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Kim Clijsters Biography
Kim Clijsters is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on June 8, 1983 in Bilzen, Belgium. Won the US Open in 2005, 2009, and 2010 as well as the Australian Open in 2011. She compiled a total of 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles.
She defeated Li Na in the 2011 Australian Open final.
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (Dutch pronunciation: [kɪm ˈklɛistərs] ( listen ) ; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Clijsters has been a world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She has won a total of six Grand Slam tournament titles, four in singles and two in doubles.
When Clijsters was five years old, her father built a clay tennis court at their home as a gift to his daughter to celebrate him winning the 1988 Gouden Schoen, an award given to the player of the year in the Belgian First Division. He had previously announced the idea of the gift as a celebration of the award during a television interview. Clijsters began playing tennis earlier that year after attending a lesson with her cousins and her uncle while her parents were away. From then on, she became fixated on the sport. She began playing with her sister at the Tennisdel club in Genk by the time she was seven. Her first coach Bart Van Kerckhoven recalled that she was extremely energetic and never wanted to leave the tennis court, adding that, “If the group before her did some sprints to finish off the session, Kim would join in. Then she put her heart and soul into her own training session, after which she joined the next group for their warm-up exercises.”
She was engaged to fellow tennis player Lleyton Hewitt, then later married baskebtall player Brian Lynch, with whom she had a daughter named Jada Elle in 2008 and a son named Jack in 2013.
| Name | Kim Clijsters |
| First Name | Kim |
| Last Name | Clijsters |
| Occupation | Tennis Player |
| Birthday | June 8 |
| Birth Year | 1983 |
| Place of Birth | Bilzen |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | Belgium |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Brian Lynch |
| Children(s) | Jada Elly Lynch, Blake Richard Lynch, Jack Leon Lynch |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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As a fourteen year old, Clijsters could only enter professional tournaments through qualifying since the WTA Tour’s policy did not allow players her age to receive main draw wild cards. In August 1997, Clijsters qualified for her first main draw at her second career tournament on the lower-level ITF Women’s Circuit, which was held in the Belgian coastal town of Koksijde. She won seven matches in total, including five in qualifying, to reach the quarterfinals. Clijsters did not enter another professional tournament until after her runner-up finish at the Wimbledon girls’ singles event the following summer. Playing in Brussels in July 1998, she won both the singles and doubles events for her first career professional titles. Clijsters continued to excel at the ITF level, winning four more titles within the next year, two in both singles and doubles.
Kim Clijsters Net Worth
Kim Clijsters is one of the richest Tennis Player from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kim Clijsters's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Her mother was a gymnastics champion and her father was a professional soccer player.
She became the first unseeded player to win the US Open with her victory in 2009, which came in the midst of her post-retirement comeback to the sport.
Clijsters was born on 8 June 1983 in Bilzen, a small town in northeastern Belgium. She grew up with her younger sister Elke in the nearby town of Bree in the Flemish province of Limburg. Kim is the daughter of Lei Clijsters and Els Vandecaetsbeek, both of whom were accomplished athletes. Her mother Els was a Belgian national artistic gymnastics champion. Her father Lei was a professional football defender who played for a variety of clubs in the top-flight Belgian First Division, including KV Mechelen with whom he won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1988. He was also a member of the Belgium national football team, tallying 40 caps and competing in two World Cups. Clijsters credits her parents for giving her a footballer’s legs and a gymnast’s flexibility. She also attributes her success to the freedom they gave her when she was a young player, saying, “Without the support I’ve had from my family, I wouldn’t be where I am. They’ve let me make my own decisions.”
| Net Worth | $20 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Tennis Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Clijsters played two full seasons on the ITF Junior Circuit, the premier junior tour that is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). At the very end of 1997, she partnered with Zsófia Gubacsi to win her first ITF title in the doubles event at the Grade A Orange Bowl, one of the highest level junior tournaments. In 1998, Clijsters had her best year on the junior tour, finishing the season at career-high rankings of world No. 11 in singles and world No. 4 in doubles. She won two junior Grand Slam doubles titles, the French Open with Jelena Dokic and the US Open with Eva Dyrberg. She defeated her French Open partner Dokic in the US Open doubles final. In singles, she made it to the Wimbledon final, but finished runner-up to Katarina Srebotnik.
