Kim Clijsters Biography
Kim Clijsters was born on June 8, 1983 in Bilzen, Belgium. She was born to Lei a professional soccer player and Els. She was definitely born to be a star. She first picked up a racket at an age of five. She wanted to pursue tennis as her passtime hobby but it was not too late when she realized that this could be her career path too.
She easily entered the juniors and won a number of trophies. Along with this she also won 1998 French Open Juniors doubles title, and a runner-up title at the 1998 Juniors Wimbledon. She was now preparing for the WTA tour. Kim came to public notice in 1999 at Antwerp. Although she could not win yet she reached the quarter finals. At Wimbledon she definitely made her presence felt everywhere. She defeated Amanda Coetzer but lost in the 4th round. Her next show of talent came at the U.S. Open. She reached the 3rd round and faced the eventual champion Serena Williams.
Immediately after the U.S. Open, Clijsters was at the Seat Open in Luxembourg as a qualifier. At the all Belgian semifinal, Clijsters beat World No. 2 Belgian Sabine Appelmans, and in the unexpected final, she pounded World No. 1 Belgian Dominique Van Roost. Her ranking benefited too, and reached No. 47 as a result of winning her first WTA Tour title. She followed that tournament with a final showing at Bratislava. She lost to Amelie Mauresmo, but finished the year in the Top 50.
Kim has won 21 singles titles in her career so far. On a personal note she announced her engagement to long-time partner, Australian player Lleyton Hewitt in November 2003, but they split up in October 2004.

Kim Clijsters