Caroline Maes

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Caroline Maes
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Residence Zele, Belgium
Born (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 41)
Dendermonde, Belgium
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2009
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$159,915
Singles
Career record251–193 (56.5%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (28 May 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon Q1 (2007)
US Open Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record125–124 (50.2%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 135 (11 February 2008)

Caroline Maes (born 9 November 1982) is a former Belgian tennis player.

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Maes has been active in singles since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved in the WTA rankings in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In doubles, she got to No. 135, on 11 February 2008. She could not win a WTA tournament, but won eight tournaments in singles and nine in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her last and most important ITF title was at the $100k tournament in Rome, on 19 May 2007, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer and Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro on her way to the final, where she beat former top-50 player Marta Marrero from Spain. She performed three top-100 wins: against Yuliana Fedak (world No. 66, Hasselt 2006), Jelena Kostanić (No. 46, Dubai 2006), Akiko Morigami (No. 51, Strasbourg 2007). In 2006, she also made it to the round of the last 16 in doubles at the Miami Open, together with Kim Clijsters.

Fed Cup

Maes was a member of the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. She had three appearances in singles and four in doubles. However, she did not win any singles match and won only one doubles match, partnering Els Callens against the Slovakia Fed Cup team.

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.

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 11 (8–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.13 August 2000ITF Rebecq, BelgiumClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Claudine Schaul 1–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win2.12 November 2000ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, FranceClay (I) Flag of Luxembourg.svg Claudine Schaul4–0, 4–1, 4–5, 4–1
Win3.11 November 2001ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, FranceClay (I) Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Rizzi 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win4.2 December 2001ITF Mallorca, SpainClay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Adriana Basarić 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win5.21 August 2005ITF Koksijde, BelgiumClay Flag of France.svg Nadege Vergos2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss1.30 April 2006ITF Cavtat, CroatiaClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Irina Buryachok 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win6.7 May 2006ITF Dubrovnik, CroatiaClay Flag of Serbia.svg Karolina Jovanović 6–1, 6–1
Win7.13 August 2006ITF Rebecq, BelgiumClay Flag of France.svg Sylvia Montero 6–1, 6–2
Loss2.2 October 2006 Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceHard (i) Flag of Belarus.svg Iryna Kuryanovich 6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Win8.13 May 2007ITF Rome, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Marta Marrero 6–4, 7–6
Loss3.20 March 2008ITF Tessenderlo, BelgiumClay (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.10 July 2000 Brussels, BelgiumClay Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Kozhokina Flag of Japan.svg Kaori Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Kumiko Iijima
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up1.21 August 2000 Westende, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elke Clijsters Flag of the Netherlands.svg Natasha Galouza
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anouk Sterk
1–6, 0–6
Winner2.6 November 2000 Villenave-d'Ornon, FranceClay (i) Flag of New Zealand.svg Shelley Stephens Flag of France.svg Diana Brunel
Flag of France.svg Edith Nunes-Bersot
4–1, 1–4, 4–2, 4–0
Runner-up2.11 November 2001Villenave-d'Ornon, FranceClay (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz Flag of Uruguay.svg Daniela Olivera
Flag of Madagascar.svg Natacha Randriantefy
4–6, 2–6
Winner3.24 March 2002 Cholet, FranceClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Navrátilová Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patty Van Acker
4–1 ret.
Runner-up3.12 October 2003 Open de Touraine, FranceHard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz Flag of Latvia.svg Līga Dekmeijere
Flag of Germany.svg Bianka Lamade
1–6, 2–6
Winner4.9 November 2003Villenave-d'Ornon, FranceClay (i) Flag of France.svg Aurélie Védy Flag of Belarus.svg Iryna Kuryanovich
Flag of Israel.svg Yevgenia Savransky
6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up4.2 March 2004 Buchen, GermanyHard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elke Clijsters Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Hrdinová
1–6, 4–6
Winner5.21 March 2004 Amiens, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Virginie Pichet Flag of France.svg Florence Haring
Flag of Madagascar.svg Natacha Randriantefy
3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up5.12 July 2005 Brussels, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Gerlová
Flag of Germany.svg Carmen Klaschka
5–7, 2–6
Winner6.24 July 2005 Zwevegem, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Cetkovská
Flag of Spain.svg Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up6.30 April 2006 Cavtat, CroatiaClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christina Horiatopoulos Flag of Slovenia.svg Tina Obrež
Flag of Slovenia.svg Anja Prislan
w/o
Winner7.22 July 2006Zwevegem, BelgiumClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz Flag of Poland.svg Olga Brózda
Flag of Poland.svg Natalia Kołat
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up7.29 July 2006 Les Contamines-Montjoie, FranceHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christina Horiatopoulos Flag of Portugal.svg Catarina Ferreira
Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund
4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up8.26 August 2006 Alphen aan den Rijn, NetherlandsClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Leslie Butkiewicz Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
Flag of Montenegro.svg Danica Krstajić
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up9.7 May 2007Rome, ItalyClay Flag of Estonia.svg Maret Ani Flag of Poland.svg Marta Domachowska
Flag of Finland.svg Emma Laine
1–0 ret.
Winner8.24 September 2007 Nottingham, United KingdomHard Flag of Finland.svg Emma Laine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Fitzpatrick
Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović
3–6, 7–6(4)
Runner-up10.7 October 2007 Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South Flag of Sweden.svg Sofia Arvidsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Larsson
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner9.2 December 2007 Sintra, PortugalClay Flag of Serbia.svg Teodora Mirčić Flag of Portugal.svg Neuza Silva
Flag of Brazil.svg Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–1

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