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Elke Clijsters

{{Short description|Belgian tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Elke Clijsters

| image =

| caption =

| country = {{BEL}}

| residence = Bree, Belgium

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|01|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bilzen, Belgium

| height =

| turnedpro = 2000

| retired = 2004

| plays = Right (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney = $47,951

| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=53|lost=54}}

| singlestitles = 1 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 389 (15 September 2003)

| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=52|lost=23}}

| doublestitles = 7 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 244 (6 October 2003)

}}

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

Career

Elke won the 2002 girls' Wimbledon Championships doubles title with Barbora Strýcová, and the girls' US Open doubles title with compatriot Kirsten Flipkens.{{cite web|title=2002 Wimbledon Wrapup and Analysis|url=http://tennis.about.com/library/weekly/aa071002.htm|work=About.com|access-date=20 January 2013|date=10 July 2002|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116205834/http://tennis.about.com/library/weekly/aa071002.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Fayat|first=Serge|title=US Open - Elke Clijsters et Flipkens|url=http://www.lalibre.be/sports/tennis/article/79116/elke-clijsters-et-flipkens.html|work=La Libre Belgique|access-date=20 January 2013|language=fr|date=10 September 2002}} Her highest singles ranking was 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 also won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury.{{cite web|title=Elke Clijsters met fin à sa carrière|url=http://www.lalibre.be/sports/tennis/article/171159/elke-clijsters-met-fin-a-sa-carriere.html|work=La Libre Belgique|access-date=20 January 2013|author=Belga|language=fr|date=15 June 2004}}

In 2021, Clijsters participated in the Belgian version of The Bachelorette.{{Cite web|last=Callens|first=Florian|date=2021-05-05|title='De Bachelorette': Kim Clijsters geeft zus Elke laatste raad voor beslissende roosceremonie|url=https://newsmonkey.be/de-bachelorette-kim-elke-1/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Newsmonkey|language=nl-BE}}

Personal life

Her father was the Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and her sister is former world No. 1 tennis player, Kim Clijsters (born 1983). Elke married footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree, Belgium.{{cite web|title=Elke en Jelle in alle stilte getrouwd|url=http://www.hbvl.be/nieuws/media-en-cultuur/elke-en-jelle-in-alle-stilte-getrouwd.aspx|work=Het Belang van Limburg|access-date=20 January 2013|language=nl|date=2 June 2008}} They had their first child in 2009, a boy.{{cite web|title=Zoontje voor Jelle Van Damme en Elke Clijsters|url=http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=F82G9G56|work=De Standaard|access-date=8 April 2011|language=nl|date=13 October 2009}} She gave birth to their second child, a girl in November 2010. Their marriage ended in 2016. She also dated darts player Mike De Decker.

ITF Circuit finals

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| $100,000 tournaments

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| $75,000 tournaments

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| $50,000 tournaments

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| $25,000 tournaments

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| $10,000 tournaments

=Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)=

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! Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Opponent

! class="unsortable" | Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 7 April 2003

| ITF Torre del Greco, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaella Bindi

| 4–6, 2–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 11 August 2003

| ITF Koksijde, Belgium

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lenka Snajdrová

| 4–6, 2–6

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|05|01}}

| ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Melanie South

| 3–,6 6–1, 6–2

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|05|08}}

| ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom

| Clay

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Kozhokina

| 1–6, 4–6

=Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)=

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! Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! class="unsortable" | Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 21 August 2000

| ITF Westende, Belgium

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Caroline Maes

| {{flagicon|NED}} Natasha Galouza
{{flagicon|NED}} Anouk Sterk

| 1–6, 0–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 3 September 2001

| ITF Pétange, Luxembourg

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaslyn Hewitt

| {{flagicon|BLR}} Natallia Dziamidzenka
{{flagicon|NED}} Kika Hogendoorn

| 6–1, 6–3

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 5 August 2002

| ITF Rebecq, Belgium

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jaslyn Hewitt

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Leslie Butkiewicz
{{flagicon|NED}} Tessy van de Ven

| 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| 3 November 2002

| ITF Stockholm, Sweden

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|POL}} Marta Domachowska

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jenny Loow
{{flagicon|NED}} Suzanne van Hartingsveldt

| 6–1, 6–1

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| 21 January 2003

| ITF Hull, United Kingdom

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|SCG}} Borka Majstorović

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Bulykina
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Galina Voskoboeva

| 6–4, 6–7, 3–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 6.

| 2 February 2003

| ITF Tipton, United Kingdom

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Liana Ungur

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Zuzana Černá
{{flagicon|CZE}} Iveta Gerlová

| 6–3, 6–2

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 7.

| 18 May 2003

| ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Leanne Baker

| {{flagicon|NED}} Jolanda Mens
{{flagicon|GER}} Stefanie Weis

| 6–3, 6–4

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 8.

| 11 August 2003

| ITF Koksijde, Belgium

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Zuzana Černá
{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimíra Uhlířová

| 6–2, 6–4

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 9.

| 2 March 2004

| ITF Buchen, Germany

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Caroline Maes

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Hradecká
{{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Hrdinová

| 1–6, 4–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 10.

| 29 March 2004

| ITF Napoli, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|LUX}} Mandy Minella

| {{flagicon|NED}} Michelle Gerards
{{flagicon|NED}} Mariëlle Hoogland

| 6–1, 6–0

References

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External links

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  • {{ITF}}
  • {{Fed Cup player}}

{{Wimbledon girls' doubles champions}}

{{US Open girls' doubles champions}}

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Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Bilzen

Category:Belgian female tennis players

Category:Wimbledon junior champions

Category:US Open (tennis) junior champions

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles

Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen

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