Ce résultat lui permet de réintégrer le top 100 du classement WTA. At the 2006 French Open, Flipkens qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. Flipkens lost both her singles matches (against Schiavone and Santangelo). Her WTA career-high singles ranking is world No. Elle annonce sa collaboration avec Kim Clijsters qui devient sa coach dès le début de la saison 2013[8]. At the 2010 Australian Open Flipkens lost in the first round to another unseeded countrywoman making a comeback, Justine Henin, 4–6, 3–6. After Wimbledon, she fell out of the top 100 for the first time since 2012. [96] In the second round, Flipkens was defeated by third seed and eventual finalist Monica Niculescu. In the first round, she won against Francesca Schiavone and continued with wins over Bojana Jovanovski and Monica Niculescu, before falling to Mona Barthel in the semifinals.

[27] At Rosmalen, she teamed up with CoCo Vandeweghe to reach the semifinals in doubles. By continuing to browse our website, you agree to our use of cookies. Pour commencer l'année 2013, elle participe au tournoi d'Auckland au cours duquel elle bat Galina Voskoboeva et Pauline Parmentier. À 12 ans, elle entre à l'école de tennis de l'Association flamande de tennis à Wilrijk. 59. 1 in both singles and doubles on the junior rankings. Kirsten Flipkens vs Yulia Putintseva. [92], At the end of the season, Flipkens took part in the IPTL for the third time in a row, as a member of the Micromax Indian Aces.

[72] She then reached the second round of the Australian Open, where she lost to third seed Garbiñe Muguruza. 13, which she achieved in August 2013. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. [60] However, later tests revealed that she was healthy and fit to play.[61].

[88] However, Flipkens and Wickmayer were defeated in the round of 16 by the Spanish team Muguruza/Suarez Navarro, the fourth seeds. She had been troubled by a recurring wrist injury and underwent surgery at the end of the 2010 season. [86] Eventually, Flipkens was beaten in R16 by Laura Siegemund from Germany. En juin, à Bois-le-Duc, elle bat une joueuse du top 5, Samantha Stosur, pour la première fois de sa carrière. N.B. 2 Andy Murray in mixed doubles. C'est à l'âge de 4 ans que le virus du tennis envahit Kirsten Flipkens. [47] A week later, Flipkens was at the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Elle est sortie par Andrea Petkovic après s'être imposée face à Vania King, Maria Kirilenko et Dominika Cibulková. L'année précédente, elle avait déjà décroché le titre en double filles de l'US Open aux côtés d'Elke Clijsters, la sœur de Kim. The Manila Mavericks ended third in the competition. We use cookies to provide our services and for analytics and marketing. Yulia Putintseva faces Kirsten Flipkens in the first round of the 2020 French Open. In the same year, she was crowned Sportswoman of the Year at the Belgian Sport Awards. Elles permettent à la Belgique de rester dans le groupe mondial II grâce à une écrasante victoire face à la Colombie (5-0)[5]. In the final, she eventually lost to Heather Watson. [19] In 2008, she reached the second round of WTA Estoril, beating Lucie Šafářová 7–5, 6–4 in the first round. 46 in the world. Elle s'incline face à Agnieszka Radwańska, après avoir notamment battu Petra Kvitová, 8e joueuse mondiale. En avril 2011, elle atteint les demi-finales du Grand Prix du Maroc à Fès. At the US Open, she was beaten in the first round by Varvara Lepchenko. [9], In 2002, Flipkens and Elke Clijsters won the girls' US Open doubles title, beating Shadisha Robsinon and Tory Zawacki in the final with 6–1, 6–3.

She reached the semifinals at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes, Morocco during the clay-court season. In February, she made it into the quarterfinals of Paris, but lost to Maria Sharapova. 30 Ágnes Szávay in order to reach the second round at Wimbledon, where she faced Elena Baltacha. 63 in the world. Her glasses are sponsored by Oakley.

Il s'agit de sa deuxième finale d'un tournoi WTA. Every week receive player features, tournament news, and WTA Insider content with the WTA First Serve newsletter. She reached the second round. Flipkens began the 2017 year at the ASB Classic. [87] In doubles, Flipkens played alongside Yanina Wickmayer.

Elle enchaîne à l'Open de Miami où elle atteint les quarts de finale. Flipkens beat the British wildcard in straight sets to set up an encounter with top seed Dinara Safina and a place in a Grand Slam third round for the first time in her career.

In the US Open, she lost in the first round to Italian Sara Errani. Elle joue son quart de finale contre Yanina Wickmayer et s'incline 6-4, 6-3. Elle y rencontre Kim Clijsters qu'elle considère comme sa grande sœur[1]. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). She officially finished the year 2015 as No. In Miami, she reached the fourth round before losing to Sharapova again. [24] At the French Open, she beat Japan's Ayumi Morita in the first round, 6–1, 6–4. This caused her ranking to rise up to 85 after the official season's end rankings. [33] In September 2012, she won the Bell Challenge in Quebec for her first WTA title,[34] after wins over top-seeded Dominika Cibulková, Mona Barthel and Lucie Hradecká, among others.

She then went to the tennis academy in Wilrijk where she became friends with Kim Clijsters. [22] In October, she again defeated Medina Garrigues to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open. De plus, Kirsten Flipkens atteint la finale du tournoi de Las Palmas. Flipkens describes herself as "an all court player" whose biggest strength is her "serve and all round game". In singles, she stunned the gold medalist from Sydney 2000, and three times doubles champion, Venus Williams in the first round, defeating her after an epic match with 4–6, 6–3, 7–6. 17 Meghann Shaughnessy and lost 7–6, 6–7, 7–9. In the first round, the Belgians faced Kazakh duo Shvedova/Voskoboeva, who retired after losing the first set with 6–1.

[44], She then proceeded to reach the quarterfinal of Memphis (lost to Magdaléna Rybáriková) as well as the quarterfinal of Miami, where she beat Petra Kvitová in the second round before eventually falling to Agnieszka Radwańska. She made her comeback in the Linz Open. In October 2005, Flipkens won her first main-draw match on a WTA tournament in Hasselt, against Italian Silvia Farina Elia.