FEATURING: KIM CLIJSTERS

Kim Clijsters  was born in Bilzen, Belgium to a very sporting family--her father Lei was a soccer coach and player, named as Belgium's 1988 Player of the Year, and her mother, Els, a Belgian champion in gymnastics--but for Kim it wall about tennis.  She started playing competitive tennis at the age of six and made her WTA debut in May 1999 in Antwerp.

     With her enthusiasm, talent and sportsmanship, she conquered the hearts of tennis fans and players both on the court and off in no time. In August 2013, she became the 13th player and first Belgian to hold the No.1 singles ranking, she spent a total of 20 weeks as WTA World No.1 and is one of just six women to own the WTA World No.1 ranking simultaneously in both singles and doubles. Clijsters won her first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 2005, before stepping away from the game in 2007 to start a family. Her stunning comeback two years later would produce a further three majors – the US Open in 2009 and 2010, and the Australian Open in 2011, taking her total haul of singles titles to 41; she also captured doubles crowns at Roland Garros and Wimbledon