Caroline Maes

Caroline Maes
Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Zele, Belgium
Born	9 November 1982 (age 41); Dendermonde, Belgium
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2009
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$159,915
Singles
Career record	251–193 (56.5%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (28 May 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007)
US Open	Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record	125–124 (50.2%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (11 February 2008)

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

Maes has been active in the singles game 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 the 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 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 edit

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 edit

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

Singles: 11 (8–3) edit

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

Doubles: 19 (9–10) edit

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