Caroline Maes

Caroline Maes
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceZele, 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
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (28 May 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2007)
US OpenQ1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record125–124
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 135 (11 February 2008)

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

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

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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

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

Singles: 11 (8–3)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 13 August 2000 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Luxembourg Claudine Schaul 1–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win 2. 12 November 2000 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (I) Luxembourg Claudine Schaul 4–0, 4–1, 4–5, 4–1
Win 3. 11 November 2001 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (I) France Stéphanie Rizzi 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 4. 2 December 2001 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Adriana Basarić 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 5. 21 August 2005 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay France Nadege Vergos 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss 1. 30 April 2006 ITF Cavtat, Croatia Clay Ukraine Irina Buryachok 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win 6. 7 May 2006 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Serbia Karolina Jovanović 6–1, 6–1
Win 7. 13 August 2006 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay France Sylvia Montero 6–1, 6–2
Loss 2. 2 October 2006 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i) Belarus Iryna Kuryanovich 6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Win 8. 13 May 2007 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Spain Marta Marrero 6–4, 7–6
Loss 3. 20 March 2008 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay (i) Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 July 2000 Brussels, Belgium Clay Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina Japan Kaori Aoyama
Japan Kumiko Iijima
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 21 August 2000 Westende, Belgium Clay Belgium Elke Clijsters Netherlands Natasha Galouza
Netherlands Anouk Sterk
1–6, 0–6
Winner 2. 6 November 2000 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) New Zealand Shelley Stephens France Diana Brunel
France Edith Nunes-Bersot
4–1, 1–4, 4–2, 4–0
Runner-up 2. 11 November 2001 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Uruguay Daniela Olivera
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
4–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 24 March 2002 Cholet, France Clay Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz
Belgium Patty Van Acker
4–1 ret.
Runner-up 3. 12 October 2003 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Germany Bianka Lamade
1–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 9 November 2003 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) France Aurélie Védy Belarus Iryna Kuryanovich
Israel Yevgenia Savransky
6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 4. 2 March 2004 Buchen, Germany Hard (i) Belgium Elke Clijsters Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
1–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 21 March 2004 Amiens, France Clay France Virginie Pichet France Florence Haring
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 12 July 2005 Brussels, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Germany Carmen Klaschka
5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 24 July 2005 Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 30 April 2006 Cavtat, Croatia Clay Australia Christina Horiatopoulos Slovenia Tina Obrež
Slovenia Anja Prislan
w/o
Winner 7. 22 July 2006 Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Poland Olga Brózda
Poland Natalia Kołat
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 29 July 2006 Les Contamines-Montjoie, France Hard Australia Christina Horiatopoulos Portugal Catarina Ferreira
Germany Laura Siegemund
4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 26 August 2006 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Montenegro Danica Krstajić
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 9. 7 May 2007 Rome, Italy Clay Estonia Maret Ani Poland Marta Domachowska
Finland Emma Laine
1–0 ret.
Winner 8. 24 September 2007 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard Finland Emma Laine United Kingdom Anna Fitzpatrick
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
3–6, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 10. 7 October 2007 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i) United Kingdom Melanie South Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden Johanna Larsson
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 9. 2 December 2007 Sintra, Portugal Clay Serbia Teodora Mirčić Portugal Neuza Silva
BrazilRoxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–1
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