Elke Clijsters

Elke Clijsters

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Bree, Belgium
Born	(1985-01-18) 18 January 1985 Bilzen, Belgium
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$47,951
Singles
Career record	53 015054
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 389 (15 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record	52–23
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 244 (06 October 2003)
Last updated on: 30 April 2014.

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

The daughter of Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters (born 1983). In 2002, Elke won the girls' Wimbledon Championships doubles title with Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and the girls' U.S. Open doubles title with compatriot Kirsten Flipkens. Her highest was no. 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 won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury.

She married Standard Liège footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree. They had their first child in 2009, a boy. She gave birth to their second baby, a girl in November 2010.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 April 2003	Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Raffaella Bindi	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	11 August 2003	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Lenka Snajdrova	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	1 May 2004	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Melanie South	3–,6 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	8 May 2004	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Ekaterina Kozhokina	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

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

External links

• Elke Clijsters at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elke Clijsters at the Fed Cup