Elke Clijsters
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Bree, Belgium |
Born | Bilzen, Belgium |
18 January 1985
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.[1][2] 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.[3]
She married Standard Liège footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree.[4] They had their first child in 2009, a boy.[5] She gave birth to their second baby, a girl in November 2010.
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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 |
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Runner-up | 1. | 7 April 2003 | Torre del Greco, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 August 2003 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 1 May 2004 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
3–,6 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 May 2004 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 10 (7–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 August 2000 | Westende, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 3 September 2001 | Petange, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 5 August 2002 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 3 November 2002 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 January 2003 | Hull, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 2 February 2003 | Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 18 May 2003 | Casale, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 11 August 2003 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 9. | 2 March 2004 | Buchen, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 29 March 2004 | Napoli, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–0 |
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External links
- Elke Clijsters at the Women's Tennis Association
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- Elke Clijsters at the Fed Cup
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Bilzen
- Belgian female tennis players
- Flemish sportspeople
- US Open (tennis) champions
- Wimbledon champions
- Wimbledon junior champions
- US Open (tennis) junior champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
- European tennis biography stubs
- Belgian sportspeople stubs