Caroline Maes
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Caroline Maes is a Belgian tennis player.
Maes is active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved on the WTA
-ranking in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In doubles she got to the 143rd place on 9 July 2007. She has yet to win her first WTA
-tournament, but has won eight ITF
-tournaments in singles and nine in doubles. Her last and most important ITF-title was the 2007 $100,000 Rome - Tiro A Volo tournament on 19 May, defeating Yulia Beygelzimer
and Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
in her way to the final, where she beat former top-50 player Marta Marrero
from Spain. So far, she performed three top-100 wins: Yuliana Fedak
(WTA-66, Hasselt 2006), Jelena Kostanić
(WTA-46, Dubai 2 2006), Akiko Morigami
(WTA-51, Strasbourg 2007). In 2006 she also made it to the last 16 of the doubles tournament of Miami together with Kim Clijsters
.
Fed Cup
team in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. She made 3 singles and 4 doubles appearances. However, she did not win any singles match and won only one doubles match partnering Els Callens
against the Slovak Republic
.
She is very close friends with Kim Clijsters. She made herself unavailable for selection in Fed Cup tie against China
in 2007, because she wished to attend the wedding of Clijsters and American basketball player Brian Lynch that week-end (14 July 2007) instead.
Maes is active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved on the WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
-ranking in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In doubles she got to the 143rd place on 9 July 2007. She has yet to win her first WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
-tournament, but has won eight ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...
-tournaments in singles and nine in doubles. Her last and most important ITF-title was the 2007 $100,000 Rome - Tiro A Volo tournament on 19 May, defeating Yulia Beygelzimer
Yulia Beygelzimer
Yulia Beygelzimer is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine.Beygelzimer has competed for Ukraine both at the Olympics and the Fed Cup, finally reaching the Top 100, at number 83 in September 2006....
and Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro is a former French female professional tennis player.Her highest singles ranking was #61, achieved on October 5, 2003...
in her way to the final, where she beat former top-50 player Marta Marrero
Marta Marrero
Marta Marrero Marrero is a former professional Spanish tennis player. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also won a total of 12 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was World Number 47, which she reached in 2004...
from Spain. So far, she performed three top-100 wins: Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak is a female tennis player from Ukraine.On September 18, 2006, Fedak reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 63.-WTA Tour Titles :-Performance timeline:-External links:...
(WTA-66, Hasselt 2006), Jelena Kostanić
Jelena Kostanic
Jelena Kostanić Tošić is a retired professional female tennis player from Croatia. On July 26, 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 32...
(WTA-46, Dubai 2 2006), Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami
Akiko Morigami is a Japanese female tennis player. She turned professional in 1998. On August 15, 2005, Morigami reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 41....
(WTA-51, Strasbourg 2007). In 2006 she also made it to the last 16 of the doubles tournament of Miami together with Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
.
Fed Cup experience
Maes was a member of the BelgianBelgium Fed Cup team
The Belgian Fed Cup team has been competing in the International Tennis Federation sanctioned Fed Cup since the very beginning: 1963. It has won the competition once, in 2001...
Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
team in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. She made 3 singles and 4 doubles appearances. However, she did not win any singles match and won only one doubles match partnering Els Callens
Els Callens
Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
against the Slovak Republic
Slovakia Fed Cup team
The Slovakia Fed Cup team represents Slovakia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II.-History:Slovakia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1994...
.
She is very close friends with Kim Clijsters. She made herself unavailable for selection in Fed Cup tie against China
China Fed Cup team
The China Fed Cup team represents China in Fed Cup tennis competition is are governed by the Chinese Tennis Association.China currently competes in the World Group II.-Current Team, 2010:* Xinyun Han * Zhang Shuai...
in 2007, because she wished to attend the wedding of Clijsters and American basketball player Brian Lynch that week-end (14 July 2007) instead.
