Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player who was ranked world number one in women's singles for 117 weeks and finished 2003, 2006 and 2007 as the year-end number one. She won 43 WTA Tour level singles titles, including seven majors, four at the French Open, two at the US Open and one at the Australian Open, as well as an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games and two Tour Finals titles. With Kim Clijsters she helped make Belgium a leading force in women's tennis and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. Known for an all-court game and a single-handed backhand, she retired in January 2011 because of an elbow injury and entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2016.
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is a Belgian former professional tennis player
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born 1 June 1982
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She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles
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Henin won 43 WTA Tour-level singles titles
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an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games
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Henin won 43 WTA Tour-level singles titles
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is a Belgian former professional tennis player
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is a Belgian former professional tennis player
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four at the French Open
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two at the US Open
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one at the Australian Open
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