Justine Henin Hardenne

Table of contents 1 career 1,1 the beginnings (1996-2002) 1,2 the year 2003 1,3 the year 2004 1,4 the year 2005 1,5 the year 2006 2 current happening 2,1 last tournament of 2,2 next tournaments 3 statistics of 3,1 single titles (25) 3,2 final participation single (12) 3,3 statistics (single) of 3,4 double titles (2) 4 numbers and facts 5 Matches worth mentioning 6 Justine for Belgium 7 literature 8 Web on the left of

career

current happening

last tournament

Fed Cup, 1. Round, Belgium - Russia in Lüttich

• date: 22. / 23. April 2006
• lining: Sand (resounds)
• final conditions: 3-2 for Belgium
• Internet: www.fedcup.com

Date	round	Gegnerin	result
22.04.06	2. Single	Nadia Petrova	6:7 6:4 6:3
23.04.06	4. Single	Elena Dementieva	6:2 6:0
of 23.04.06	doubles (with Kim Clijsters)	Maria Kirilenko / DIN era Safina	6:7 5:7

Justine succeeded in the second single of the first daily reconciliation for the Equipe Belgium against title defender inside from Russia. After the defeat of Kim Clijsters against Elena Dementieva (4: 6 3:6) it had to fight for the victory against Nadia Petrova however hard. Particularly at the beginning the Belgian had trouble and turned out fast with 1:4 in arrears. It still saved itself in the Tie BREAK, lost this however clearly after one hour play time. Altogether the portion took 2 hours and 40 minutes.

After Kim Clijsters on the second day with the victory over Maria Kirilenko (6: 1 6:4 had brought), which was used unexpectedly in place of Nadia Petrova, Belgium in guidance, swept Henin Hardenne in the last single Elena Dementieva with 6:2 and 6:0 of the place and transformed the Country resounds from Lüttich into a mad house. The insignificant double, to which Justine and Kim began together, went in two sentences to the dethroned title defender inside. In the semi-final in the middle of July meets Belgium the USA, which likewise secured themselves in Germany with 3-2 victories the introduction in the semi-final.

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next tournaments

Qatar Telecom German open in Berlin

• date: 08. - 14. May 2006
• category: Animal I
• prize money: 1.340.000 $
• lining: Sand (Freiluft)
• previous year: Final victory against Nadia Petrova (6: 3 4:6 6:3)
• Internet: www.german-open.org

French open 2006 in of Paris

• date: 28. May - 11. June 2006
• category: Grand Slam
• prize money: 17.288.723 $ (of it 5.823.955 $ for the single competition of the ladies)
• lining: Sand (Freiluft)
• previous year: Final victory against Mary Pierce (6: 1 6:1)
• Internet: www.roland-garros.com

statistics

single title (25)

No.	Date	tournament	lining	Finalgegnerin	result
01	10. May 1999	Antwerp, Belgium	sand	Sarah Pitkowski Malcor (France)	6:1 6:2
02	01. January 2001	gold Coast, Australia	hard	Silvia Farina Elia (Italy)	7:6 6:4
03	08. January 2001	Canberra, Australia	hard	Sandrine Testud (France)	6:2 6:2
04	18. June 2001	's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands	grass	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	6:4 3:6 6:3
05	06. May 2002	Berlin, Germany	sand	Serena Williams (the USA)	6:2 1:6 7:6
06	21. October 2002	Linz, Austria	hard	Alexandra Stevenson (the USA)	6:3 6:0
07	17. February 2003	Dubai, VAE	hard	Monica Seles (the USA)	4:6 7:6 7:5
08	07. April 2003	Charleston, the USA	sand	Serena Williams (the USA)	6:3 6:4
09	05. May 2003	Berlin, Germany	sand	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	6:4 4:6 7:5
10	26. May 2003	Roland Garros, Paris, France	sand	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	6:0 6:4
11	28. July 2003	San Diego, the USA	hard	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	3:6 6:2 6:3
12	11. August 2003	Toronto, Canada	hard	Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Russia)	6:1 6:0
13	25. August 2003	US open, New York, the USA	hard	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	7:5 6:1
14	13. October 2003	Zurich, Switzerland	hard	Jelena Dokic (Serbia and Montenegro)	6:0 6:4
15	12. January 2004	Sydney, Australia	hard	Amelie Mauresmo (France)	6:4 6:4
16	19. Janunar 2004	Australian open, Melbourne, Australia	hard	Kim Clijsters (Belgium)	6:3 4:6 6:3
17	23. February 2004	Dubai, VAE	hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)	6:3 7:6
18	08. March 2004	Indian Wells, the USA	hard	Lindsay Dave haven (the USA)	6:1 6:4
19	16. August of 2004	olympic plays, Athens, Greece	hard	Amélie Mauresmo (France)	6:3 6:3
20	17. April 2005	Charleston, the USA	sand	Elena Dementieva (Russia)	7:5 6:4
21	01. May 2005	Warsaw, Poland	sand	Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)	3:6 6:2 7:5
22	08. May 2005	Berlin, Germany	sand	Nadia Petrova (Russia)	6:3 4:6 6:3
23	04. June 2005	Roland Garros, Paris, France	sand	Mary Pierce (France)	6:1 6:1
24	13. January 2006	Sydney, Australia	hard	Francesca Schiavone (Italy)	4:6 7:5 7:5
25	25. February 2006	Dubai, VAE	hard	Maria Sharapova (Russia)	7:5 6:2