Clijsters has competed professionally from 1997 in an era in which her primary rivals were compatriot Justine Henin and 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams. Coming from a country with limited success in men’s or women’s tennis, Clijsters became the first Belgian player to attain the No. 1 ranking. Together with Henin, she established Belgium as a leading force in women’s tennis as the two of them led their country to their first Fed Cup crown in 2001 and were the top two players in the world in late 2003. Individually, Clijsters has won 41 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. She was a three-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships. Between singles and doubles, she has been a champion at all four Grand Slam tournaments, winning the US Open and the Australian Open in singles and Wimbledon and the French Open in doubles with Ai Sugiyama. Her success at majors has been highlighted by winning three consecutive appearances at the US Open.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Kim Clijsters height 5 ft 9 in Kim weight 150 lbs & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 5 ft 9 in |
| Weight | 150 lbs |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Clijsters had success at both the national and international levels at a very young age. In 1993, she won the 12-and-under division of the Belgian Junior Championships (the Coupe de Borman) in doubles with her future longtime rival Justine Henin. At the time, Clijsters was ten years old and Henin was eleven. A year later, she won the 12-and-under singles event at the same tournament. Clijsters continued to play alongside Henin, winning the doubles event at the 14-and-under European Junior Championships as well as the 14-and-under European Junior Team Championships for Belgium, both in 1996 and the latter of which also with Leslie Butkiewicz. Her first big international junior title came at Les Petits As, a high-level 14-and-under tournament. She defeated future top 25 players Iveta Benešová and Elena Bovina in the semifinals and final respectively.
Clijsters’s childhood tennis idol was Steffi Graf. She cites her lone WTA Tour match against Graf at Wimbledon in 1999 as being very influential, saying, “It was unbelievable. All I wanted to do was watch her. I wanted to see how she tied her shoelaces, what her ponytail looked like, how she carried her bag. Even though I lost, the impact of that and the motivation it gave me was huge. It was definitely the biggest moment of my career”. She also looked up to Monica Seles and viewed both Graf and Seles as role models, drawing inspiration from their level of focus.
Who is Kim Clijsters Dating?
According to our records, Kim Clijsters married to Brian Lynch . As of December 1, 2023, Kim Clijsters’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Kim Clijsters. You may help us to build the dating records for Kim Clijsters!Clijsters and Henin are recognized for “putting Belgium on the tennis map”. Before they established themselves in the upper echelon of women’s tennis, Dominique Van Roost was the only player in Belgian history to be ranked in the top ten of the ATP or WTA rankings, a mark she did not achieve until 1998 after Clijsters and Henin turned professional. The Belgium Fed Cup team had never reached the quarterfinals until 1997 when they made the semifinals. With Clijsters on the team, Belgium made it to at least the semifinals four times, reaching the final in 2006 and winning the championship in 2001. She also became the first Belgian to be ranked No. 1 in each of singles and doubles. Belgium was regarded as dominating women’s tennis when Clijsters and Henin were the top two players in the world for several months in late 2003. After Clijsters’s retirement, she established the Kim Clijsters Academy in her hometown of Bree. The academy is run by Clijsters’s longtime coach Carl Maes and is intended to serve young players. Compatriot Elise Mertens is among those who train at the facility.
Facts & Trivia
Kim Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Kim Clijsters celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.
During her playing career, Clijsters was represented by Belgian company Golazo Sports. Babolat has sponsored her racquets since 1999, and she specifically has used the Pure Drive model. Fila has been Clijsters’s clothing sponsor since 2002. She had previously worn Nike apparel, but was not under contract.
Where is Kim Clijsters now?
Clijsters, who has three children with her husband, Brian Lynch, left the tour again in 2012. They live in suburban New Jersey.
Why did Kim Clijsters retire?
“I want to share with you that I have decided to no longer play official tournaments. I can’t wait to see what new adventures will cross my path,” the Belgian wrote on Instagram. In an interview with the official WTA website, Clijsters explained she had been busy settling down in New Jersey with her family.
What age is Kim Clijsters?
39 years (June 8, 1983)
How many Grand Slams did Kim Clijsters win?
4
Has an unranked player ever won the US Open?
83-ranked player in the world, becoming the lowest-ranked player to win a US Open championship (Kim Clijsters was unranked when she won the 2009 title). Stephens is just the third US Open winner from outside the top 10.
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