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Kim Clijsters

Kim Clijsters
Personal information
NameKim Clijsters
CountryBelgium
ResidenceBree, Belgium
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in)
Turned pro17 August 1997
Retired6 May 2007
Returned 11 August 2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize moneyUS $23,747,082
(3rd in overall earnings)
Singles
Career record503 � 110 ( %)
Career titles41 WTA (13th in overall rankings)
3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1 (11 August 2003)
Current rankingNo. 2 (4 July 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian OpenW (2011)
French OpenF (2001, 2003)
WimbledonSF (2003, 2006)
US OpenW (2005, 2009, 2010)
Major tournaments
WTA ChampionshipsW (2002, 2003, 2010)
Doubles
Career record131 � 54 ({{Round| }}%)
Career titles11 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1 (4 August 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2003)
French OpenW (2003)
WimbledonW (2003)
US OpenQF (2002)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
WimbledonF (2000)

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Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (-nlkɪm ˈklɛistərs-Nl-be kim clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 4 July 2011, Clijsters will be ranked No. 2 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles.

Clijsters is the reigning singles champion at the US Open and the Australian Open. She has also won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She has won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009 and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011. She has also been runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments, and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003 and 2010. In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003. Clijsters announced her retirement with immediate effect on 6 May 2007, but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season. In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980.

Kim Clijsters Video

The first in a series of advertisements for "Strong is Beautiful" - WTA's new global ad campaign - this :30 second commercial focuses on all of the characteristics necessary to become a successful professional tennis player. World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki described the video this way: "It takes so many elements to reach the top of such a competitive sport as tennis - strength of character, discipline, and will power. All of these things define who we are as people and as athletes. For me the new campaign is able to capture the inner strength of players in a beautiful way." Shot by famed Los Angeles photographer and filmmaker Dewey Nicks, the stunning imagery portrays the players in a unique way with an ultimate focus on their inner strength. Featured players: Sam Stosur, Ana Ivanovic, Li Na, Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka & Kim Clijsters.
0.53 min. | 4.71 user rating		 A laughing Kim Clijsters chided commentator Todd Woodbridge at the Australian Open today over a text message in which he said he thought she was pregnant because she looked grumpy and had bigger breasts Please keep comments within common decency, sadly i had to remove and block a number of comments and as much as i believe in freedom of expression there is line that has to be drawn, so racial and derogatory comments about women will be removed and sender blocked... and i apologize if i have removed 1 or 2 accidentally due to sheer volume of posting have a nice day and enjoy this in the humor it was intended to be as a funniest tennis moment ever All credit goes to Tennis Australia and Channel 7 Also definition of chided - To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand: chided the boy for his sloppiness. To express disapproval.
1.87 min. | 4.89 user rating		 An array of stars play a charity match on a packed Rod Laver Arena to raise funds for victims of the Haiti earthquake. Featured players include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Lleyton Hewitt, Samantha Stosur, Novak Djokovic and Bernard Tomic, with special guest chair umpire Jim Courier.
4.17 min. | 4.89 user rating		 Kim Clijsters has beaten Serena Williams to book a place in the US Open final after the defending champion was issued with a code violation on match point. Serena was docked a point for yelling at an official who called a foot fault when trailing 5-6, 15-30 in the second set. The unseeded Clijsters reached the final after winning 6-4 7-5. Williams allegedly made a threat against the line judge, who then reported it to the chair umpire. That led to the chair umpire awarding a point to Clijsters, ending the match. 2005 champion Clijsters will now take on Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark in the final, after the No.9 seed Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 6-3. TV Source: Channel 9 News Source: Fox Sports "www.foxsports.com.au
7.88 min. | 4.11 user rating		 Watch what happened behind the scenes of our new global advertising campaign Strong is Beautiful. Featured players: Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka, Vera Zvonareva, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na, Aravane Rezai, Flavia Pennetta, Rebecca Marino, Francesca Schiavone, Ana Ivanovic, Heather Watson, Sabine Lisicki, Yanina Wickmayer, Andrea Petkovic, Alisa Kleybanova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Daniela Hantuchova, Zheng Jie, Gisela Dulko. Also featuring: Billie Jean King
2.60 min. | 4.92 user rating
This is THE point of 2006 (at least, in terms of defensive play)!!! Amazing rally between two great champions, Maria Sharapova and my favourite player ever, Kim Clijsters !
1.17 min. | 4.92 user rating		 While balancing motherhood and professional tennis is quite challenging, Kim Clijsters has taken on the challenge by devoting 100% of herself to tennis.....and 100% to raising Jada.
0.53 min. | 4.69 user rating		 Kim Clijsters clip by The New York Times Magazine/ Directed by Dewey Nicks
0.58 min. | 4.90 user rating		 Kim Clijsters takes out the 2011 Women's Australian Open championships.
0.67 min. | 2.45 user rating		 Udo en Will Tura - Ode aan Kim Clijsters op 'Ik Mis Je Zo' @ Sportgala - Een - 16.12.07 Meer over Udo: udo-mechels.be
4.40 min. | 4.84 user rating

