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

Kim Kilsdonk
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1979-03-31) 31 March 1979 (age 44)
Haarlem[1]
Turned pro1997
Retired2016
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$51,943
Singles
Career record63–67 (48.5%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 347 (15 February 1999)
Doubles
Career record248–144 (63.3%)
Career titles30 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (1 August 2005)

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 edit

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 edit

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

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   Tatiana Perebiynis 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1. 16 March 2003 ITF Amiens, France Clay (i)   Syna Schmidle 6–7(5), 2–6

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

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   Jolanda Mens   Laura Bao
  Caecilia Charbonnier
6–4, 6–2
Win 1. 16 June 1997 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay   Jolanda Mens   Elena Juricich
  Milagros Sequera
6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. 29 June 1997 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay   Jolanda Mens   Galina Dimitrova
  Dessislava Topalova
7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2. 5 July 1997 ITF Hoorn, Netherlands Clay   Jolanda Mens   Yvette Basting
  Simona Galikova
1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 3. 4 August 1997 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Jolanda Mens   Annica Lindstedt
  Annemarie Mikkers
6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 12 January 1998 ITF Reykjavík, Iceland Carpet (i)   Jolanda Mens   Olga Blahotová
  Gabriela Navrátilová
6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss 3. 22 June 1998 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay   Jolanda Mens   Claudia Reimering
  Andrea van den Hurk
4–6, 4–6
Win 5. 24 June 2002 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Nicole Melch   Jolanda Mens
  Sarah Stone
7–6(2), 6–2
Win 6. 5 November 2002 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard   Dianne Matias   Dong Yan-Hua
  Zhang Yao
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. 20 January 2003 ITF Grenoble, France Hard (i)   Leslie Butkiewicz   Séverine Brémond Beltrame
  Amandine Dulon
7–5, 6–7(2), 6–7(4)
Loss 5. 18 February 2003 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i)   Leslie Butkiewicz   Magda Mihalache
  Syna Schmidle
2–6, 3–6
Win 7. 27 January 2003 ITF Belfort, France Hard (i)   Sophie Lefèvre   Liu Nannan
  Xie Yanze
6–3, 6–3
Win 8. 23 June 2003 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Marielle Hoogland
  Jolanda Mens
6–1, 6–4
Loss 6. 21 July 2003 ITF Horb, Germany Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Maria Kondratieva
  Shelley Stephens
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7. 4 August 2003 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Anne-Laure Heitz
  Amandine Singla
6–0, 6–7(3), 5–7
Win 9. 24 August 2003 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   İpek Şenoğlu
  Eveline Vanhyfte
6–4, 6–2
Loss 8. 21 September 2003 ITF Sunderland,
United Kingdom
Hard (i)   Nicole Kriz   Claire Curran
  Helena Ejeson
2–6, 1–6
Win 10. 28 September 2003 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i)   Nicole Kriz   Leanne Baker
  Francesca Lubiani
7–5, 6–2
Loss 9. 26 January 2004 ITF Belfort, France Hard (i)   Sophie Lefèvre   Olga Blahotová
  Gabriela Navrátilová
3–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 9 February 2004 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i)   Claire Curran   Helen Crook
  Martina Müller
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 12. 16 February 2004 ITF Redbridge, UK Hard (i)   Claire Curran   Olga Blahotová
  Gabriela Navrátilová
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(10)
Loss 10. 19 July 2005 ITF Pétange, Luxembourg Clay   Claire Curran   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Sandra Klösel
4–6, 0–6
Loss 11. 8 August 2005 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Neda Kozić   Leslie Butkiewicz
  Jessie de Vries
w/o
Win 13. 12 February 2006 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i)   Elise Tamaëla   Surina De Beer
  Ayami Takase
7–5, 6–4
Win 14. 10 February 2007 ITF Tipton, UK Hard (i)   Elise Tamaëla   Ksenia Lykina
  Urszula Radwańska
6–3, 6–3
