Magali Kempen

Magali Kempen
	Kempen at the 2021 Open de Biarritz
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	30 November 1997 (age 26)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$237,912
Singles
Career record	257–154
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 191 (3 April 2023)
Current ranking	No. 414 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
French Open	Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	193–86
Career titles	24 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 141 (4 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 141 (4 November 2024)
	Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Last updated November 04, 2024

Magali Kempen (born 30 November 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 191, achieved in April 2023, and a highest doubles ranking of No. 141, achieved in November 2024.^[1]

Career

Kempen won her first W60 title at the 2022 Open Nantes Atlantique in doubles, partnering Wu Fang-hsien.^{[ citation needed ]} The following year, she won her first W40 singles title at the Murska Sobota Open 2023.

She reached her first WTA Tour final in doubles partnering compatriot Lara Salden at the 2024 Mérida Open, losing to Quinn Gleason and Ingrid Martins.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
W80 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Joséphine Boualem	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Oct 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Kathinka von Deichmann	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Sep 2016	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	W10	Hard	Elixane Lechemia	3–6, 0–6
Loss	2–2	Jun 2017	ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany	W15	Clay	Katharina Gerlach	4–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	3–2	Sep 2017	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	W15	Clay	Julyette Steur	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Sep 2017	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	W15	Clay	Alice Ramé	4–6, 4–5 ret.
Loss	3–4	Sep 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	6–7⁽³⁾, 3–6
Win	4–4	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Loss	4–5	Oct 2018	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie	3–6, 1–4 ret.
Win	5–5	Jan 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Simona Waltert	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	6–5	Feb 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Dasha Ivanova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–6	Apr 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	İpek Soylu	6–7⁽²⁾, 4–6
Win	7–6	Apr 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Stefania Rogozińska Dzik	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–6	Feb 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Sofia Costoulas	6–3, 6–2
Loss	8–7	Apr 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Salma Djoubri	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–8	Apr 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Joanne Züger	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–5, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	9–8	Mar 2022	Open de Touraine, France	W25	Hard	Nastasja Schunk	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–9	Jul 2022	ITF Den Haag, Netherlands	W25	Clay	Natália Szabanin	6–7⁽³⁾, 4–6
Loss	9–10	Sep 2022	ITF Le Neubourg, France	W80	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–10	Apr 2023	Murska Sobota Open, Slovenia	W40	Hard (i)	Maria Timofeeva	7–5, 7–5
Win	11–10	Feb 2024	ITF Edgbaston, UK	W50	Hard (i)	Barbora Palicová	6–3, 7–6⁽⁶⁾