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WTA top-seeds Wozniacki, Clijsters, - Live Tennis Guide Tweet this news
Live Tennis Guide--The WTA top three seeded players in tennis, Caroline Wozniacki, -Kim Clijsters- and Vera Zvonareva are out after being defeated by their competitors in the French Open 2011, which is being held in Roland Garros in Paris, France. ... - Date : Mon, 30 May 2011 13:17:18 GMT+00:00
Kim Clijsters - TIME Tweet this news
TIME--When it comes to having it all, -Kim Clijsters- offers a great model. In 2007, at the ripe old age of 23, Kim retired from professional tennis. She wanted to start a family. Her beautiful daughter Jada Ellie ... - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:10:07 GMT+00:00
With Clijsters absent, Czechs favored in Fed Cup - eTaiwan News Tweet this news
eTaiwan News--AP Belgium dropped from favorite to underdog against the Czech Republic when -Kim Clijsters- was forced to pull out injured from their Fed Cup semifinal this weekend. Clijsters, already carrying shoulder and wrist complaints, compounded her - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:07:43 GMT+00:00
Freak injury might keep Clijsters out of French | Philadelphia Daily News ... - Philadelphia Daily News Tweet this news
Philadelphia Daily News---Kim Clijsters-, who won the last two grand-slam tennis tournaments, might miss the French Open with an ankle injury she suffered at a wedding party last weekend. Clijsters, the reigning US Open and Australian Open champion, faces - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:09:43 GMT+00:00
Bizarre Injury Of The Day - SI.com Tweet this news
SI.com--Follow Jimmy Traina on Twitter here. Become a fan of Hot Clicks on Facebook here. E-mail a comment, question or link here. The photo above is of -Kim Clijsters- getting treatment for an ankle injury at the 2006 Australian Open. Clijsters, the No. - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:58:04 GMT+00:00
Clijsters out as Djokovic marches on - RTHK Tweet this news
RTHK--Tennis: Defending champion -Kim Clijsters- has been knocked out of the Sony Ericsson Open in the quarter-finals. Belarussian Victoria Azarenka produced some sparkling shots to defeat an out-of-sorts world number two 6-3 6-3. ... - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:14:57 GMT+00:00
2011 Sony Ericsson Open Results: Kim Clijsters Upset, Maria Sharapova Advances - SB Nation Tweet this news
SB Nation--Twenty-four hours after Belgian -Kim Clijsters- fought back from a 5-1 final set deficit to reach the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open quaterfinals, there was no extra fuel left for the fighter to light. No. 8 Victoria Azarenka upset Clijsters, the tour - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:59:24 GMT+00:00
Clijsters holds her nerve - SkySports Tweet this news
SkySports--Defending champion -Kim Clijsters- overcame a scare before reaching the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open. The second seed finally saw off the aggressive play of Maria Jose ... - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:18:16 GMT+00:00
Miami Round-Up: Kim Clijsters Blown Away as Mardy Fish Becomes US No. 1 - FanHouse UK Tweet this news
FanHouse UK--Second seed and defending champion -Kim Clijsters- crashed out of the Sony Ericsson Open at the quarter-final stage - as Novak Djokovic's whirlwind start to 2011 continued in Miami. The exertions of her previous game against Ana Ivanovic - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:15:33 GMT+00:00
Two Women's Quarterfinal Matches are Determined at the Sony Ericsson Open - Sportsrageous Tweet this news
Sportsrageous--In the fourth-round match, -Kim Clijsters- took on Ana Ivanovic. Both are former No. 1-ranked players, and they have the ability to play some very good tennis. In the end, Clijsters was the player who came out on top. She took the first set - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:12:28 GMT+00:00

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Singles :
1 / 9 38 � 8
French Open A A A 1R F 3R F A 4R SF A A A A 2R 0 / 7 23 � 7
Wimbledon A A 4R 2R QF 2R SF A 4R SF A A A QF A 0 / 8 29 � 8
US Open A A 3R 2R QF 4R F A W A A A W W 3 / 8 37 � 5
Grand Slam W � L 0 � 0 0 � 0 8 � 2 2 � 4 17 � 4 11 � 4 22 � 4 6 � 1 13 � 2 14 � 3 5 � 1 0 � 0 7 � 0 13 � 2 8 � 1 4 / 32 127 � 28
WTA Tour Championships A A A QF SF W W A RR SF A A A W TBD 3 / 7 19 � 7

