Personal

Currently coached by Fred Hemmes ... Father, Leo, was a soccer coach and Belgium's 1988 Player of the Year (deceased January 2009); mother, Els, was a top gymnast in Belgium; has a younger sister, Elke (was ITF Junior Doubles World Champion) ... Married in July 2007 to retired professional basketball player and current coach Brian Lynch; mother to three: Jada (born February 2008), Jack (born in October 2013) and Blake (born in October 2016) ... Enjoys an active lifestyle with the family including sports from soccer to padel tennis to jet skiing and basketball ... Ideal getaway is family holiday in mountains or water sports at beach ... Opened Kim Clijsters Academy in Bree, Belgium ... Best memories are winning 2002 WTA Championships (first win over S.Williams in final), first Grand Slam title at 2005 US Open and winning 2009 US Open ("a fairytale comeback to share with my family forever").

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (41): 2011 - Australian Open; 2010 - Brisbane, Miami, Cincinnati, US Open, WTA Championships; 2009 - US Open; 2007 - Sydney; 2006 - Warsaw, Stanford, Hasselt; 2005 - Indian Wells, Miami, Eastbourne, Stanford, Los Angeles, Toronto, US Open, Luxembourg, Hasselt; 2004 - Paris [Indoors], Antwerp; 2003 - Sydney, Indian Wells, Rome, 's-Hertogenbosch, Stanford, Los Angeles, Filderstadt, Luxembourg, WTA Championships; 2002 - Hamburg, Filderstadt, Luxembourg, WTA Championships; 2001 - Stanford, Leipzig, Luxembourg; 2000 - Hobart, Leipzig; 1999 - Luxembourg, ITF/Sheffield-GBR; 1998 - ITF/Brussels 1-BEL, ITF/Koksijde-BEL.
Finalist (19): 2011 - Sydney, Paris [Indoors]; 2007 - Antwerp; 2006 - Antwerp, San Diego; 2004 - Australian Open; 2003 - Antwerp, Scottsdale, Berlin, Roland Garros, San Diego, US Open; 2002 - Stanford, Tokyo [Princess Cup]; 2001 - Indian Wells, Roland Garros, 's-Hertogenbosch; 2000 - Filderstadt; 1999 - Bratislava.

DOUBLES
Winner (11): 2003 - Sydney, Antwerp, Scottsdale, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, San Diego, Zürich (all w/Sugiyama); 2002 - Los Angeles (w/Dokic), Luxembourg (w/Husarova); 2000 - Antwerp (w/Appelmans); 1999 - Bratislava (w/Courtois); 1998 - ITF/Brussels 1-BEL (w/de Ville), ITF/Brussels 2-BEL (w/Schuurmans), ITF/Ramat Hasharon-ISR (w/Henin).
Finalist (9): 2003 - Indian Wells, Berlin, WTA Championships (all w/Sugiyama); 2001 - Scottsdale (w/Shaughnessy), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Oremans), Wimbledon (w/Sugiyama), Tokyo [Princess Cup] (w/Sugiyama); 2000 - Hobart (w/Molik), Leipzig (w/Courtois).

MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (1): 2000 - Wimbledon (w/Hewitt).

ADDITIONAL
Belgian Fed Cup Team, 2000-06, 2010-11; Belgian Olympic Team, 2012.