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Name: Justine Henin (Justine Henin )
Nickname: JUJU,Justine
Sponsor: Adidas
Shoes: Adidas Barricade IV
Racket: Wilson [K]Tour
Grip: Right-handed grip, one-handed backhand
Career Length: 1999-May 14, 2008
Highest Singles Ranking: 1 (October 20, 2003)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 23 (January 14, 2002)
Singles Titles: 41
Doubles Titles: 2
Overall Career Record: 493 Wins, 107 Losses
Career Prize Money: 19,461,375
Nationality: Belgian
Birthplace: Liege, Belgium
Residence. Monte Carlo, Monaco
Birthday: June 1, 1982
Height: 1.67 meters
Weight: 57 kilograms
Singles Titles: 41
In 1996, played in his first ITF tournament, reaching the second round in Mallorca, Spain.
In 1997, played in four ITF tournaments, winning the France In 1998, won ten consecutive tournaments and two ITF titles at the beginning of the year, winning three titles in one **** throughout the season and finishing the season ranked 226th.
Joined the professional tennis world in January 1999, winning her first WTA title in Antwerp with a wildcard at 178th, beating top-seeded Pitkowski in the final, and representing Belgium in the Confederations Cup, where she beat the Netherlands to reach the semi-finals. She played in the Luxembourg Open with a wildcard, reaching the last eight despite an ankle injury in the first round, and won the ITF France title.
In 2000, reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the U.S. Open and was ranked in the world's top 50 for the first time after knocking out 12th-seeded Kournikova, but missed the French Open and the Antwerp Open due to an arm injury, and missed the Porsche Grand Prix and the Quebec Open because of an injury to her right foot. She also won the ITF Belgium.
In 2001, debuted in the world's top 10 and ended the year ranked No. 7, a 41-ranking improvement from the end of '00. Started the year on a 13-match winning streak and won the Gold Coast and Canberra titles, then won the Netherlands, reached the quarterfinals of the French Open against Clijsters, and reached the final of the Wimbledon by beating Capriati in the semifinals. She also reached her first year-end final and won her first Confederations Cup with compatriot Clijsters.
In 2002, she was ranked in the world's top five for the first time, with an overall record of 51 wins and 20 losses, and rose to a historic fourth place after winning in Linz, reaching the finals of the Gold Coast, Antwerp and Amelia Island Opens, but losing to Williams on each occasion. Won the French Open warm-up tournament in Berlin, but was knocked out in the first round by a qualifier at the following French Open due to bronchitis and flu. Had a stellar grass-court season, continuing the previous year's run to the quarterfinals, but still couldn't go any further.
In 2003, after her marriage, Henin's career rose to its peak, with wins at the French Open and the US Open making her the world No. 1, and six other WTA tournaments, including Charleston and Berlin, giving her a record of 75 wins and 11 losses for the year. She reached at least the semifinals of 18 of the 19 tournaments she played in, only reaching the last eight in Miami. She reached the semifinals of the year-end finals to secure her first annual No. 1 spot.
In 2004, won 11 consecutive titles on the hard courts of Australia, capturing both the Sydney and Australian Open titles. After winning the Australian Open, she contracted a strange illness and entered the French Open as the defending champion, but was eliminated in the second round by Garbin, who was ranked just 86th, and then missed a large number of tournaments. After months away from the court due to illness, Henin volunteered to play in the Athens Olympics and won the women's singles gold medal, the only gold medal for Belgium, where she won the standard by defeating the French star Mauresmo in the final, and ended the year ranked No. 8. She finished the '04 season with a mixed bag of results, beating French star Mauresmo in the final and finishing the year in eighth place.
In 2005, a right knee injury delayed her comeback until March, when she made a perfect return in Charleston, beating Dementieva in the final to win the title, then winning two red clay warm-up events in a row and the French Open to complete a 24-match winning streak on clay.
In 2006, the next player to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams in the same year, after Hingis in 1997. She won 5 titles on the WTA Tour, including her first year-end championship over Mauresmo in the year-end finals; and successfully defended her title at the French Open, where her strong willpower and mastery of the game have made her the world's most deserving Queen of the Red Clay.06 Haining has been playing for her country in the Fed Cup, and in the final, Haining, who was playing with an injury, won two consecutive singles matches, and participated in the final doubles, but unfortunately withdrew due to an injury in the In the deciding set, she withdrew due to injury, and the Belgian team lost. 06 Haining broke into the final of all the highest level tournaments, but the results were mixed, "only" won the French Open and the year-end finals.
When the year-end review of the women's tennis landscape was conducted in 2006, no one doubted that Haining, who had reached the finals of four consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments, had the strength to become a "female Federer", but a sudden family change before the Australian Open in early 2007 caused her to miss her chance to win the Australian Open for a second time when she was favored. However, her outstanding performance in the next three Grand Slam tournaments proved that Haining was not deterred by the turmoil outside the court, and thanks to her outstanding skills and the concentration on tennis that others can hardly reach, Haining deservedly became the No. 1 in the women's tennis world nowadays.
The women's tennis world in '06 also witnessed Haining's dominance amidst a still-unsettled battle for the top spot. After getting rid of an injury that had plagued her for more than two years, Henin reached the final of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, but a sudden illness unexpectedly disrupted Henin's plans to win her second Australian Open title, and made her controversial in the aftermath of the loss; however, Henin's strong performance on red clay at the following French Open helped her to win her third French Open singles title; But in the subsequent Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, Haining in all the way through after losing to the performance of a better Mauresmo and Sharapova, two runner-ups in a row. It can be said that 2006 for Haining, in the strong at the same time in the Grand Slam tournament but left too many regrets.