US Open girls' doubles champions

1982 Penny Barg / Beth Herr * 1983 Ann Hulbert / Bernadette Randall * 1984 Mercedes Paz / Gabriela Sabatini * 1985 Andrea Holikova / Radka Zrubáková * 1986 Jana Novotná / Radka Zrubáková * 1987 Meredith McGrath / Kimberly Po * 1988 Meredith McGrath / Kimberly Po * 1989 Jennifer Capriati / Meredith McGrath * 1990 Kristin Godridge / Nicole Pratt * 1991 Kristin Godridge / Kirrily Sharpe * 1992 Lindsay Davenport / Nicole London * 1993 Nicole London / Julie Steven * 1994 Surina de Beer / Chantal Reuter * 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova * 1996 Surina de Beer / Jessica Steck * 1997 Marissa Irvin / Alexandra Stevenson * 1998 Kim Clijsters / Eva Dyrberg * 1999 Dája Bedáňová / Iroda Tulyaganova * 2000 Gisela Dulko / María Emilia Salerni * 2001 Galina Fokina / Svetlana Kuznetsova * 2002 Elke Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens * 2004 Marina Erakovic / Michaëlla Krajicek * 2005 Nikola Frankova / Alisa Kleybanova * 2006 Raluca Olaru / Mihaela Buzărnescu * 2007 Urszula Radwańska / Ksenia Milevskaya * 2008 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sandra Roma * 2009 Valeria Solovieva / Maryna Zanevska

Australian Open women's singles champions

(1969) Margaret Court * (1970) Margaret Court * (1971) Margaret Court * (1972) Virginia Wade * (1973) Margaret Court * (1974) Evonne Goolagong * (1975) Evonne Goolagong * (1976) Evonne Goolagong * (1977 (Jan)) Kerry Reid * (1977 (Dec)) Evonne Goolagong * (1978) Chris O'Neil * (1979) Barbara Jordan * (1980) Hana Mandlíková * (1981) Martina Navrátilová * (1982) Chris Evert * (1983) Martina Navrátilová * (1984) Chris Evert * (1985) Martina Navrátilová * (1987) Hana Mandlíková * (1988) Steffi Graf * (1989) Steffi Graf * (1990) Steffi Graf * (1991) Monica Seles * (1992) Monica Seles * (1993) Monica Seles * (1994) Steffi Graf * (1995) Mary Pierce * (1996) Monica Seles * (1997) Martina Hingis * (1998) Martina Hingis * (1999) Martina Hingis * (2000) Lindsay Davenport * (2001) Jennifer Capriati * (2002) Jennifer Capriati * (2003) Serena Williams * (2004) Justine Henin * (2005) Serena Williams * (2006) Amélie Mauresmo * (2007) Serena Williams * (2008) Maria Sharapova * (2009) Serena Williams * (2010) Serena Williams

US Open women's singles champions

(1968) Virginia Wade * (1969) Margaret Court * (1970) Margaret Court * (1971) Billie Jean King * (1972) Billie Jean King * (1973) Margaret Court * (1974) Billie Jean King * (1975) Chris Evert * (1976) Chris Evert * (1977) Chris Evert * (1978) Chris Evert * (1979) Tracy Austin * (1980) Chris Evert * (1981) Tracy Austin * (1982) Chris Evert * (1983) Martina Navrátilová * (1984) Martina Navrátilová * (1985) Hana Mandlíková * (1986) Martina Navrátilová * (1987) Martina Navrátilová * (1988) Steffi Graf * (1989) Steffi Graf * (1990) Gabriela Sabatini * (1991) Monica Seles * (1992) Monica Seles * (1993) Steffi Graf * (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario * (1995) Steffi Graf * (1996) Steffi Graf * (1997) Martina Hingis * (1998) Lindsay Davenport * (1999) Serena Williams * (2000) Venus Williams * (2001) Venus Williams * (2002) Serena Williams * (2003) Justine Henin * (2004) Svetlana Kuznetsova * (2005) Kim Clijsters * (2006) Maria Sharapova * (2007) Justine Henin * (2008) Serena Williams * (2009) Kim Clijsters |

French Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones * (1969) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones * (1970) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr * (1971) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr * (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve * (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade * (1974) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova * (1975) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová * (1976) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau * (1977) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden * (1978) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici * (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull * (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith * (1981) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford * (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Anne Smith * (1983) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds * (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Andrea Temesvári * (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1989) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva * (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková * (1991) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná * (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez * (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná * (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams * (2000) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce * (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez * (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez * (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama * (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez * (2005) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez * (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur * (2007) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo * (2008) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual * (2009) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual * (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams

Wimbledon (Open Era) ladies' doubles champions

(1968) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King * (1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton * (1970) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King * (1971) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King * (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve * (1973) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King * (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel * (1975) Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu * (1976) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová * (1977) Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell * (1978) Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull * (1979) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová * (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith * (1981) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1985) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie * (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver * (1987) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková * (1988) Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini * (1989) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková * (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková * (1991) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva * (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva * (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario * (1996) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková * (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva * (1998) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková * (1999) Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu * (2000) Serena Williams / Venus Williams * (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs * (2002) Serena Williams / Venus Williams * (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama * (2004) Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs * (2005) Cara Black / Liezel Huber * (2006) Zi Yan / Zheng Jie * (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber * (2008) Serena Williams / Venus Williams * (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams * (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 players

US Chris Evert (1975/1985 - 260 w) * AU Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1976 - 2 w) * TCH/US Martina Navrátilová (1978/1987 - 331 w) * US Tracy Austin (1980 - 22 w) * DE Steffi Graf (1987/1997 - 377 w) * SFR Yugoslavia/FR Yugoslavia/US Monica Seles (1991/1996 - 178 w) * ES Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 - 12 w) * CH Martina Hingis (1997/2001 - 209 w) * US Lindsay Davenport (1998/2006 - 98 w) * US Jennifer Capriati (2001/2002 - 17 w) * US Venus Williams (2002 - 11 w) * US Serena Williams (2002/2010 - 105 w) * BE Kim Clijsters (2003/2006 - 19 w) * BE Justine Henin (2003/2008 - 117 w) * FR Amélie Mauresmo (2004/2006 - 39 w) * RU Maria Sharapova (2005/2008 - 17 w) * RS Ana Ivanović (2008 - 12 w) * RS Jelena Janković (2008/2009 - 18 w) * RU Dinara Safina (2009 - 26 w)

WTA Year-end championships winners singles

(1971) Billie Jean King * (1972) Chris Evert * (1973) Chris Evert * (1974) Evonne Goolagong * (1975) Chris Evert * (1976) Evonne Goolagong * (1977) Chris Evert * (1978) Martina Navrátilová * (1979) Martina Navrátilová * (1980) Tracy Austin * (1981) Martina Navrátilová * (1982) Sylvia Hanika * (1983) Martina Navrátilová * (1984) Martina Navrátilová * (1985) Martina Navrátilová * (1986-1) Martina Navrátilová * (1986-2) Martina Navrátilová * (1987) Steffi Graf * (1988) Gabriela Sabatini * (1989) Steffi Graf * (1990) Monica Seles * (1991) Monica Seles * (1992) Monica Seles * (1993) Steffi Graf * (1994) Gabriela Sabatini * (1995) Steffi Graf * (1996) Steffi Graf * (1997) Jana Novotná * (1998) Martina Hingis * (1999) Lindsay Davenport * (2000) Martina Hingis * (2001) Serena Williams * (2002) Kim Clijsters * (2003) Kim Clijsters * (2004) Maria Sharapova * (2005) Amélie Mauresmo * (2006) Justine Henin * (2007) Justine Henin * (2008) Venus Williams * (2009) Serena Williams

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten European female tennis players as of July 5, 2010

1. RS Jelena Janković (2 (+)) 2. DK Caroline Wozniacki (3 (+)) 3. RU Elena Dementieva (6 (-)) 4. BE Kim Clijsters (7 (+)) 5. IT Francesca Schiavone (8 (-))
6. RU Vera Zvonareva (9 (+)) 7. PL Agnieszka Radwańska (11 (-)) 8. IT Flavia Pennetta (12 (-)) 9. BE Justine Henin (13 (+)) 10. FR Marion Bartoli (14 (-))

World rankings * Top ten tennis players as of 12 July 2010

ATP singles
# ES Rafael Nadal # RS Novak Djokovic # CH Roger Federer # GB Andy Murray # SE Robin Söderling # RU Nikolay Davydenko # AR Juan Martín del Potro # CZ Tomáš Berdych # US Andy Roddick # ES Fernando Verdasco
ATP doubles
WTA singles
WTA doubles



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