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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Wickmayer belgian professional tennis player

Yanina Wickmayer born 20 October 1989 in Lier, Belgium is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 18 and is the second highest ranked female Belgian tennis player. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 12 on April 19, 2011. She is best known for reaching the semi-finals at the 2009 US Open.
Contents
* 1 Tennis career
o 1.1 2006
o 1.2 2007
o 1.3 2008
o 1.4 2009
o 1.5 2010
o 1.6 2011
* 2 Personal
* 3 WTA Tour finals
o 3.1 Singles finals: 6 (3–3)
o 3.2 Doubles finals: 1 (0–1)
* 4 Career ITF finals
o 4.1 Singles: 10
o 4.2 Doubles: 8
* 5 Performance timeline
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Tennis career
2006
Wickmayer obtained her first successes: 3 singles ITF titles and 2 ITF doubles (see below).
2007
Wickmayer continued her success on the ITF circuit by winning several tournaments in Asia during the fall season (see external links). It was around this time that Wickmayer surpassed Caroline Maes as the number two Belgian female tennis player. At the start of the year, Wickmayer was number 534 in the world but by November 2007 was around number 170. Wickmayer has now won 8 singles titles and 7 doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
She was also selected by team captain Sabine Appelmans to represent the Belgium Fed Cup team at the 2007 Fed Cup. She lost to Venus Williams 6–1, 6–2 in her World Group match before winning one rubber and losing the other against Chinese opposition.