Singles Titles
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (0) |
| Tier IV & V (0) |
| ITF Titles (8) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 13 August 2000 |  RebecqRebecq Rebecq is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 10,241 inhabitants. The total area is 39.08 km², giving a population density of 262 inhabitants per km².-Notable people:... |
Clay |  Claudine SchaulClaudine Schaul Claudine Schaul is a professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high singles ranking as of 15 June 2009 was World Number 41, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and World Number 71 for doubles achieved on 8 November 2004.Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Federation Cup team in... |
1–6 7–6 6–3 |
| 2. | 12 November 2000 |  Villenave-d'OrnonVillenave-d'Ornon Villenave d'Ornon is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side... |
Clay (I) | Claudine Schaul Claudine Schaul Claudine Schaul is a professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high singles ranking as of 15 June 2009 was World Number 41, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and World Number 71 for doubles achieved on 8 November 2004.Schaul first played for the Luxembourg Federation Cup team in... |
4–0 4–1 4–5 4–1 |
| 3. | 11 November 2001 | Villenave-d'Ornon Villenave-d'Ornon Villenave d'Ornon is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side... |
Clay (I) | Stephanie Rizzi |
6–2 4–6 6–2 |
| 4. | 2 December 2001 |  MallorcaMallorca Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca... |
Clay |  Adriana Basaric |
2–6 6–1 7–5 |
| 5. | 21 August 2005 | Koksijde Koksijde Koksijde is a municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders on the North Sea coast, at the southwest side. It comprises the towns of Koksijde proper, Oostduinkerke, St-Idesbald and Wulpen.-Statistics:... |
Clay | Nadege Vergos |
2–6 6–1 7–5 |
| 6. | 7 May 2006 |  DubrovnikDubrovnik Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641... |
Clay |  Karolina JovanovićKarolina Jovanović Karolina Jovanović is a Serbian tennis player, who is, as of 6 December 2010, ranked No. 962... |
6–1 6–1 |
| 7. | 13 August 2006 | Rebecq Rebecq Rebecq is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 10,241 inhabitants. The total area is 39.08 km², giving a population density of 262 inhabitants per km².-Notable people:... |
Clay | Sylvia Montero |
6–1 6–2 |
| 8. | 13 May 2007 |  Rome |
Clay | Marta Marrero Marta Marrero Marta Marrero Marrero is a former professional Spanish tennis player. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also won a total of 12 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was World Number 47, which she reached in 2004... |
6–4 7–6 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 16/07/00 | Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
Clay |  Ekaterina Kozhokhina |
 Kaori Aoyama/ Kumiko Iijima |
6–1 6–4 |
| 2. | 12/11/00 | Villenave-d'Ornon Villenave-d'Ornon Villenave d'Ornon is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side... |
Clay |  Shelley Stephens |
Diana Brunel / Edith Nunes-Bersot |
4–1 1–4 4–2 4–0 |
| 3. | 24/03/02 | Cholet Cholet Cholet is a commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire department. It was the capital of military Vendée.-Geography:Cholet stands on an eminence on the right bank of the Moine, which used to be crossed by a bridge from the fifteenth century... |
Clay |  Gabriela NavrátilováGabriela Navrátilová Gabriela Navrátilová is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.Until 2003, Navrátilová played mainly on the ITF circuit in Europe, garnering over 60 titles.... |
Leslie Butkiewicz/ Patty Van Acker |
4–1 RET |
| 4. | 09/11/03 | Villenave-d'Ornon |
Clay | Aurélie Védy Aurélie Védy Aurélie Védy is a French professional tennis player. Her career high WTA doubles ranking is 85, set on May 4, 2009... |
 Iryna KuryanovichIryna Kuryanovich Iryna Brémond is a professional French tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 95, which she reached on November 7 2011. Her career high in doubles is 162, which she reached on June 25, 2007. In 2011 she married her coach, Gérald Brémond, consequently choosing to play for... /  Yevheniia Savranska |
6–3 7–6(6) |
| 5. | 21/03/04 | Amiens Amiens Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy... |
Clay | Virginie Pichet |
Florence Haring Florence Haring Florence Haring is a French professional tennis player. As of June 26, 2006, she reached her highest single rankings of World number 213.... /  Natacha Randriantefy |
3–6 6–2 7–5 |
| 6. | 24/07/05 | Zwevegem Zwevegem Zwevegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heestert, Moen, Otegem, Sint-Denijs and Zwevegem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zwevegem had a total population of 23,674... |
Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz |
Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic and is of ethnic Macedonian origin. She reached her career high singles ranking No.30 on 24 October 2011.-Career:... / Gabriela Velasco-Andreu |
6–3 6–2 |
| 7. | 22/07/06 | Zwevegem |
Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz |
 Olga BrózdaOlga Brózda Olga Brózda is a WTA Tour Polish tennis player.As a professional, her highest career singles ranking is World No. 281, achieved on 7 April 2007, in doubles 192. She reached 10 ITF Circuit finals in singles, which 5 of them she won. In doubles she has reached 42 ITF finals, of which she has won 26... / Natalia Kolat |
6–2 6–2 |
| 8. | 30/09/07 |  NottinghamNottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
Hard Court |  Emma LaineEmma Laine Emma Johanna Laine is a professional tennis player from Finland.The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006.... |
Anna Fitzpatrick Anna Fitzpatrick Anna Fitzpatrick is a professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She is the British number 12 with a world ranking of No.384 . She trains at Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club and plays right-handed. Her career-high ranking is world no. 318... /  Ana Veselinović |
3–6 7–6(4) |
| 9. | 02/12/07 |  Beloura–SintraSintra Sintra is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.In addition to... |
Clay | Teodora Mirčić Teodora Mircic Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian professional tennis player. Ranked No. 316 as of 11 July 2011, she won one ITF Circuit title in single and 22 titles in doubles, partnering mostly with Mervana Jugić-Salkić, and also played for Serbia Fed Cup team.- Personal life :Teodora Mirčić was born to Miomir and... |
Neuza Silva Neuza Silva Neuza Silva is a retired Portuguese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 133, which she reached on July 6, 2009; her career high doubles ranking is 185, set at July 6, 2008... /  Roxane VaisembergRoxane Vaisemberg Roxane Schcolnic Vaisemberg is a Brazilian professional tennis player. As of 31 October 2011, Vaisemberg is ranked World No. 303. She is currently the second highest ranked Brazilian player in the world, after Vivian Segnini.- Singles 17 :- Doubles 41 :-External links:... |
6–4 6–1 |