Just as everyone was expecting Haining to continue her strong performance in the 2007 season, an unexpected family change kept Haining away from the court at the beginning of the season, and the plan to win the Australian Open again was announced to be in vain in advance. Though family changes are nothing new nowadays, if you think back to the pain of losing a close family member when she was young, and all the subsequent disagreements with her loved ones, her husband's love and care can be considered as the only source of comfort in her life, and also the driving force behind her continued success. Will Haining ever be able to get out of her marriage? The answer, of course, is yes.
Henin's return to Grand Slam form began on the red clay, where she excels. In the French Open, she once again with a strong performance eventually defeated Serbian star Ivanovic to defend the title, completing their own perfect three consecutive titles, deservedly become the first person on red clay; and in the grass of the All England Club, Haining in the strong all the way through after once again defeated the French Open Quarterfinal opponent Williams, but unexpected encounter with the dark horse Bartoli's end makes Haining have no chance to play and the Davy, and again lost the first time to ask the Wimbledon laurels; Wimbledon, to the North American hard court Haining also swept away the haze of previous losses, shoulder injuries and other unfavorable factors brought about by the trouble and did not become her stumbling block in the consecutive Williams sisters, creating their own history at the same time, Haining is also in the cheers of Flushing finally held up their own second U.S. singles champion! Trophy. In Haining's series of successes, it seems that the blow of the marriage did not knock down this strong female warrior, but made her more and more resilient. However, Haining herself has repeatedly said that the divorce has brought her back to the bosom of the family, with her father, siblings, and make her feel the warmth of the family again, when friends and relatives in the box to gather a strong popularity again, Haining also has a strong spiritual support over the opponent.
At the same time, Haining's ability to win two consecutive Grand Slam singles titles this year is also due to another powerful weapon, which is her focus on tennis. Looking back at the four singles champions of the women's four Grand Slams this year, in addition to Haining, the Williams sisters won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, respectively, and their strong comeback performance has become the biggest attraction in women's tennis this year. Willie's Australian Open title is in the case of Haining did not participate in the case of obtaining, Davy's strong championship also depends on the dark horse Bartoli's success, and in the two and Haining in the four Grand Slam tournament this year in direct dialogue, the Belgian invariably smiled to the end, it can be said that, in addition to Haining's own achievements is remarkable, the successive sweep of the Williams sisters' performance also makes the title of the gold content of the full. More importantly, Haining's concentration on the court is far better than the two Williams. The reason why Haining can continue her strong performance on the court this year, in addition to her own efforts, the focus on her career has also allowed her to maintain a relatively high level of competitive status, and after the divorce, her thirst for victory on the court is more than before, tennis has become the best way to its own value. On the other hand, the Williams sisters, especially Wie, despite their undoubted strength and talent, have found it difficult to focus their full attention on the court due to the fame and fortune in their spare time, so it is not surprising that they have struggled to break through Haining's toughest defenses after their strong outbursts.
Combined with Haining's strong performance this year and her focus on tennis, the term "female Federer" has become a new halo hanging over her head, and it is true that after a long period of chaos, the women's tennis world does need a ruler comparable to Federer. In comparison with her rivals, Haining is indeed worthy of the honor of being the No. 1 in women's tennis.
Haining, who experienced a marital setback earlier in the year, missed the Australian Open in 2007, but then relied on her strong willpower to overcome and emerge from that shadow with three WTA Tour titles, before successfully defending her title at the French Open with a triple crown. Her tenacity was awe-inspiring. Haining defeated Maria Sharapova as the first seed in the final event: the WTA year-end tournament in Madrid, Spain, and successfully defended her year-end tournament title, totaling ten titles this year, the second player to win double-digit titles in a single season since Hingis in 1997 (when Hingis won twelve titles), and setting a record of undefeated after the Wimbledon Championships, and 25 consecutive victories, tying the record of 1990, when Haining won 12 titles. She also set a record of undefeated after the Wimbledon Championships, and set a record of 25 consecutive victories, which tied the record set by the legendary German player Graf in 1990. In terms of prize money, she also broke the single-season prize money record set by her compatriot player Clijsters ($5,367,086), and her career cumulative prize money also came to $18,940,405 to rank fifth, with a record of 63 wins and 4 defeats (a 94% win rate), which is also the highest win rate of any player since Graf in 1995. The world number one position is once again unchallenged.
Henin continued her winning streak in her first tournament in early 2008, winning Sydney, but a knee injury recurred at the Australian Open, leading to a quarterfinal loss to Sharapova, ending her 32-match winning streak since last year's Wimbledon. Then, after a period of recuperation, back home, Henin lifted the Antwerp Diamond Race for the first time! Subsequently, missing the Doha race resulted in a large number of points being deducted. After missing Doha, Haining competed in the Dubai Open as the defending champion, and suffered a 0-2 blowout defeat to Italian slugger Sciavoni in the quarterfinals.Haining returned to form at the end of March at the Soi Open, but due to injuries and illnesses, she fell short of her old rival Williams in the quarterfinals, and did not make it to the final four. In the red clay tournament in Berlin in the 1/8 finals defeated Safina, and then due to fatigue launched the Rome station, in May 14 in his hometown announced his retirement, become the first player retired when ranked No. 1 in the world.
Brussels, Belgium, September 22, 2009 -- Haining officially announced her comeback to women's tennis in 2010 through an interview broadcast Tuesday evening local time by Belgian national TV station RTL-TVI, which also means she is about to end her retirement that has lasted 16 months. Haining's official comeback date will be in the beginning of 2010, and she will be back on the road traveling around the world from the start of the Australian Open season.