Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
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Residence | Bree, Belgium |
Born | (1985-01-18) 18 January 1985 (age 37) Bilzen, Belgium |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Retired | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $47,951 |
Singles | |
Career record | 53–54 (49.5%) |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 389 (15 September 2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 52–23 (69.3%) |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 244 (6 October 2003) |
The daughter of Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former world No. 1, Kim Clijsters (born 1983), won 2002 the girls' Wimbledon Championships doubles title with Barbora Strýcová, and the girls' US Open doubles title with compatriot Kirsten Flipkens.[1][2] 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.[3]
Elke married 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. The marriage ended in 2016. In 2021, Clijsters participated in the Belgian version of The Bachelorette.[6]
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 7 April 2003 | ITF Torre del Greco, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2. | 11 August 2003 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3. | 1 May 2004 | ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
3–,6 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 4. | 8 May 2004 | ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 21 August 2000 | ITF Westende, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2. | 3 September 2001 | ITF Pétange, Luxembourg | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3. | 5 August 2002 | ITF Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 4. | 3 November 2002 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 5. | 21 January 2003 | ITF Hull, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7, 3–6 |
Win | 6. | 2 February 2003 | ITF Tipton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 7. | 18 May 2003 | ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 8. | 11 August 2003 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 9. | 2 March 2004 | ITF Buchen, Germany | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10. | 29 March 2004 | ITF Napoli, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–0 |
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