Kim Clijsters ( Bio, Pictures and More )

Kim Clijsters: born June 8, 1983) is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles.

Rapid Fire: Clijsters plays right-handed... In 2000 she began dating Australian tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt; they became engaged in 2003 but split in 2004. Her younger sister Elke Clijsters (born- 1985) also plays competitive tennis. Her father Leo (also called Lei) is a former soccer star who was named Belgium's player of the year in 1988. According to the WTA, her name is pronounced KLEYE-sters

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.

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Kim Clijsters won her first WTA Tour singles title at Luxembourg in 1999, and reached her first major final in 2001, losing to Jennifer Capriati in the French Open. The appearance made her the first Belgian woman ever to play in a Grand Slam final. She and countrywoman Justine Henin-Hardenne quickly became the rising stars of Belgian tennis and rivals at the top of the tennis circuit. (Clijsters is the power player; Henin is more of a baseliner. Cheeky commentators called them the "Brussels sprouts.") By the end of 2003 Clijsters had won 19 WTA singles championships and was ranked #2 in the world.

Nickname(s) - Miss Congeniality

Country - Belgium

Residence - Bree, Belgium

Date of birth - June 8, 1983(1983-06-08)

Place of birth - Bilzen, Belgium

Height -1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)

Weight - 68 kg (150 lb/10.7 st)

Turned Professional - 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 (13th 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) US Open W (2005)

Doubles Career record: 129–50

Career titles: 11 WTA, 3 ITF

Highest ranking: No. 1 (August 4, 2003)

Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open QF (2003) French Open W (2003) Wimbledon W (2003) US Open QF (2002)