Putting one: Tournament categories
	olympic plays (1)
	Grand Slam (4)
	WTA route, animal I (8)
	WTA route, animal II or lower (12)

final participation single (12)

• 2001: Wimbledon (Siegerin: Venus Williams)
• 2001: Hawaii (Siegerin: Sandrine Testud)
• 2001: Falling the city (Siegerin: Lindsay Dave haven)
• 2002: Gold Coast (Siegerin: Venus Williams)
• 2002: Antwerp (Siegerin: Venus Williams)
• 2002: Amelia Iceland (Siegerin: Venus Williams)
• 2002: Rome (Siegerin: Serena Williams)
• 2003: 'S-Hertogenbosch (Siegerin: Kim Clijsters)
• 2003: Leipzig (Siegerin: Anastasia Myskina)
• 2003: Falling the city (Siegerin: Kim Clijsters)
• 2005: Toronto (Siegerin: Kim Clijsters)
• 2006: Australian open (Siegerin: Amelie Mauresmo)

statistics (single)

(statistics for Grand Slam, WTA tournaments and Fed Cup. Other IETF tournaments do not contain)

Category/year	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	entirely
Australian open	F	-	S	HF	VF	AF	2R	-	1
French open		S	2R	S	1R	HF	-	2R	2
Wimbledon		1R	-	HF	HF	F	1R	-	0
US open		AF	AF	S	AF	AF	AF	1R	1
WTA route Championships		-	HF	VF	VF	-	-	-	0
Grand Slam victory defeat	of 6-1	10-2	11-2	24-2	12-4	17-4	4-3	,1-2	85-20
tournaments played	7	9	9	18	23	21	13	7	107
final participation	3	5	5	11	6	6	0	1	of 37
won tournaments	2	4	5	8	2	3	0	1	25
hard place victory defeat	18-3	10-4	31-2	42-7	23-14	31-10	23-8	2-2	180-50
sand victory defeat	5-1	24-0	4-2	19-1	14-4	14-4	3-2	,9-2	92-16
grass victory defeat	0-0	,0-1	,0-0	,8-2	,7-2	10-1	1-2	,0-0	26-8
carpet victory defeat	0-0	,0-0	,0-0	,3-1	,6-1	,1-3	,1-1	,3-2	14-8
entirely victory defeat	23-4	34-5	35-4	72-11	50-21	56-18	28-13	14-6	312-82
yearly final placement		6	8	1	5	7	48	69	--

Conditions: 30.04.2006

double titles (2)

No.	Date	Partnerin	tournament	lining	final opponent inside	result
01	06. January 2002	Meghann Shaughnessy (the USA)	gold Coast, Australia	hard	ASP Svensson (SWE)/ Miriam Oremans (NED)	6:1 7:6
02	20. October 2002	Elena Bovina (RUS)	Zurich, Switzerland	hard	Jelena Dokic (SCG)/ Nadia Petrova (RUS)	6:2 7:6

numbers and facts

• as 13. Spielerin became Justine to 20. October 2003 the No. 1 of the world rank list. Before it had one day itself this place with the victory in the final of Zurich over Jelena Dokic secured. It displaced her land woman Kim Clijsters however first only for one week of position one, since it did not begin to the title defense in Linz. With the reaching of the semi-final with the WTA Championships in Los Angeles it turned to 10. November to the point back and wintered there as respected Spielerin.

