at 5-2) before Williams, who was playing with an injured foot, took the match. She went on to defeat her older sister Venus in the final.^[5]
• 2003 Italian Open final: defeated Amélie Mauresmo 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-0. After defeating Capriati and Serena Williams on her way to the final, Mauresmo led 6-5 in the second set and served for the championship. Clijsters, two points away from defeat, stormed back to win the set in a tiebreak, before cruising through the last set.^[6]
• 2003 French Open final: lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-0, 6-4. She appeared nervous during the first half of the match, and was extremely erratic. Commentators speculated she may have felt nervous about playing in such a high profile match against someone she had known since childhood.
• 2003 Los Angeles final: defeated Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 for the fourth consecutive time. By winning her sixth title of the year, Clijsters gained enough points to overtake Serena Williams and claim the top spot in women's tennis, becoming the 12th player to do so and the first one to claim the spot without winning a Grand Slam title.
• 2003 Filderstadt final: defeated Justine Henin-Hardenne 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. With the number one ranking at stake, Clijsters rallied from a set down to beat her compatriot. The match marked only the eighth time that the top two players battled for the number one ranking.^[7] This was also Clijster's second victory (and first to have concluded, her previous win came when her opponent retired in 's-Hertogenbosch) against Henin in their last seven meetings.
• 2003 WTA Tour Championships semifinal: defeated Capriati 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. While leading 6-4, 3-2, Capriati took an injury break, but after play resumed, she never regained her form. Clijsters won the next 10 games to claim victory and reached her second WTA Tour Championships final.^[8] In the final, she defeated Mauresmo, 6-2, 6-0, which was the most one-sided final in the tournament since Martina Navrátilová won over Chris Evert by the same score in 1983.
• 2005 Indian Wells final: defeated Davenport 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Unseeded, ranked 133 in the world, and in only her second tournament of the year after being sidelined by a wrist injury, Clijsters won seven straight games after Davenport opened up the match with a 4-0 lead. The victory was bittersweet for Clijsters, who began having problems with her wrist in the same tournament a year before.
• 2005 Miami final: defeated Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-5. Both players struggled to keep the ball in play as windy conditions prevailed throughout the match. Her victory meant that she was only the second woman to earn the Indian Wells-Miami double, after Steffi Graf. These consecutive victories (Clijsters won 14 consecutive matches) catapulted Clijsters from 133 in the world to within the top 20. As Sharapova noted, "I think the biggest surprise was that it was her 14th match and yet I didn’t feel like she was physically fatigued at all. She is a very strong girl and she can play all day. Running from corner to corner is like a piece of cake for her."^[9] Sharapova, interestingly in the following year, would come within one match of achieving the Indian Wells-Miami double (she lost the final of Miami to Kuznetsova).
• 2005 U.S. Open quarterfinal: defeated Venus Williams 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Clijsters had won only three out of the nine matches she had contested against Williams (although she had won the last one). After Williams led 6-4, 4-2, Clijsters won 11 of the next 13 games, calling her win the best since she returned to competition.
• 2005 U.S. Open final: defeated Mary Pierce 6-3 6-1, to collect her one and only Grand Slam title. Prior to her victory at the U.S. Open, she had lost four grand slam finals (Once to Capriati, on the other three occasions to her countrywoman Henin-Hardenne).

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Famous quotes

• Clijsters is often considered by few critics as "too nice."^{[citation needed]} In response to these critics, she replied,

References and Notes

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See also

• List of female tennis players
• List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions

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External links

• Official website
• Kim Clijsters profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Kim Clijsters at the Internet Movie Database