Kirsten Flipkens
Fed Cup F (2006), record 18–35 | | |
Last updated on: 25 April 2024. |
Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (Dutch pronunciation:
She had success as a junior, winning the girls' doubles title at the
Early life
Flipkens was born on 10 January 1986 in
Junior career
In 2001, Flipkens won the bronze medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Murcia, Spain.[11]
In 2002, Flipkens and Elke Clijsters won the US Open girls' doubles title, beating Shadisha Robsinon and Tory Zawacki in the final with 6–1, 6–3.[12]
In 2003, Flipkens won the
Professional career
2001–08: First steps, problem with injuries
Flipkens played her first professional match on the
She made her return at $50k event in Saint-Gaudens in May 2005, but lost in her first match. In late May, she made her debut in the qualifying of the French Open. Later, she also failed in qualifying for Wimbledon and the US Open. In 2006, Flipkens made big steps further, reaching the main draws at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. At the French Open, she recorded her first Grand Slam match win, defeating qualifier Virginie Pichet, but lost in the next round to Flavia Pennetta. At the US Open, she got to the same stage of tournament, falling to eventual semifinalist Jelena Janković, while at Wimbledon, she lost in the first round. She also partnered with British No. 2, Andy Murray, in mixed doubles at Wimbledon.[19]
Flipkens started 2007 season with modest results, including only first rounds at the Australian Open and Diamond Games. In May, she stated that she suffered from a wrist injury, which resulted in not being able to play for several months.[20] She returned in September, playing mostly at the ITF Circuit, with reaching only one final at the $50k event in Deauville, where she lost. In 2008, due to injury from previous year that caused falling in the rankings, she was forced to play mostly at ITF tournaments. She reached four finals, winning three of them, inclung a $75k title at the Open Féminin de Marseille. She started the year as world No. 287, but climbed till the end to No. 104.
2009–10: Breakthrough into the top 100, continues with injuries
Flipkens played at the Australian Open, where she recorded her first win there, defeating Rossana de los Ríos, before she was knocked out the tournament by top seed Jelena Janković. On her next appearances, she was eliminated in the first round at U.S. National Indoors, Barcelona Open, Estoril Open and Internationaux de Strasbourg. She then reached another Grand Slam second round at the French Open. She started the grass-court season with a loss at the Rosmalen Championships, but then reached her first Major third round at Wimbledon. She failed to reach her first round of 16, losing to top-seeded Dinara Safina, 5–7, 1–6, after having a set point in the first set.
At the US Open, she reached another Grand Slam third round, after straight-sets victories over Jelena Dokic and Anabel Medina Garrigues.[21][22] She suffered a defeat in the third round, losing to compatriot and eventual champion Kim Clijsters, 0–6, 2–6.[23] In October 2009, she again defeated Medina Garrigues to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open, where her compatriot Yanina Wickmayer stopped her from reaching the first semifinal on the WTA Tour.[24] Flipkens reached the top 100 for the first time in her career at the end of 2009.
Flipkens continued her good results in 2010. She first reached the quarterfinals at the Hobart International, where she went through qualifying. In the quarterfinal match, she lost to Sara Erani in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Flipkens lost in the first round to another unseeded (her comeback) Justine Henin, 4–6, 3–6.[25] In March, she made her debut at the Premier 5/Premier Mandatory tournaments. On her way to the third round at Indian Wells, she beat Timea Bacsinszky and Aleksandra Wozniack, before she was eliminated by Elena Dementieva.
At the French Open, she defeated Ayumi Morita in the first round, 6–1, 6–4, before Maria Sharapova defeated her in straight sets in the second. In the week before Wimbledon, she reached semifinals of the Rosmalen Championships but lost to Andrea Petkovic.[26] At Wimbledon, she lost in the second round to Yanina Wickmayer. At the US Open, she failed to repeat her third-round appearance of the previous year, losing in the first round to Patty Schnyder. By the end of the year, she reached two International-level quarterfinals, at the Korea Open and Luxembourg Open. She had been troubled by a recurring wrist injury and underwent surgery at the end of the 2010 season.[27]
2011–12: First WTA Tour title
Flipkens struggled at the beginning of 2011, starting with a first-round loss at the Australian Open and did not win one singles match on the WTA Tour in main draws until May. She then reached the semifinals at the Morocco Open in Fes, during the clay-court season.[28] At the Rosmalen Championships, she teamed up with CoCo Vandeweghe to reach the semifinals in doubles.[29] By the end of the year, she didn't make any significant result, primarily losing in the first rounds and failing in the qualifyings.
After weak results in the second half of 2011, she returned to the ITF Circuit. She made two $25k level finals but failed to win the title in both of them. Then in April 2012, doctors discovered four life-threatening
In September 2012, she won the Tournoi de Québec that also was her first WTA title,
2013: Wimbledon semifinalist, breakthrough into the top 15
Flipkens started her 2013 season really well, reaching quarterfinal at the ASB Classic, where she lost from her compatriot Yanina Wickmayer. Next week, at the
She then proceeded to reach the quarterfinal of the
To prepare for
In the first round of the
2014–15: Solid results
Flipkens began the year by reaching the semifinals at the
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 had fainted on court during training and doctors at the site had sent her to the hospital where she would spend the night on intensive care since heart problems were feared.[54] However, later tests revealed that she was healthy and fit to play.[55]
Flipkens started grass-court season with the quarterfinals of the
In the second half of the season, Flipkens was less successful. As a wildcard in the tournament of
At the end of the season, she took part in the first edition of the
Flipkens started 2015 with a knee injury and only won one match during the Australian season (against
In July, she played her first semifinal in 2015 at İstanbul Cup, beating amongst others Francesca Schiavone and Alizé Cornet.[60] The following week, she reached quarterfinal of International-level tournament at the Baku Cup. Thanks to these two good results, she made it back into the top 100.[61] She proceeded to play the final of the $100k Vancouver Open, where she lost to Johanna Konta.[62] At the US Open, she was beaten in the first round by Varvara Lepchenko. In doubles, she played alongside Laura Robson. They reached the second 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 again. She made her comeback at the Linz Open. This comeback was successful for Flipkens, reaching the semifinal, where she beat amongst others the former No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, before eventually falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[63] She officially finished the year 2015 as No. 93 in the world.
