Klaartje Liebens (born 11 January 1995) is a Belgian retired tennis player.

Klaartje Liebens
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29)
Brussels
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$49,984
Singles
Career record151–116
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 295 (16 February 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2013)
French Open JuniorQ1 (2013)
Wimbledon JuniorQ1 (2012)
US Open JuniorQ2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record4–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 743 (20 May 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2013)
US Open Junior1R (2012)

Liebens won five singles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 16 February 2015, she attained her best singles ranking of world No. 295. On 20 May 2013, she peaked at No. 743 in the doubles rankings.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Diamond Games, defeating Barbora Krejčíková, Gioia Barbieri and Ysaline Bonaventure in the qualifying tournament.[1]

Liebens announced her retirement from the professional tour in July 2017.[2]

ITF finals

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Singles: 13 (5–8)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 5 May 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Ana Veselinović 2–6, 3–6
Win 1. 14 September 2013 ITF Mytilene, Greece Hard   Maria Sakkari 6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. 20 October 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh Hard   Elise Mertens 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 27 October 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh Hard   Elise Mertens 7–6(0), 1–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 10 November 2013 ITF Loughborough,
Great Britain
Hard (i)   Anna Smith 3–6, 5–7
Win 2. 17 November 2013 ITF Manchester, UK Hard (i)   Natália Vajdová 7–5, 6–1
Loss 5. 15 December 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh Hard   Katy Dunne 3–6, 0–6
Loss 6. 12 April 2014 ITF Gloucester, UK Hard (i)   Bernarda Pera 3–6, 1–6
Win 3. 6 July 2014 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay   Alice Matteucci 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–1
Win 4. 12 July 2014 ITF Balıkesir, Turkey Hard   Lou Brouleau 6–2, 6–2
Win 5. 14 December 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh Hard   Vojislava Lukić 6–7(3), 6–2, 6–4
Loss 7. 20 February 2016 ITF Wirral, UK Hard (i)   Silvia Njirić 6–3, 6–7(2), 3–6
Loss 8. 26 November 2016 ITF Solarino, Italy Carpet   Alice Matteucci 3–6, 6–7(1)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 4 May 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Lise Brulmans   Anna Morgina
  Yana Sizikova
3–6, 2–6

References

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  1. ^ "BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games" (PDF). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Klaartje Liebens zet internationale carrière stop: "Profcircuit is een speciale wereld"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 1 July 2017.
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