Kirsten Flipkens

Kirsten Flipkens

Flipkens at the 2015 Fed Cup
Country (sports) Belgium
Residence Mol, Belgium
Born (1986-01-10) 10 January 1986
Geel, Belgium
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2003
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 3,052,043
Singles
Career record 410-284
Career titles 1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking No. 13 (5 August 2013)
Current ranking No. 58 (18 April 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 42-67
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 117 (6 January 2013)
Current ranking No. 135 (18 April 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2016)
French Open 2R (2014)
Wimbledon 2R (2013)
US Open 1R (2010, 2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 12–27
Last updated on: 18 April 2016.

Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (/ˈflɪpkənz/; born 10 January 1986 in Geel) is a Belgian professional female tennis player. Her WTA career-high singles ranking is World No. 13,[1] 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[2] 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.

Early life

Born on 10 January 1986 in Geel, Belgium as the only child of a car dealer and a house wife.[3] She began playing tennis at 4 years old.[4] Flipkens played tennis, football, volleyball and basketball before eventually deciding to pursuit 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.[5] 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.[3] She speaks Dutch, English, French and German.[6] One of her trademarks are her prescripted glasses, which she has to wear since she's myopic.[7]

Career

Junior career

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.[8]

In 2003, Flipkens won the Wimbledon Championships in Girls' Singles beating Anna Chakvetadze 6–4, 3–6, 6–3[9] and the US Open in girl's singles, defeating Michaëlla Krajicek, 6–3, 7–5. Following her two wins in two Grand Slam juniors events, Flipkens was selected to join the Belgium Fed Cup team for the 2003 Fed Cup's semifinal opposing the United States.[10] She played her first Fed Cup match against then WTA no. 17 Meghann Shaughnessy and lost 7–6 (7/4), 6–7 (8/10), 7–9.[11] At the end of the year, she received the award for Best Belgian Talent[12] and was named ITF Junior World Champion.[13]

Professional career

2003–2011

Played her first professional match in 2001, but didn't officially become a professional tennis player until 2003. Won her 2nd ITF title in Innsbruck, Austria in July 2004. Then struggled with a congenital back injury during the second half of 2004, causing her to be unable to play for several months.[14] In August 2005, she won her 3th ITF title in Hechingen, Germany. In October 2005, won her first main draw match on a WTA tournament in Hasselt, against Italian Silvia Farina Elia. At the 2006 French Open, Flipkens qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. She reached the second round. She also reached the second round in the 2006 US Open after qualifying, falling to eventual semifinalist Jelena Janković. For Wimbledon 2006, Flipkens reached the main draw of a Grand Slam for the second time. She lost to Jamea Jackson in the first round. She partnered then British no. 2 Andy Murray in mixed doubles.[15] In September 2006, she replaced the injured Kim Clijsters as the second member of the Belgian Fed Cup team in the final against Italy, alongside Justine Henin-Hardenne. Flipkens lost both her singles matches (against Schiavone and Santangelo). She and Henin-Hardenne then played the decisive doubles together, but had to retire in the third and final set due to Henin-Hardenne tearing a muscle in her leg,[16] which led to Belgium losing the final with 3-2. In 2007, Flipkens suffered from an injury to the wrist, which resulted in not being able to play for several months.[17] In 2008, she reached the second round of WTA Estoril, beating Lucie Šafářová with 7-5,6-4 in the first round. She also won three ITF tournaments in 2008.

Kirsten Flipkens at the 2009 US Open

In 2009, Flipkens reached the second round of the Australian Open and the French Open. She defeated no. 30 Ágnes Szávay to reach the second round at Wimbledon, where she faced Elena Baltacha. 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. She lost to the Russian, after having a set point in the first set, 5–7, 1–6. At the 2009 US Open, she reached the third round, after victories in straight sets over Dokic and Anabel Medina Garrigues.[18][19] She suffered a defeat in the third round, losing to compatriot and eventual champion Kim Clijsters, 0–6, 2–6.[20] In October 2009, she again defeated Garrigues to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open.[21] After the Australian Open 2009, Flipkens reached the top 100 for the first time in her career.

