Kim Clijsters is a Belgian former professional tennis player who was ranked world number one in women's singles and, in 2003, in women's doubles at the same time. She won 41 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four singles majors and two doubles majors, and she helped Belgium win its first Fed Cup in 2001. After four lost major finals she won her first major at the 2005 US Open, retired in 2007 to start a family, and returned two years later to win the US Open as an unranked player and the Australian Open in 2011. She retired again after the 2012 US Open, tried a short second comeback from 2020 to 2022, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017.
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is a Belgian former professional tennis player
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born 8 June 1983
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She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles
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She won 41 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour
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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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winning the US Open as an unranked player
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then won the Australian Open in 2011
Competed In: Wimbledon, Wimbledon
One week after Clijsters turned sixteen, she entered Wimbledon as the youngest player in the top 200.
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