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Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985 in Bilzen) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.

Born in Bilzen, Bree, the daughter of Belgian football player Leo Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters (born 1983). She won the girls' U.S. Open doubles title in 2002 and reached a highest ranking of 389 on 15 September 2003. She played in the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing all four matches, of which one was a singles match. In 2004, she reached the finals of two ITF singles tournaments, winning the one in Bournemouth. In the same year, she also reached the finals of two ITF doubles tournaments, of which she won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury.^[1]

She married Standard Liège footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree. They had their first child in 2009, a boy.^[2] They gave birth to their second baby, a girl in November 2010.

References

External links

• Elke Clijsters at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elke Clijsters at the International Tennis Federation
• Elke Clijsters at the Fed Cup

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