Kirsten Flipkens
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Flipkens at the 2016 US Open
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| Full name | Kirsten Flipkens |
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| Country (sports) | Belgium |
| Residence | Mol, Belgium |
| Born |
10 January 1986 Geel, Belgium |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $ 3,284,475 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 421-297 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 13 (5 August 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 60 (26 September 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2013) |
| French Open | 2R (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2013) |
| US Open | 3R (2009) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 50-73 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 84 (26 September 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 84 (26 September 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2014, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2013) |
| US Open | 1R (2010, 2012) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 12–27 |
| Last updated on: 26 September 2016. | |
Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (/ˈflɪpkənz/; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional female tennis player. Her WTA career-high singles ranking is World No. 13, which she achieved in August 2013. She had success as a junior, winning the Girls' singles title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2003 US Open. Since then she has won one WTA singles title, 12 ITF singles titles, and one ITF doubles title. In 2012, she developed life-threatening blood clots which drastically reduced her ranking. Her comeback led to her best grand slam performance at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the semi-final, losing to the eventual champion, Marion Bartoli. On 22 December 2013, she won the award for Sportswoman of the Year in Belgium.
Born on 10 January 1986 in Geel, Belgium as the only child of a car dealer and a house wife. She began playing tennis at 4 years old. Flipkens played tennis, football, volleyball and basketball before eventually deciding to pursue a career as a tennis player at the age of 12. She then went to the tennis academy in Wilrijk where she became friends with Kim Clijsters. At the age of 17, after winning Wimbledon and the US Open as a junior, she dropped out of school to continue her career as a professional tennis player. She speaks Dutch, English, French and German. One of her trademarks are her prescripted glasses, which she has to wear since she's myopic.
In 2001, Flipkens won the bronze medal at the European Youth Olympics Festival in Murcia, Spain.
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