At her next Grand Slam, the 2010 Australian Open, Flipkens lost in the first round to another unseeded countrywoman making a comeback, Justine Henin, 4–6, 3–6.[22] At the 2010 French Open, she beat Japan's Ayumi Morita in the first round, 6–1, 6–4. Maria Sharapova beat her in straight sets in the second round. In the week before Wimbledon, she reached the semifinals of the UNICEF Open, a WTA tournament on grass at Rosmalen, where she lost to Andrea Petkovic.[23] At Wimbledon 2010, she lost in the second round to Yanina Wickmayer. She had been troubled by a recurring wrist injury and underwent surgery at the end of the 2010 season.[24]

Flipkens started 2011 with a first-round loss at the Australian Open and did not win one Grand Slam match that year. She reached the semifinals at the 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes, Morocco, during the clay-court season.[25] At Rosmalen, she teamed up with Coco Vandeweghe to reach the semifinals in doubles.[26]

2012

In April 2012, doctors discovered four life-threatening blood clots in her calf, which prevented her from playing for two months. During this time, her ranking dropped to no. 262 and she lost her funding from the Flemish Tennis Association (VTV).[2] She returned to the tour at Rosmalen, where she beat Samantha Stosur in the first round[27] and reached the semi-finals.[28] She qualified in singles for the 2012 US Open and made it to the second round, where she was defeated by eventual finalist Victoria Azarenka.[29] She also partnered with Kim Clijsters in doubles, but they were beaten in the first round.[30] In September 2012, she won the Bell Challenge in Quebec for her first WTA title,[31] after wins over top-seeded Dominika Cibulková, Mona Barthel and Lucie Hradecká, among others.[32]

In October, she participated in the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, where she won through qualifying and got into the main draw. She then defeated Alizé Cornet in the first round, a qualifier in the second round, and 2nd seed Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 6–0 in the quarterfinals.[33][34] Ultimately, she lost in three sets to Julia Görges in the semifinals.[35] This result brought her to a career-high 58th position on the WTA rankings. During this month, Clijsters announced that she would help her as a part-coach.[36] In December 2012, Maxime Braeckman became her new coach full-time coach, but she still occasionally worked with Clijsters.[37]

At the end of the season, she was nominated for "Comeback Player of the Year" at the WTA Awards, an award that would eventually go to Yaroslava Shvedova. In December, Flipkens received the VTV Award for "Belgian Player of the Year".[38]

2013

Flipkens started her 2013 season at the Moorilla Hobart International. In the first round, she won against Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 (7/3)[39] and continued with wins over Bojana Jovanovski and Monica Niculescu, before falling to Mona Barthel in the semifinals (4–6, 4–6).[40] Her next tournament was the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open. She defeated Mandy Minella, Klara Zakopalová, Valeria Savinykh in the first rounds to advance to the fourth round where she lost 1–6, 0–6 to Maria Sharapova.[41]

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 started the French Open 2013 as 21st seed, and beat Flavia Pennetta in the first round before losing to 2010-champion Francesca Schiavone. After the French Open, Flipkens reached top 20 for the first time.[42]

To prepare for Wimbledon, Flipkens participated in the Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Top-seeded of the tournament, she was free from the first round. In the second round, she beat qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic 4–6, 6–4, 7–5.[43] She lost 7–6 (5), 6–2 to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the third round.[44] A week later, Flipkens was at the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. She advanced to the final but was ultimately beaten by Simona Halep.[45]

Flipkens played at Wimbledon as the 20th seed having not even played in the qualifiers the previous year due to her low ranking. She exceeded expectations by advancing to the semi-finals of a major for the first time in her career, beating former champion Petra Kvitová in three sets in the quarter-finals. However, she was defeated 1–6, 2–6 by eventual champion Marion Bartoli in the semi-final. During the semifinal, Flipkens suffered from a knee-injury, after which she didn't play for a month.

She reached a career high of 13th in the world on 5 August 2013.

In the first round of Toronto, she beats Venus Williams 0-6,6-4,6-2 and reached the quarterfinal before losing to world no.1 and Venus' sister Serena Williams 0-6,3-6.

She began the US Open as twelfth seed. However, she was beaten in straight sets in the first round by two-time champion Venus Williams, who took revenge for her loss against Flipkens two weeks earlier in Toronto.

In October, it was announced that Flipkens would stop working with Maxime Braeckman due to Braeckman wanting to stay more at home with his family.[46]

Flipkens reached another quarterfinal in Linz and finished the year as 20th in the world. In December, she took part in the Kim Clijsters Invitational, an exhibition tournament where she won against Ana Ivanovic in a singles match and lost against Kim Clijsters and Xavier Malisse, whilst partnering Henri Leconte in a mixed doubles match.[47]

On 22 December 2013, she received the prestigious award for Sportswoman of the Year in Belgium[48] as well as the VTV Award for "Belgian Player of the Year" for the second year in a row.[49]

2014

Flipkens began 2014 by reaching a semifinal in Auckland, where she lost to Ana Ivanovic, 0-6, 6-7. The next week, she reached the quarterfinal of Hobart (losing to Garbiñe Muguruza). She then beat Laura Robson in the Australian Open 2014, where she ended up reaching the second round in which she was defeated by Casey Dellacqua.[50]

In February, she made it into the quarterfinal of Paris, but lost to Maria Sharapova. In Miami, she reached the fourth round before losing to Sharapova again.

