Talk:Kim Clijsters

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The IPA phonetic transcription is incorrect, as you can hear from the audio sample. The correct transcription of the Dutch (Flemish) pronunciation would be /klεjstərs/ or /klejstərs/ or /kleɪstərs/ (unsure how you transcribe the diphtongue). - Karl Stas 15:15, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

OK, I have corrected this. - Karl Stas 08:45, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

I hope I'm wrong about this, but some parts of this article are looking a lot like they were copied from fan sites or some of those over-the-top news reports. Please notice that any parts of the text that turn out to be mere copy and paste from other websites are copyrights violations, unless the source (meaning, the author) has granted permission to reproduce their work here. Wikipedia cannot carry copyright violations, and in accordance to official policy, as soon as they are found, they will be removed immediately.
Other than that, I'd like to point out that some passages are in need of cleanup. Such statements as "got the monkey off her back" doesn't sit well with an encyclopedia. Thanks, Redux 02:43, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

"She achieved that ranking again on January 24, 2006, when Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Lindsay Davenport in the Quarter Final at the Australian Open"

That's not quite truth. The match after which it was sure that Kim will be on #1 spot on Monday, was her win over Hingis. After Henin - Davenport the only thing sure was, that Lindsay will fall from #1, and will be replaced either by Mauresmo (if she wins the tournament and Clijsters loses with Hingis) or Kim (all other posibilities). So Kim achieved Number 1 by herself and not thanks to Justine Mieczyslav 11:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I just wrote what I had just heard after her match against Hingis (what the announcer had told her). She had now become #1, after Davenport had lost her match. I also quickly wrote it after just hearing about it. Sagitox 10:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

As I write this, she is still the number 2. She will not become number 1 officially until tomorrow when new rankings are released. However, there's no point in quibbling about this as the text will soon be accurate. :) Metamagician3000 05:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

The record below should be deleted because it says: Clijsters became the second women to reach at least the semifinals of all the tournaments she entered (except for her second round defeat in the Canadian Open). It isn't really record because it's like saying Justine Henin-Hardenne is one of the few women to win all four Grand Slams (except she hasn't won Wimbledon). That is why I deleted it.

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2003

Clijsters became the second woman to reach at least the semifinals of all the tournaments she entered (except for her second round defeat in the Canadian Open), including 15 finals. Only Graf and Monica Seles have bettered that feat. Graf reached the final of all 13 events she contested in 1987 and all 16 events she played in 1989. Seles also reached the final of all 16 events she played in 1991.