Doubles: 39 (24 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2012	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	W10	Hard	Steffi Distelmans	Amy Bowtell Samantha Murray	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2013	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Nicky Van Dyck	Marie Benoît Kimberley Zimmermann	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Win	2–1	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	W10	Hard	Elke Lemmens	Natela Dzalamidze Valentini Grammatikopoulou	1–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	3–1	Jun 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Anna Morgina	Jan Abaza Ola Abou Zekry	6–4, 3–6, [10–2]
Win	4–1	Jul 2014	ITF Maaseik, Belgium	W10	Clay	Steffi Distelmans	Bernice van de Velde Kelly Versteeg	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–1	Dec 2014	ITF Djibouti	W10	Hard	Francesca Stephenson	Laura Deigman Naomi Totka	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Dec 2014	ITF Djibouti	W10	Hard	Wang Xiyao	Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Ashmitha Easwaramurthi	6–3, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss	5–3	Mar 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Myrtille Georges Isabella Shinikova	6–1, 4–6, [2–10]
Win	6–3	Oct 2015	ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Yana Sizikova	Patrycja Polańska Anna Slováková	7–6⁽⁰⁾, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Nov 2015	ITF Helsinki, Finland	W10	Hard	Kelly Versteeg	Daria Lodikova Daria Mishina	6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	7–4	Aug 2016	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	W10	Clay	Manon Arcangioli	Anastasia Smirnova Victoria Smirnova	6–2, 6–0
Loss	7–5	Sep 2016	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	W10	Hard	Justyna Jegiołka	Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 3–6
Win	8–5	Feb 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Shelby Talcott	Brenda Njuki Marlies Szupper	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Win	9–5	Feb 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Britt Geukens	Elena Bogdan Miriam Bulgaru	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Win	10–5	May 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	María Herazo González	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10–6	Jun 2017	ITF Kaltenkirchen, Germany	W15	Clay	Gabriella Da Silva-Fick	Albina Khabibulina Lisa Ponomar	4–6, 0–6
Loss	10–7	Aug 2017	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Marie Benoît	Ankita Raina Bibiane Schoofs	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	11–7	Sep 2017	ITF Middelkere, Belgium	W15	Clay	Sara Cakarevic	Cristina Adamescu Cristina Bucșa	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	12–7	Jan 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Fiona Ganz	6–4, 6–1
Loss	12–8	Feb 2021	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Shalimar Talbi	Liang En-shuo Kyōka Okamura	6–1, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	13–8	Apr 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Chelsea Vanhoutte	Emma Davis Olivia Gram	6–4, 6–1
Loss	13–9	Apr 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Chelsea Vanhoutte	Paige Hourigan Alexandra Osborne	1–4 ret.
Loss	13–10	Jul 2021	Open de Biarritz, France	W60	Clay	Sarah Beth Grey	Oksana Selekhmeteva Daniela Vismane	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	13–11	Aug 2021	ITF Pärnu, Estonia	W25	Clay	Rutuja Bhosale	Justina Mikulskytė Anna Sisková	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	14–11	Aug 2022	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Lara Salden	Amelie van Impe Hanne Vandewinkel	6–2, 6–2
Win	15–11	Sep 2022	ITF Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, France	W25	Clay	Lu Jiajing	Marine Partaud Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–11	Nov 2022	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	W60	Hard (i)	Wu Fang-hsien	Veronika Erjavec Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–4
Loss	16–12	Nov 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W25	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Arantxa Rus Nina Stojanović	6–7⁽¹⁾, 2–6
Win	17–12	Nov 2022	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	W25	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Bibiane Schoofs Rosalie van der Hoek	6–0, 6–4
Loss	17–13	Jan 2023	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	W60	Hard (i)	Eden Silva	Freya Christie Ali Collins	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	18–13	Feb 2023	ITF Mâcon, France	W40	Hard (i)	Xenia Knoll	Darya Astakhova Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–4
Loss	18–14	Mar 2023	ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia	W40	Hard	Xenia Knoll	Andreea Mitu Harriet Dart	w/o
Win	19–14	Dec 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Lara Salden	Katharina Hobgarski Sapfo Sakellaridi	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [10–4]
Win	20–14	Feb 2024	ITF Edgbaston, UK	W50	Hard (i)	Lara Salden	Ali Collins Lily Miyazaki	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–2
Win	21–14	Jun 2024	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W35	Hard	Lara Salden	Katarína Kužmová Radka Zelníčková	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	22–14	Aug 2024	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W35	Clay	Lara Salden	Laura Böhner Funa Kozaki	6–4, 6–0
Win	23–14	Aug 2024	ITF Duffel, Belgium	W35	Clay	Ema Kovacevic	Tilwith Di Girolami Lian Tran	6–1, 6–4
Win	24–14	Aug 2024	ITF Meerbusch, Germany	W50	Clay	Lara Salden	Gina Marie Dittmann Vivien Sandberg	6–3, 6–0
Loss	24–15	Oct 2024	ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal	W50	Hard	Lara Salden	Matilde Jorge Justina Mikulskytė	6–2, 4–6, [12–14]
Loss	24–16	Oct 2024	Saguenay Challenger, Canada	W75+H	Hard (i)	Lara Salden	Dalayna Hewitt Anna Rogers	1–6, 5–7

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References

↑ "Magali Kempen | Rankings History – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
↑ "Sonmez storms to first WTA singles title of career in Merida". WTATennis. 3 November 2024.

External links

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Magali Kempen at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Magali Kempen | Rankings History – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.

[2] "Sonmez storms to first WTA singles title of career in Merida". WTATennis. 3 November 2024.

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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Belgian female singles tennis players
as of 28 October 2024
1. Elise Mertens (34 2) 2. Greet Minnen (93 3) 3. Marie Benoît (218 10) 4. Hanne Vandewinkel (220 6) 5. Sofia Costoulas (283 5)
7. Magali Kempen (427 8) 8. Clara Vlasselaer (434 5) 9. Eliessa Vanlangendonck (475 6) 10. Lara Salden (517 6) 6. Amelie Van Impe (675 16)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Belgian female doubles tennis players
as of 26 August 2024
1. Elise Mertens (4 ) 2. Kimberley Zimmermann (95 ) 3. Greet Minnen (130 1) 4. Lara Salden (172 2) 5. Yanina Wickmayer (177 1)
6. Magali Kempen (260 23) 7. Marie Benoît (411 ) 8. Sofia Costoulas (418 3) 9. Tilwith Di Girolami (481 41) 10. Ema Kovacevic (527 109)