Justine Henin

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Date of birth

06/01/1982

Place of birth

Liège, Belgium

Justine Henin

Biography

Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She is considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis with Kim Clijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles: winning the French Open in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the US Open in 2003 and 2007 and the Australian Open in 2004. At Wimbledon, she was the runner-up in 2001 and 2006. She also won a gold medal in the women's singles at the 2004 Olympic Games and won the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 2006 and 2007. In total, she won 43 WTA singles titles. She retired from professional tennis on 26 January 2011, due to a chronic elbow injury. In 2016, she became the first Belgian tennis player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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