• In its career she achieved 2 Title in the double (both 2002), once at the side of Meghann Shaughnessy and once together with Elena Bovina. With the Australian open 2003 played it again with Bovina last in the double.

• 3x in consequence could triumphieren the Belgian so far in Dubai and in Berlin. In Dubai it triumphed 2006 for the third time after '03 and '04, with the German open registered itself it to '02, '03 and '05 into the winner list. In the years between them it could do in each case injury and/or. do not begin illness-caused. In the desert state Henin Hardenne is still ungeschlagen, the only defeat in the German capital dated from the year 2001, when she had to give up lying in the semi-final against Jennifer Capriati because of a Knöchelverletzung in guidance.

• As one of only 4 player inside it succeeded their 2005, without winning only one season defeat on sand also the French open. Had this 15 years before Monica Seles created, only to Chris Evert and Steffi Graf likewise last succeeded this feat.

• So far 6x stood it in the final game with a Grand Slam tournament. Their four successes with the Australian open ('04), French open ('03 & '05) and US open ('03) are framed by the two defeats into Wimbledon 2001 and with the Australian open 2006.

• The Belgian in the direct comparison with Venus Williams, one of it took 7 defeats in consequence in her only Wimbledon final. Against no other Spielerin it exhibits a such negative series. Only in the all first duel of the two in Berlin 2001 Justine could become generally accepted. Last meeting one another took place 2003 in the semi-final of the Australian open.

• In the year 2003 it won 8 tournaments, well a third of their single titles. In its most successful season it still triumphed not only with the French open and US open, but also in Dubai, Charleston, Berlin, San Diego, Toronto and Zürich.

• As 9. Spielerin at all was Justine after the Australian open at the same time 2004 officiating Titelträgerin with three of the four Grand Slams.

• At No. 10 set triumphierte the Belgian 2005 with the French open, a lower classified Spielerin in Paris had triumphed never before.

• By its Coach of Carlo Rodriguez she is already cared for since the age of 14 years.

• At the age of 15 years and two months Justine became youngest Belgian Meisterin of all times. It triumphed against Dominique van Roost, who was to be found at that time under the best 40 of the world rank list.

• No other Spielerin Justine on the WTA route met more frequently than on Kim Clijsters, so far faced each other both 17x . While Clijsters leads Henin Hardenne altogether after victories (10-7), is in Finals the more successful one of the two (6-3). In the last eight duels it went around the tournament victory, the last comparison into Toronto 2005 ended in each case in favor of of Clijsters.

• In the respected year of her professional career the Belgian stands at present with 25 single titles.

• With beginning of the tournament in Charleston 2005 the Belgian a continuous victory series on sand, which ended one year later in same place in the semi-final against Patty Schnyder, started 27 plays. Only Chris Evert (125 plays!), Steffi Graf (32) as well as Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles (ever 30) remained longer unbesiegt in the open Era on this lining.

• In the year 2003 the tournament of Charleston marked at the beginning of another success series. Up to the quarter final in Miami Justine remained well two years later ungeschlagen with tournaments the animals I-category and won thereby 28 Matches in consequence. Beside Charleston it still won 2003 in Berlin, Toronto and Zürich as well as in the following year in Indian Wells.

• Even 34 Matches in series it remained victorious between 2003 and 2004 with free air meetings at hard place, beginning with the tournament in San Diego. After successes in Toronto and with US open still title gain in Sydney, with the Australian open followed and in Dubai in the new year, before it was stopped in Doha in the semi-final by Svetlana Kuznetsova.

• Altogether Justine stood for 45 weeks on place 1 of the world rank list, last to 12. September 2004.

• At place 69 the Belgian terminated her first season as a tennis professional. Only scarcely one and a half years later it advanced with the reaching of the Halbfinals with the French open into the Top 10, where it is to be found since that time apart from approximately four months in the spring 2005.

• Meanwhile Justine on the WTA route denied 106 tournaments.

• As No. it denied 178 of the world rank list their first professional tournament 1999 in Antwerp. Their first match on the route won it with 6:2 and 6:1 against Lubomira brook EH, in the final defeated it Sarah Pitkowski, at that time No. 35 of the world, with the same result.

• Their 300. Victory on the route celebrated the Belgian in Dubai 2006 in their prelude match against Kateryna Bondarenko with 6:4 and 7:5.