Win 15. 20 July 2007 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Elise Tamaëla   Magdalena Kiszczyńska
  Karolina Kosińska
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 12. 28 October 2007 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard (i)   Elise Tamaëla   Mervana Jugić-Salkić
  İpek Şenoğlu
1–6, 2–6
Win 16. 13 July 2008 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay   Daniëlle Harmsen   Volha Duko
  Ineke Mergaert
6–4, 5–3 ret.
Win 17. 18 July 2008 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Daniëlle Harmsen   Iveta Gerlová
  Tadeja Majerič
6–4, 6–2
Loss 13. 27 July 2008 ITF Horb, Germany Clay   Daniëlle Harmsen   Simona Dobrá
  Lucie Kriegsmannová
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 18. 8 November 2008 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i)   Daniëlle Harmsen   Katharina Brown
  Tara Moore
6–7(4), 6–4, [10–4]
Win 19. 16 November 2008 ITF Jersey, UK Hard (i)   Daniëlle Harmsen   Tara Moore
  Elizabeth Thomas
7–6(4), 6–4
Win 20. 15 March 2009 ITF Dijon, France Hard (i)   Daniëlle Harmsen   Amanda Elliott
  Violette Huck
7–6(2), 6–1
Win 21. 4 April 2009 ITF Pelham, United States Clay   Daniëlle Harmsen   Marie-Ève Pelletier
  Frederica Piedade
6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss 14. 28 August 2009 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay   Daniëlle Harmsen   Quirine Lemoine
  Sabine van der Sar
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 15. 6 September 2009 ITF Almere, Netherlands Clay   Daniëlle Harmsen   Kiki Bertens
  Nicole Thyssen
6–4, 2–6, [4–10]
Win 22. 20 September 2009 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay   Marcella Koek   Apollonia Melzani
  Andreea Văideanu
6–3, 6–0
Loss 16. 22 October 2009 ITF Sevilla, Spain Clay   Marcella Koek   Sara del Barrio Aragón
  Nicolette van Uitert
3–6, 4–6
Win 23. 28 October 2010 ITF Monastir, Tunisia Hard   Nicolette van Uitert   Indra Bigi
  Nicole Clerico
6–3, 6–2
Loss 17. 21 November 2010 ITF Équeurdreville, France Hard (i)   Nicolette van Uitert   Florence Haring
  Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona
6–1, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 18. 19 February 2011 ITF Leimen, Germany Hard (i)   Nicolette van Uitert   Martina Borecká
  Petra Krejsová
6–2, 6–7(5), [4–10]
Win 24. 26 February 2011 ITF Zell am Harmersbach,
Germany
Carpet (i)   Nicolette van Uitert   Lidziya Marozava
  Sviatlana Pirazhenka
7–5, 6–4
Loss 19. 25 June 2011 ITF Breda, Netherlands Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Eva Wacanno
  Karolina Wlodarczak
2–6, 4–6
Loss 20. 15 July 2011 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Lenka Wienerová
  Maryna Zanevska
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 21. 29 July 2011 ITF Maaseik, Belgium Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Marcella Koek
  Eva Wacanno
5–7, 1–6
Win 25. 5 August 2011 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Hard   Nicolette van Uitert   Marie Benoît
  Kimberley Zimmermann
6–2, 6–2
Win 26. 12 August 2011 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Elyne Boeykens
  Nicky Van Dyck
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 27. 2 September 2011 ITF Apeldoorn, Netherlands Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Lu Jiaxiang
  Lu Jiajing
6–4, 6–0
Loss 22. 25 February 2012 ITF Mâcon, France Hard (i)   Nicolette van Uitert   Giulia Gatto-Monticone
  Michaela Hončová
4–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Loss 23. 13 July 2012 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Mihaela Buzărnescu
  Nicola Geuer
6–7(5), 6–1, [4–10]
Win 28. 28 July 2012 ITF Maaseik, Belgium Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Brynn Boren
  Shelby Talcott
6–4, 6–0
Loss 24. 24 August 2012 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay   Nicolette van Uitert   Ekaterine Gorgodze
  Sofia Kvatsabaia
4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 29. 6 October 2012 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Nicolette van Uitert   Lu Jiaxiang
  Lu Jiajing
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss 25. 3 August 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Nicolette van Uitert   Dianne Hollands
  Anastasia Kharchenko
6–3, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 30. 10 August 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Nicolette van Uitert   Gai Ao
  Ekaterina Lavrikova
6–1, 6–0

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