Kim Kilsdonk

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

Kim Kilsdonk

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1979-03-31) 31 March 1979 Haarlem [1]
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2016
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$51,943
Singles
Career record	63–67
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 347 (15 February 1999)
Doubles
Career record	248–144
Career titles	30 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (1 August 2005)

In her career, she won one singles title and thirty 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 on 1 August 2005.

Kilsdonk made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Open Gaz de France in the doubles event partnering Sophie Lefèvre.

Kilsdonk retired from tennis in 2016.

Career

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 finals

Singles (1–1)

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Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	23 March 1998	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Tatiana Perebiynis	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	16 March 2003	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Syna Schmidle	6–7^(5–7), 2–6

Doubles (30–25)

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Finals by surface Hard (14–8) Clay (14–16) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–1)

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

References

1. Tennis school Kim Kilsdonk
2. 2004 Luxembourg Main Draw (archive)
3. 2005 Antwerp Main Draw (archive)
4. 2005 İstanbul Main Draw (archive)
5. 2006 Hasselt Main Draw (archive)

External links

• Kim Kilsdonk at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kim Kilsdonk at the International Tennis Federation