• 2003 were selected it by that internationally tennis Writers Association to the Spielerin of the yearly.

• After the tournament victory in Indian Wells 2004 stood for Henin Hardenne with 7626 points at the point of the world rank list. This record became unattainable with the change of the Ranking system at the beginning of the yearly 2006.

• With the reaching of the Achtelfinals in Indian Wells the Belgian crossed the mark of 1.000.000 $ yearly prize money at an earlier time in the season than ever a Spielerin before.

• With the tournament victory in Dubai it reached 2006 as 14. Spielerin the mark of 10.000.000 $ career prize money

Matches worth mentioning

• 1999, French open, 2. Round against Lindsay Dave haven (3: 6 6:2 5:7)

with their first Grand Slam participation in the main field Justine faced a Topspielerin at the same time for the first time and brought the No. at that time. 2 of the world to the edge of a defeat.

• 2001, Berlin, round of the last sixteen against Venus Williams (6: 1 6:4)

after ten futile approaches succeeded to Justine with one of its favourite tournaments the first victory over a Top 10-Spielerin. Their only success remained in eight duels with world rank list second at that time.

• 2001, French open, semi-final against Kim Clijsters (6: it knew 2 5:7

3:6) against their Belgian land woman the large chance to draw not use for the first time with a Grand Slam into the final game. Playful it an intermediate 4:2 - guidance in the second sentence.

• 2001, s'Hertogenbosch, final against Kim Clijsters (6: 4 3:6 6:3)

scarce two weeks later she took revenge for the half final defeat and got themselves thereby their to today only title on lawns. The new edition of the final game two years later gave it up lying in guidance hurt.

• 2001, Wimbledon, semi-final against Jennifer Capriati (2: 6 6:4 6:2)

with the most steeped in tradition Grand Slam the Belgian provided for the large sensation of the tournament, when she threw the acting Australian and French open Siegerin from the title running and even for the first time the final to the Church Road reached.

• 2001, Wimbledon, final against Venus Williams (1: it could nevertheless remove

6 6:3 0:6) in the final game the clear Favoritin then a sentence, was however in the long run nevertheless chanceless. In the two following years in each case last stop was against one of the Williams sisters in the semi-final (2002 against Venus and/or. 2003 against Serena).

• 2002, Amelia Iceland, final against Venus Williams (6: ) again once Justine

in this match let 2 5:7 6:7 elapse a large victory chance unused. It led in the meantime with 6:2 and 4:0 (40: 15), three times was missing their only two points to the match gain.

• 2002, Berlin, final against Serena Williams (6: 2 1:6 7:6)

undisputed their up to then largest success on the route. On the way to the first title with an animal I-tournament had defeated it in the semi-final Jennifer Capriati. One week later had it in the final game of Rome against Williams checking.

• 2003, Australian open, round of the last sixteen against Lindsay Dave haven (7: 5 5:7 9:7)

of cramps troubled and despite a 1:4 - arrears in the third sentence the Belgian Dave haven fought in this crime film still down, it was the first victory in the sixth duel with the American.

• 2003, Dubai, final against Monica Seles (4: Justine the match turned

6 7:6 7:5) after protection against a match ball in the second sentence still to its favour, psychologically according to own statement a further milestone on the way to its first Grand Slam title.

• 2003, Berlin, final against Kim Clijsters (6: Henin Hardenne in the tenth play

of the third set of three match balls repelled 4 4:6 7:5) during the successful title defense, next large tournament success after a clear victory over Serena Williams in Charleston.

• 2003, French open, semi-final against Serena Williams (6: frenetisch angefeuert the small

Belgian the triumphant advance world rank list first, which had decided the last four Grand Slams before all together for itself, stopped 2 4:6 7:5) of 15.000 spectators.

• 2003, French open, final against Kim Clijsters (6: Justine Henin Hardenne in

the Stade Roland Garros secured itself 0 6:4) with the premiere of a purely Belgian final game in the Grand Slam history finally safely their first large single title.

• 2003, US open, semi-final against Jennifer Capriati (4: the Belgian still triumphed

to 6 7:5 7:6) in one of the hochklassigsten and dramatic portions of the last years after three hours play time after a 3:5 - arrears in second and a 2:5 - arrears in the third sentence. Ten times Capriati separated thereby only two points from the match gain.

