Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional

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player from Belgium. The daughter of Belgian football player

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(1956–2009) and sister of former world No. 1,

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(born 1983), won 2002 the girls'

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doubles title with

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, and the girls' US Open doubles title with compatriot

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. Her highest singles ranking was 389, a ranking she achieved on 15 September 2003. She played in the

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in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing all four matches, of which one was a singles match. In 2004, she reached the finals of two ITF singles tournaments, winning the one in Bournemouth. In the same year, she also reached the finals of two ITF doubles tournaments, of which she also won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury. Elke married

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on 31 May 2008 in Bree. They had their first child in 2009, a boy. She gave birth to their second baby, a girl in November 2010. The marriage ended in 2016. In 2021, Clijsters participated in the Belgian version of

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

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