In May, Flipkens announced that she would begin to work with ex-tennis player Xavier Malisse.[51] However, their cooperation ended in June, after the French Open, because it didn't work out.[52]

In the French Open, Flipkens lost in the second round to Julia Glushko. Flipkens withdrew from the second round in doubles, with Dominika Cibulková, after she'd fainted on court during training and doctors at the site had sent her to the hospital where she'd spent the night on intensive care since heart problems were feared.[53] However, later tests revealed that she was healthy and fit to play.[54]

Flipkens reached the quarterfinal of Birmingham, where she was beaten by Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, and the third round of Wimbledon against later quarterfinalist Angelique Kerber.

As a wildcard in the tournament of New Haven, she made it into the quarterfinal after an epic against Andrea Petkovic (4-6,7-6 (4),7-6,(6)) but was eventually beaten by Samantha Stosur 3-6,6-4,3-6.[55]

In the US Open, she lost in the first round to Italian Sara Errani.

Flipkens finished the season as no. 46 in the world.[6]

At the end of the season, she took part in the first edition of the International Premier Tennis League, where she played for the Manila Mavericks and was teammates with – amongst others – Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. During this two-and-a-half week during event, Flipkens mainly excelled as a mixed doubles player, alongside multiple champion Daniel Nestor. The Manila Mavericks ended third in the competition.[56]

2015

Flipkens started 2015 with a knee injury and only won one match during the Australian season (against Johanna Larsson in Auckland). In the Australian Open 2015, she was beaten by friend and doubles partner Dominika Cibulková 3-6,6-3,6-1.[57] During the Fed Cup, she and her teammates failed to bring Belgium back to the second World Group after the team lost their final tie against Croatia.[58]

She reached her first quarterfinal of the season in Katowice, where she lost to compatriot Alison Van Uytvanck. During the tournament of Stuttgart in April, she was forced to retire because of an 11,5 cm tear in her upper leg. This healed better than expected and against all the odds she made it into the French Open, where she lost the first round against Elena Vesnina.[59]

In Wimbledon, she played the second round against former no. 1 Victoria Azarenka, but lost 6-4 6-2. After Wimbledon, she fell out of the top 100 for the first time since 2012.

In July, she played the semifinal of Istanbul (beating – amongst others – Francesca Schiavone and Alizé Cornet)[60] and the quarterfinal of Baku. Thanks to these two good results, she made it back into the top 100.[61] She proceeded to play the final of 100k Vancouver, where she lost to Johanna Konta from Britain.[62]

At the US Open, she was beaten in the 1st round by Varvara Lepchenko. In doubles, she played alongside Laura Robson. They reached the 2nd round, where they were beaten by fifth seeds Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik.

After the US Open, Flipkens was diagnosed with a cyst on the wrist, which made her unable to play, resulting in her dropping out of the top 100. She made her comeback in the Linz Open. This comeback was successful, Flipkens reached the semifinal (beating – amongst others – former number 1 Caroline Wozniacki) before eventually falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 3-6 6-2.[63]

She officially finished the year 2015 as no. 93 in the world.

At the end of the season, Flipkens continued to play a couple of WTA 125k's, in Poitiers, Hua Hin and Taipei. Poitiers and Hua Hin were no success, as she respectively lost in the second and in the first round. In Taipei, however, Flipkens managed to reach the semifinal. This caused her ranking to rise up to 85 after the official season's end rankings.[64]

2016

Flipkens started the year with a quarterfinal in Auckland.[65] She then reached the second round of the Australian Open, where she lost to 3th seed Garbiñe Muguruza (6-4 6-2).[66] In doubles, she and her partner Dominika Cibulkova had their best Grand Slam result yet. They reached the 4th round where they lost to Anastasia and Arina Rodionova (5-7 6-2 6-4).[67]

In the tournaments of St-Petersburg and Doha, Flipkens lost in the 1st round. In the following tournament in Monterrey, she reached the final after beating Francesca Schiavone (6-3 7-6), Alison Van Uytvanck (6-2 4-6 6-3), Johanna Konta (6-3 6-7 6-1) and Anett Kontaveit (7-6 6-4). In the final, she eventually lost to Heather Watson (3-6 6-2 6-3).[68] This good result was rewarded with a place back in top 60, at no. 59.[69]

After the tournaments of Indian Wells and Miami (where she respectively lost in the final qualifying round against Aliaksandra Sasnovich and the second round against Madison Keys),[70][71] Flipkens went on to play the quarterfinals of Katowice, where she was defeated by Camila Giorgi (6-2 5-7 6-4).[72]

