Personal

Father's name is Marino; mother's name is Carry; began playing tennis at age 4 after seeing her parents play for fun at a local club
Personal strengths are her slice and being creative on court; favorite surface is grass; favorite tournament is Wimbledon; best tennis memory so far is reaching the semifinals at 2013 Wimbledon
Tennis idols growing up were Marcelo Rios and Steffi Graf
Speaks English, Dutch, French and German
Nickname is Flipper
Has three cats, Billie, Tiger and Babette, and a dog named Belle
Favorite book is The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson; favorite movie is Pearl Harbor
Enjoys road and mountain biking, watching Netflix and hanging out with family and friends
In one word, would describe herself as loyal

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2012 - Québec City.
Finalist (3): 2018 - 's-Hertogenbosch; 2016 - Monterrey; 2013 - 's-Hertogenbosch.

DOUBLES
Winner (7): 2023 - Hobart (w/Siegemund); 2022 - Cluj-Napoca (w/Siegemund); 2019 - Mallorca (w/Larsson); 2018 - Lugano (w/Mertens), Linz (w/Larsson); 2017 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Cibulkova); 2016- Seoul (w/Larsson).
Finalist (8): 2019 - Hobart (w/Larsson), Eastbourne, Moscow (both w/Mattek-Sands); 2018 - Budapest, Nürnberg (both w/Larsson), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Bertens); 2017 - Nürnberg (w/Larsson), Luxembourg (w/Bouchard).

WTA 125 TITLES
SINGLES (1): 2019 - Houston.

ADDITIONAL
Belgian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-20; Belgian Olympic Team, 2016.

Career in Review

Played only seven tournaments in 2021, missing five months w/ankle injury

Posted 2-8 record at Tour-level events in 2020, with wins coming at Western & Southern Open (d. Siniakova, l. Konta) and US Open (d. Peterson, l. Pegula)

Reached SF three times in doubles in 2020, including in back-to-back weeks at Auckland and Hobart (both w/Van Uytvanck), as well as at Ostrava (w/Schuurs)

Best result of 2019 was winning first WTA 125K Series title at Houston and reached five QFs. Won one WTA doubles title in 2019 at Mallorca (w/Larsson) and earned her career high doubles ranking of No.23 on July 1, 2019

Highlights from 2018 season include an R-Up performance at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic) and SF run at Nurnberg (l. Riske). Also lifted third, fourth and fifth career doubles titles at Lugano w/ Mertens and Nurnberg and Linz w/ Larsson

Highlights of 2017 season in singles included QF runs at Acapulco (l. Mladenovic) and New Haven (l. Gavrilova)

Posted 24 main draw match wins in 2016, the most since 2013 when she won 32 matches; reached QF at 2016 New Haven (as LL, l. eventual champion A.Radwanska) - marked first QF at Premier level in two years, since her run to same stage at 2014 New Haven

Represented Belgium at Rio Olympics in 2016, advancing to R16 in singles (l. Siegemund) - upset No.6 V.Williams in 1r - and reaching 2r in doubles (w/Wickmayer, l. Muguruza/Suárez Navarro)

Won first WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Seoul (w/Larsson); currently owns five WTA doubles titles

Enjoyed best Grand Slam year in 2013, when she reached R16 at Australian Open (l. No.2 Sharapova) and SF at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli)

Made her Top 50 debut on January 14, 2013 (No.43) and Top 20 debut on June 10, 2013 (No.20), climbing as high as No.13 on August 5, 2013

Sole career singles title came at 2012 Québec City (d. Hradecka in F)

Underwent surgery on right wrist on October 25, 2010. Battled injuries in first half of 2012, including blood clots in calf discovered in April; off tour for two months causing ranking to drop as low as No.262 in June that year

Broke into the Top 100 on September 11, 2006 (No.98)

Owns two Top 5 career wins, against No.2 Muguruza at 2016 Mallorca and No.5 Stosur at 2012 's-Hertogenbosch

Member of the Belgian Fed Cup team that reached the competition's final in 2006. Also played 2003-13, 2015-20

In 2003, played first two WTA main draws (both as WC), falling 1r at Antwerp and Luxembourg

Played first WTA qualifying events at Antwerp and Brussels in 2002

On ITF Circuit won 13 singles and two doubles titles; played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001

Named 2003 ITF Junior World Champion, having won girls' singles titles at Wimbledon (d. Chakvetadze in F) and US Open (d. Krajicek in F)