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Elke Clijsters

Summary

Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Elke Clijsters
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceBree, Belgium
Born (1985-01-18) 18 January 1985 (age 39)
Bilzen, Belgium
Turned pro2000
Retired2004
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$47,951
Singles
Career record53–54 (49.5%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 389 (15 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record52–23 (69.3%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 244 (6 October 2003)

Career edit

Elke won the 2002 girls' Wimbledon Championships doubles title with Barbora Strýcová, and the girls' US Open doubles title with compatriot Kirsten Flipkens.[1][2] Her highest singles ranking was 389, a ranking she achieved on 15 September 2003. She played in the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing all four matches, of which one was a singles match. In 2004, she reached the finals of two ITF singles tournaments, winning the one in Bournemouth. In the same year, she also reached the finals of two ITF doubles tournaments, of which she also won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury.[3]

In 2021, Clijsters participated in the Belgian version of The Bachelorette.[4]

Personal life edit

Her father was the Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and her sister is former world No. 1 tennis player, Kim Clijsters (born 1983). Elke married footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree, Belgium.[5] They had their first child in 2009, a boy.[6] She gave birth to their second child, a girl in November 2010. Their marriage ended in 2016.

ITF Circuit finals edit

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 7 April 2003 ITF Torre del Greco, Italy Clay   Raffaella Bindi 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 11 August 2003 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Lenka Snajdrová 4–6, 2–6
Win 3. 1 May 2004 ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay   Melanie South 3–,6 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4. 8 May 2004 ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay   Ekaterina Kozhokina 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 August 2000 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay   Caroline Maes   Natasha Galouza
  Anouk Sterk 		1–6, 0–6
Win 2. 3 September 2001 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay   Jaslyn Hewitt   Natallia Dziamidzenka
  Kika Hogendoorn 		6–1, 6–3
Win 3. 5 August 2002 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Jaslyn Hewitt   Leslie Butkiewicz
  Tessy van de Ven 		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 3 November 2002 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i)   Marta Domachowska   Jenny Loow
  Suzanne van Hartingsveldt 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 5. 21 January 2003 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Borka Majstorović   Irina Bulykina
  Galina Voskoboeva 		6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win 6. 2 February 2003 ITF Tipton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Liana Ungur   Zuzana Černá
  Iveta Gerlová 		6–3, 6–2
Win 7. 18 May 2003 ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay   Leanne Baker   Jolanda Mens
  Stefanie Weis 		6–3, 6–4
Win 8. 11 August 2003 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Kirsten Flipkens   Zuzana Černá
  Vladimíra Uhlířová 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 9. 2 March 2004 ITF Buchen, Germany Hard (i)   Caroline Maes   Lucie Hradecká
  Eva Hrdinová 		1–6, 4–6
Win 10. 29 March 2004 ITF Napoli, Italy Clay   Mandy Minella   Michelle Gerards
  Mariëlle Hoogland 		6–1, 6–0

References edit

  1. ^ "2002 Wimbledon Wrapup and Analysis". About.com. 10 July 2002. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ^ Fayat, Serge (10 September 2002). "US Open - Elke Clijsters et Flipkens". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ^ Belga (15 June 2004). "Elke Clijsters met fin à sa carrière". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ^ Callens, Florian (5 May 2021). "'De Bachelorette': Kim Clijsters geeft zus Elke laatste raad voor beslissende roosceremonie". Newsmonkey (in Flemish). Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Elke en Jelle in alle stilte getrouwd". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 2 June 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Zoontje voor Jelle Van Damme en Elke Clijsters". De Standaard (in Dutch). 13 October 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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