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

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

. Maes has been active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved in the

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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 The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ...

. Her last and most important ITF title was the $100k tournament in Rome, on 19 May 2007, defeating

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and Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro on her way to the final, where she beat former top-50 player

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from Spain. She performed three top-100 wins: against

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(world No. 66, Hasselt 2006),

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(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

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Fed Cup

Maes was a member of the

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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

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against the

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. She is very close friends with Kim Clijsters. She made herself unavailable for selection in Fed Cup tie against

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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

Singles: 11 (8–3)

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

External links

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Official fansite
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maes, Caroline 1982 births Living people Belgian female tennis players Sportspeople from East Flanders People from Dendermonde People from Zele 21st-century Belgian women