Flipkens was part of the Belgian Fed Cup team against Serbia as the two nations were competing for a spot in World Group II. As Belgium's second player (after Yanina Wickmayer), Flipkens played two singles matches. She lost the first one against Aleksandra Krunic but beat the 18-year-old Ivana Jorovic in the decider, and with this victory ensured Belgium of a place back into World Group II after three consecutive years in the Europe-Africa Zone I.[73]

Playing Style

Flipkens describes herself as "an all court player" whose biggest strength is her "serve and all round game".[3] She makes up for her short height and relative lack of physical strength with her good forehand and serve, her quickness and agility, and her ability to play almost every shot. Her trademark shot is backhand slice and she often plays serve-and-volley. She prefers fast courts. Her favorite surface is grass.[3]

Sponsors

Flipkens is sponsored by Adidas for clothing and Babolat for tennis rackets. Her glasses are sponsored by Oakley.

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 September 2012 Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada Carpet (i) Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 22 June 2013 Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Romania Simona Halep 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 6 March 2016 Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico Hard United Kingdom Heather Watson 6–3, 2–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 23 (12–11)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–8)
Clay (11–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 4 August 2002 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay (o) Tania Hirschauer 4–6 6–2 6–1
Winner 2. 18 August 2002 Koksijde, Belgium Clay (o) Michelle Gerards 6–4 7–6 (7–3)
Runner-up 3. 2 November 2003 Nottingham, Great Britain Hard (i) Sybille Bammer 4–6 6–3 2–6
Winner 4. 5 April 2004 Naples, Italy Clay (o) Mandy Minella 5–7 6–3 6–1
Winner 5. 25 July 2004 Innsbruck, Austria Clay (o) Michaela Paštiková 6–2 6–3
Winner 6. 14 August 2005 Hechingen, Germany Clay (o) Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–4 6–3
Runner-up 7. 5 February 2006 Belfort, France Hard (i) Kristina Barrois 2–6 6–3 6–7 (6–8)
Winner 8. 5 March 2006 Las Palmas, Spain Clay (o) Alla Kudryavtseva 6–1 6–4
Runner-up 9. 30 July 2006 Pétange, Luxembourg Clay (o) Yuliya Beygelzimer 7–5 6–7 (6–8) 4–6
Runner-up 10. 22 October 2006 Glasgow, Great Britain Hard (i) Angelique Kerber 4–6 2–6
Runner-up 11. 18 November 2007 Deauville, France Clay (i) Aravane Rezaï 4–6 3–6
Winner 12. 2 March 2008 Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Sandra Záhlavová 6–1 3–6 6–4
Runner-up 13. 18 March 2008 Las Palmas, Spain Hard (o) Chayenne Ewijk 6–4 6–7 (4–7) 6-7 (4–7)
Winner 14. 20 March 2008 Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay (i) Caroline Maes 7–5 6–1
Winner 15. 15 June 2008 Marseille, France Clay (o) Stéphanie Foretz 7–6 (7–4) 6–2
Runner-up 16. 1 March 2009 Biberach, Germany Hard (i) Karolina Šprem 1–6 2–6
Winner 17. 19 July 2009 Zwevegem, Belgium Clay (o) Yurika Sema 6–3 6–3
Runner-up 18. 2 April 2011 Monzon, Spain Hard (o) Petra Cetkovská 7–5 4–6 2–6
Runner-up 19. 18 February 2012 Rabat, Morocco Clay (o) Jasmina Tinjic 6–7 (4–7) 6–2 5–7
Runner-up 20. 26 February 2012 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Annika Beck 1–6 5–7
Winner 21. 8 July 2012 Middelburg, The Netherlands Clay (o) Aravane Rezaï 6–0 6–1
Winner 22. 5 August 2012 Rebecq, Belgium Clay (o) Myrtille Georges 6–2 6–1
Runner-up 23. 23 August 2015 Vancouver, Canada Hard (o) Johanna Konta 2-6 4-6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R 1R Q3 4R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 8 6–8
French Open A Q1 2R A Q2 2R 2R 1R A 2R 2R 1R 0 / 7 5–7
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 1R A Q2 3R 2R 1R A SF 3R 2R 0 / 7 11–7
US Open A Q1 2R A Q2 3R 1R Q1 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 4–7
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 6–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 9–4 4–4 1–4 1–1 0 / 26 25–29
Career statistics
Year-End ranking 169 201 105 363 104 81 77 194 54 20 46 93

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 4R 0 / 6 3–6
French Open 1R A A A 2R A 0 / 2 1–1
Wimbledon 1R A A 2R 1R A 0 / 3 1–3
US Open 1R A 1R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 4 2–5
Win–Loss 0–4 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–3 2–2 2-1 0 / 14 7–15

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