Kim Kilsdonk

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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
Win 11. 9 February 2004 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Claire Curran Helen Crook
Martina Müller
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 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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