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Kim Kilsdonk

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Kim Kilsdonk
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1979-03-31) 31 March 1979 (age 45)
Haarlem[1]
Turned pro1997
Retired2016
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$51,943
Singles
Career record63–67
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 347 (15 February 1999)
Doubles
Career record248–144
Career titles30 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (1 August 2005)

Kim Kilsdonk (born 31 March 1979) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.

In her career, she won one singles title and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 347, which she reached in February 1999. Her career-high in doubles is 144, achieved August 2005.

Kilsdonk made her WTA Tour main-draw debut 2003 at the indoor event in Paris, in the doubles event, partnering Sophie Lefèvre.

She retired from professional tennis in 2016.

Career

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In October 2004, Kilsdonk partnered Leanne Baker and the duo lost in the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open. They were beaten in two sets by Jill Craybas and Marlene Weingärtner.[2]

In February 2005, Kilsdonk partnered Claire Curran and the duo lost in the first round of the Open Gaz de France. They were beaten by Iveta Benešová and Květa Peschke. Following this, they headed to Antwerp to compete in the Proximus Diamond Games. There, they won two matches to qualify and then went on to beat Francesca Lubiani and Marta Marrero in the first round. They lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals, in straight sets.[3] This was followed by a run to the semifinals at the İstanbul Cup partnering Claire Curran where they lost to Sandra and Daniela Klemenschits.[4]

In October 2006, at Hasselt, Kilsdonk partnered Elise Tamaëla. The duo lost in the quarterfinals; they were beaten by Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr.[5]

In September 2007, Kilsdonk partnered Sophie Lefèvre and the duo lost in the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International Open to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 23 March 1998 ITF Ashkelon, Israel Hard Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1. 16 March 2003 ITF Amiens, France Clay (i) Germany Syna Schmidle 6–7(5), 2–6