• 2003, US open, final against Kim Clijsters (7: 5 6:1)

24 hours, after she had to be treated completely weakly with infusions and their final participation was questionable, its second Grand Slam success was not certain. After protection from two sentence balls with the conditions of 4:5 it left no more chance to Clijsters.

• 2003, falling the city, final against Kim Clijsters (7: 5 4:6 2:6)

one of eight Matches between No. 1 and No. 2 of the world rank list, in which it concerned the top position. By the defeat Henin Hardenne missed the jump to the point, to which you succeeded then one week later in Zurich.

• 2004, Australian open, final against Kim Clijsters (6: 3 4:6 6:3)

the most interesting of the three Grand of Slam final games of the Dauerrivalinnen. Henin Hardenne already looked with 4:2 in second and 4:0 in the third sentence like the safe Siegerin, before Clijsters made it in each case exciting again.

• 2004, Athens, semi-final against Anastasia Myskina (7: to 5 5:7 8:6)

in the second sentence with 5:4 and own impact already nearly at the goal, Justine still came into the Stolpern. Only with the back to the wall with 1:5 in the third sentence it found the way back into the portion and won 7 of the last 8 plays and thus the match.

• 2004, Athens, final against Amelie Mauresmo (6: 3 6:3)

once more celebrated she after a nerve-racking semi-final a large triumph. In the play around gold Henin Hardenne of their Kontrahentin did not leave a chance, sovereign permitted it in the entire match not even a BREAK ball.

• 2005, French open, round of the last sixteen against Svetlana Kuznetsova (7: 6 4:6 7:5)

over three-hour Marathon match, however not necessarily hochklassig, there coined/shaped by many errors on both sides. With 3:5 in the third sentence Justine had to repel two match balls, however finally nevertheless still became generally accepted.

• 2005, French open, final against Mary Pierce (6: 1 6:1)

after clear victories over Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova did not leave the Belgian in the final also to public favourite Pierce the breath of a chance. After only somewhat more than one hour it held for the second time for the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen in their hands.

• 2005, Wimbledon, 1. Round against Eleni Daniilidou (6: the disillusionment followed 7

6:2 5:7) the triumph in Roland Garros on the “holy lawn” from Wimbledon - for the first time in the Grand Slam history the acting French open Siegerin in London in the first round failed.

• 2006, Australian open, final against Amelie Mauresmo (task with 1:6 0:2)

after the hard fought for final introduction with victories over Lindsay Dave haven and Maria Sharapova struck in the final game of the bodies. At no time in the full possession of its forces Justine gave finally, from violent gastrospasms troubled, the match up.

Justine for Belgium

with the olympic plays of Athens did not only represent Justine the colors of Belgium, also in the Fed Cup was used it already several times for its country. In the year 1999 it gave its debut in the quarter final against the Netherlands and contributed in the single two points to the clear victory to their crew. 2001 reached the Belgian crew after successes in the Vorrunde against Germany, Australia and Spain safely the final against Russia. There Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters of the small tennis nation with victories over Nadia Petrova gave and/or. Elena Dementieva the first and so far only triumph in the Fed Cup.

Altogether the Belgian participated since 1999 in ten land duels, it played 14 Matches in the single, from which it lost only one, 2000 against Monica Seles. In April 2006 Justine in the new edition of the final of 2001 gave success their comeback in the Fed Cup with 3:2 - after nearly three-year Abstinenz. It began also for the first time in the however no longer crucial double, which lost it at the side of Kim Clijsters. One of their motives for the return to the Belgian team participated the fact that player inside, which 2008 in the olympic plays of Peking would like to participate before in two of the last four years in the Fed Cup it must have participated.

literature

over Justine Henin Hardenne so far no German-language titles appeared.

• Patrick Haumont: Justine Henin Hardenne. Le bonheur outer bout you court. Edition Luc Pire, Brussels 2003, ISBN 2-87415-358-3 ( )
• Marks of Ryan: Tie BREAK! Justine Henin Hardenne, tragedy & triumph. Robson Books, London 2004, ISBN 1-86105-752-0 ( )

Web on the left of

• www.henin-hardenne.be - official homepage ( / / )
• www.wtatour.com - detailed player profile on the official side of the WTA ( )
• www.20coeursdejustine.be - homepage of the donation Les 20 Coeurs de Justine ( / / )

person data
NAME	Henin Hardenne, Justine
ALTERNATIVE NAME
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Tennisspielerin
DATE OF BIRTH	1. June 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lüttich, Belgium
DYING DATE
DYING PLACE