2016: Olympic debut, first doubles title
Flipkens started the year with a quarterfinal in
During the clay-court season Flipkens was plagued by a wrist injury, and only managed to win a single match, against Donna Vekić at the İstanbul Cup. At the
Flipkens entered her first Olympics ever in both singles and doubles. In singles, she stunned the gold medalist from
She then travelled to the United States and played at the Cincinnati Open, but failed to qualify. However, she reached quarterfinals of the Connecticut Open, before being beaten by Agnieszka Radwańska. She closed out her U.S. hardcourt tour with a first round-loss at the
At the end of the season, Flipkens took part in the
2017–20: Success in doubles
In 2017, Flipkens had few significant results in singles. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round,[86] while at the other three major events, she won one match per tournament, but then lost in the second round. During the 2017 season, she reached two quarterfinals, first at the International-level Monterrey Open in late February, and then at the Premier-level Connecticut Open in August.[87] She also reached the third round of the Miami Open, being knocked out of the tournament by Dominika Cibulková.[88] At Indian Wells and the Canadian Open, she only reached the second round.[89]
Nevertheless, Flipkens had success in doubles in 2017. In the first week of the season, she reached a semifinal, partnering with Jeļena Ostapenko. After a disappointing second-round loss at the Australian Open, she made the final of the Nuremberg Cup, partnered with Johanna Larsson, losing a tense match against Melichar and Smith.[90] She then reached quarterfinals of the French Open, partnering with Francesca Schiavone. After that, she debuted in the top 50, getting to No. 43. Things get even better during the grass-court season, when Flipkens won her second career-doubles title, winning the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships alongside Cibulková. She then partnered with Sania Mirza at Wimbledon, where they got to the third round. After subsequent unimpressive results, she finished the year making the final at the Luxembourg Open.
2022–23: Sixth and seventh doubles titles, retirement
She announced that 2022 Wimbledon Championships would be her last ever singles tournament.[91][92] She lost in the second round to Simona Halep in straight sets, after leading by a break in both sets.
However, she won her seventh tour title at the 2023 Hobart International alongside Laura Siegemund, with whom she had also won her sixth title at the Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca in October 2022.[93]
She played her last doubles match at the
National representation
Fed Cup / Billie Jean King Cup
In September 2006, she replaced the injured
During the 2015 Fed Cup, she and her teammates failed to bring Belgium back to the World Group II after the team lost their final tie against Croatia.[96]
In 2016, Flipkens was part of the
In the
Playing style
Flipkens describes herself as "an all court player" whose biggest strength is her "serve and all round game".
Coaching team
In December 2012, Maxime Braeckman became her new coach full-time coach, but she still occasionally worked with Clijsters.[102] In October 2013, it was announced that Flipkens would stop working with Maxime Braeckman due to Braeckman wanting to stay more at home with his family.[103]
In May 2014, Flipkens announced that she would begin to work with ex-tennis player Xavier Malisse.[104] However, their cooperation ended already in June same year, after the French Open.[105]
Sponsors
Flipkens is sponsored by
Awards
At the end of the 2012 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".[107] On 22 December 2013, she received the prestigious award for Sportswoman of the Year in Belgium[108] as well as the VTV Award for "Belgian Player of the Year" for the second year in a row.[109] In 2016, she received the Fed Cup Commitment Award in 2016 for being player who played the most year for the Belgian Fed Cup team (16 years as of 2019).[4][5]
Career statistics
Grand Slam tournament finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loss | 2022 | US Open | Hard | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
Grand Slam tournament performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 14 | 7–14 | 33% |
French Open | A | Q1 | 2R | A | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 12 | 7–12 | 37% |
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | A | Q2 | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | SF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | NH | A | 2R | 0 / 12 | 16–12 | 57% |
US Open | A | Q1 | 2R | A | Q2 | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 12 | 8–12 | 40% |
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 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0 / 50 | 38–50 | 43% |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 4 | |||
Year-end ranking | 169 | 201 | 105 | 363 | 104 | 81 | 77 | 194 | 54 | 20 | 46 | 93 | 63 | 76 | 48 | 95 | 85 | 305 | 241 | $6,028,921 |
Doubles
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 0 / 13 | 11–13 | 46% |
French Open | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | QF | 2R | SF | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 9 | 13–9 | 59% |
Wimbledon | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | NH | A | 3R | 3R | 0 / 9 | 10–9 | 53% |
US Open | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | 31% | |
Win–loss | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 9–4 | 3–3 | 0 / 42 | 39–42 | 48% |
Mixed doubles
This table is current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
French Open | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | NH | A | F | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% | |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0 / 9 | 8–9 | 47% |
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External links
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Kirsten Flipkens at the Women's Tennis Association
- Kirsten Flipkens at the International Tennis Federation
- Kirsten Flipkens at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Kirsten Flipkens at Olympedia
- Kirsten Flipkens at Olympics.com
- Kirsten Flipkens at Team Belgium (in Dutch and French) (archive)