Doubles: 55 (30 titles, 25 runner-ups)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (14–8)
Clay (14–16)
Carpet (2–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 9 June 1997 ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland Clay Netherlands Jolanda Mens Switzerland Laura Bao
Switzerland Caecilia Charbonnier
6–4, 6–2
Win 1. 16 June 1997 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay Netherlands Jolanda Mens Uruguay Elena Juricich
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. 29 June 1997 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Jolanda Mens Bulgaria Galina Dimitrova
Bulgaria Dessislava Topalova
7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2. 5 July 1997 ITF Hoorn, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Jolanda Mens Netherlands Yvette Basting
Slovakia Simona Galikova
1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 3. 4 August 1997 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Netherlands Jolanda Mens Sweden Annica Lindstedt
Netherlands Annemarie Mikkers
6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 12 January 1998 ITF Reykjavík, Iceland Carpet (i) Netherlands Jolanda Mens Czech Republic Olga Blahotová
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss 3. 22 June 1998 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Jolanda Mens Netherlands Claudia Reimering
Netherlands Andrea van den Hurk
4–6, 4–6
Win 5. 24 June 2002 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Austria Nicole Melch Netherlands Jolanda Mens
Australia Sarah Stone
7–6(2), 6–2
Win 6. 5 November 2002 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Philippines Dianne Matias China Dong Yan-Hua
China Zhang Yao
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. 20 January 2003 ITF Grenoble, France Hard (i) Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz France Séverine Brémond Beltrame
France Amandine Dulon
7–5, 6–7(2), 6–7(4)
Loss 5. 18 February 2003 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Romania Magda Mihalache
Germany Syna Schmidle
2–6, 3–6
Win 7. 27 January 2003 ITF Belfort, France Hard (i) France Sophie Lefèvre China Liu Nannan
China Xie Yanze
6–3, 6–3
Win 8. 23 June 2003 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Netherlands Marielle Hoogland
Netherlands Jolanda Mens
6–1, 6–4
Loss 6. 21 July 2003 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Russia Maria Kondratieva
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7. 4 August 2003 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz France Anne-Laure Heitz
France Amandine Singla
6–0, 6–7(3), 5–7
Win 9. 24 August 2003 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte
6–4, 6–2
Loss 8. 21 September 2003 ITF Sunderland,
United Kingdom
Hard (i) Australia Nicole Kriz Republic of Ireland Claire Curran
Sweden Helena Ejeson
2–6, 1–6
Win 10. 28 September 2003 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i) Australia Nicole Kriz New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
7–5, 6–2
Loss 9. 26 January 2004 ITF Belfort, France Hard (i) France Sophie Lefèvre Czech Republic Olga Blahotová
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
3–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 9 February 2004 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Republic of Ireland Claire Curran United Kingdom Helen Crook
Germany Martina Müller
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 12. 16 February 2004 ITF Redbridge, UK Hard (i) Republic of Ireland Claire Curran Czech Republic Olga Blahotová
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(10)
Loss 10. 19 July 2005 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay United Kingdom Claire Curran Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Germany Sandra Klösel
4–6, 0–6
Loss 11. 8 August 2005 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Serbia and Montenegro Neda Kozić Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz
Belgium Jessie de Vries
w/o
Win 13. 12 February 2006 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Netherlands Elise Tamaëla South Africa Surina De Beer
Japan Ayami Takase
7–5, 6–4
Win 14. 10 February 2007 ITF Tipton, UK Hard (i) Netherlands Elise Tamaëla Russia Ksenia Lykina
Poland Urszula Radwańska
6–3, 6–3
Win 15. 20 July 2007 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Netherlands Elise Tamaëla Poland Magdalena Kiszczyńska
Poland Karolina Kosińska
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 12. 28 October 2007 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Netherlands Elise Tamaëla Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
1–6, 2–6
Win 16. 13 July 2008 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen Belarus Volha Duko
Belgium Ineke Mergaert
6–4, 5–3 ret.
Win 17. 18 July 2008 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
6–4, 6–2
Loss 13. 27 July 2008 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen Czech Republic Simona Dobrá
Czech Republic Lucie Kriegsmannová
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 18. 8 November 2008 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen United Kingdom Katharina Brown
United Kingdom Tara Moore
6–7(4), 6–4, [10–4]
Win 19. 16 November 2008 ITF Jersey, UK Hard (i) Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen United Kingdom Tara Moore
United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas
7–6(4), 6–4
Win 20. 15 March 2009 ITF Dijon, France Hard (i) Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen United Kingdom Amanda Elliott
France Violette Huck
7–6(2), 6–1
Win 21. 4 April 2009 ITF Pelham, United States Clay Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
Portugal Frederica Piedade
6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss 14. 28 August 2009 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
Netherlands Sabine van der Sar
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 15. 6 September 2009 ITF Almere, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Daniëlle Harmsen Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Nicole Thyssen
6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Win 22. 20 September 2009 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Netherlands Marcella Koek Italy Apollonia Melzani
Romania Andreea Văideanu
6–3, 6–0
Loss 16. 22 October 2009 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay Netherlands Marcella Koek Spain Sara del Barrio Aragón
Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert
3–6, 4–6
Win 23. 28 October 2010 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Italy Indra Bigi
Italy Nicole Clerico
6–3, 6–2
Loss 17. 21 November 2010 ITF Équeurdreville, France Hard (i) Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert France Florence Haring
Madagascar Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 18. 19 February 2011 ITF Leimen, Germany Hard (i) Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Czech Republic Martina Borecká
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
6–2, 6–7(5), [4–10]
Win 24. 26 February 2011 ITF Zell am Harmersbach,
Germany
Carpet (i) Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Belarus Lidziya Marozava
Belarus Sviatlana Pirazhenka
7–5, 6–4
Loss 19. 25 June 2011 ITF Breda, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Netherlands Eva Wacanno
Australia Karolina Wlodarczak
2–6, 4–6
Loss 20. 15 July 2011 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Slovakia Lenka Wienerová
Ukraine Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 21. 29 July 2011 ITF Maaseik, Belgium Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Netherlands Marcella Koek
Netherlands Eva Wacanno
5–7, 1–6
Win 25. 5 August 2011 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Hard Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Belgium Marie Benoît
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
6–2, 6–2
Win 26. 12 August 2011 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Belgium Elyne Boeykens
Belgium Nicky Van Dyck
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 27. 2 September 2011 ITF Apeldoorn, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert China Lu Jiaxiang
China Lu Jiajing
6–4, 6–0
Loss 22. 25 February 2012 ITF Mâcon, France Hard (i) Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Slovakia Michaela Hončová
4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 23. 13 July 2012 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Germany Nicola Geuer
6–7(5), 6–1, [4–10]
Win 28. 28 July 2012 ITF Maaseik, Belgium Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert United States Brynn Boren
United States Shelby Talcott
6–4, 6–0
Loss 24. 24 August 2012 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Georgia (country) Sofia Kvatsabaia
4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 29. 6 October 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert China Lu Jiaxiang
China Lu Jiajing
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 25. 3 August 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert New Zealand Dianne Hollands
Ukraine Anastasia Kharchenko
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 30. 10 August 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert China Gai Ao
Russia Ekaterina Lavrikova
6–1, 6–0

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