Kim Clijsters

Kim Clijsters IPA {{IPA|/k?m kl?ist?rs/}} {{Audio|Nl-be kim clijsters.ogg|listen}} , (born on June 8, 1983, Bilzen, Belgium) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Belgium. She achieved that ranking on 11 august, 2003 but subsequently lost it to fellow Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne.

Records

2003

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• She became the second woman to reach at least the semifinals of all the tournaments she entered (except for her second round defeat in Toronto). Only Monica Seles duplicated that feat.
• When she became world number one in August she not only became the first Belgian - man or woman - to accomplish that feat, she also became the first world number one without a Grand Slam victory (a feat later duplicated by Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo) and one of the few women to be both world number one in singles and doubles.

2005

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• By winning in Indian Wells in 2005, she became the lowest ranked (No. 133) player ever to win a Tier-I event. In the final she beat American Lindsay Davenport in three sets: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. This was Clijsters' second tournament after almost a year of inactivity. En route to victory she also defeated world no. 4 Elena Dementieva in the semifinals.
• In Miami she became only the second player since Steffi Graf (1994-1996) in history to win the Indian Wells-Miami double. En route to victory she beat world no. 5 Dementieva in the quaterfinals, no. 2 Mauresmo in the semifinals, and world no. 3 Sharapova in the final.
• On September 10, she won the 2005 US Open, defeating Mary Pierce in two sets: 6-3, 6-1.
• She had a 22 match winning streak since August till October .