- Kim Clijsters is a Belgian former professional tennis player
- Clijsters is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles
| Born: | 08 June 1983 Comment | | How old is Kim Clijsters in 2024? / Age: | 40 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
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Who is Kim Clijsters? / Facts
- Clijsters won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles
- She won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011
- She was also runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003, and 2010
- In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003
- She was also runner-up in two Grand Slam doubles tournaments, one WTA Championships doubles tournament, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles tournament
- In 2001, Clijsters was part of the Belgium Fed Cup winning team
- Clijsters announced her retirement with immediate effect on 6 May 2007, but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season
- In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament, the first unranked player to win a Grand Slam and the first mother to win a major since Evonne Goolagong in 1980
- In June 2011, TIME magazine named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future"
- According to Forbes in August 2011, she became the fifth highest-paid female athlete over the previous year
- On 20 May 2012, Clijsters, who had previously announced that 2012 would be her last season, revealed that she would retire after the US Open
- On 29 August 2012, Clijsters played her last singles match of her career at the 2012 US Open where she lost in the second round to Laura Robson
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