Els Callens

Els Callens

Country	Belgium
Born	(1970-08-20) 20 August 1970 Antwerp, Belgium
Height	1.78 m
Singles
Career record	92–134
Highest ranking	43 (17 February 1997)
Doubles
Career record	232–177
Career titles	10
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Bronze medal (2000)
Last updated on: 30 December 2010.

Els Callens (born 20 August 1970 in Antwerp) was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.

Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.

She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005 after she lost her second round match at the Gaz de France Stars tournament in Hasselt.

Nowadays, Callens is a sports commentator for the Belgian public broadcast één.

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2000	Sydney	Hard	Dominique Van Roost-Monami	Olga Barabanschikova Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 6–4, 6–1

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 October 1996	Canadian Indoor, Canada	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	4–6, 4–6

Doubles 23 (10–13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	6 January 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	Jill Hetherington Kristine Kunce	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	19 May 1996	Cardiff, Wales	Clay	Laurence Courtois	Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt	0–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	14 June 1998	Birmingham, England	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 November 1998	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	13 August 2000	Los Angeles, California, USA	Hard	Dominique Van Roost	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	5 November 2000	Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Kimberly Po	Nicole Pratt Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	13 May 2001	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	19 May 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	16 September 2001	Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	28 October 2001	Linz, Austria	Hard	Chanda Rubin	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	3 February 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Roberta Vinci	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	7 April 2002	Sarasota, Florida, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Jelena Dokić Elena Likhovtseva	7–6(5), 3–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	16 June 2002	Birmingham, England	Grass	Shinobu Asagoe	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	15 June 2003	Birmingham, England	Grass	Meilen Tu	Alicia Molik Martina Navrátilová	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	10 August 2003	Los Angeles, California, USA	Hard	Elena Bovina	Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	2 November 2003	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Meilen Tu	Ting Li Tian-Tian Sun	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	16 January 2004	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Barbara Schett	Shinobu Asagoe Seiko Okamoto	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	22 February 2004	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard	Cara Black	Myriam Casanova Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	11 April 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	15 August 2004	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Bethanie Mattek Abigail Spears	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	7 November 2004	Quebec City, Canada	Hard	Samantha Stosur	Carly Gullickson María Emilia Salerni	5–7, 5–7
Winner	10.	20 February 2005	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard	Cara Black	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

References

• ITF site

External links

• Els Callens at the Women's Tennis Association
• Els Callens at the Fed Cup