BERTENS Kiki

Date of Birth: 10 Dec 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: WATERINGEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : BREDA

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Tennis	Women's Singles	33
	Women's Doubles NED Bertens / Schuurs	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
4th on Court 2	Ariake Tennis Park Court 2	Women's Singles First Round NED BERTENS KBERTENS Kiki 4 6 4 CZE VONDROUSOVA MVONDROUSOVA Marketa 6 3 6	Finished
3rd on Court 6	Ariake Tennis Park Court 6	Women's Doubles Second Round NED Bertens / Schuurs 2 6 [7] ROC Kudermetova / Vesnina 6 3 [10]	Finished
5th on Court 9	Ariake Tennis Park Court 9	Women's Doubles First Round NED Bertens / Schuurs 7 5 [11] FRA Garcia / Mladenovic 6⁴ 7 [9]	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	-	-	R128	-	R128	R64	-	-
2020	R16	-	R16	-	-	-	-	-
2019	R64	-	R64	-	R32	-	R32	-
2018	R32	R64	R32	R16	QF	R16	R32	R32
2017	R128	R32	R64	R16	R128	R64	R128	R16
2016	R128	R64	SF	QF	R32	R32	R128	R32
2015	R64	QF	R128	R64	R128	R64	R64	R16
2014	R128	R64	R16	-	-	-	R128	R64
2013	R128	R64	R128	R64	R128	-	R128	R32
2012	-	-	R128	R64	R64	-	R64	R64

Olympic Games - Singles
2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R64	Lost	ERRANI Sara (ITA)	6-4, 4-6, 3-6

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Husband Remko de Rijke

Languages spoken:

Elise Tamaela [personal], NED

Right (rolandgarros.com, 01 Jun 2016)

She sustained an Achilles tendon injury in January 2020 and was affected by the problem for the entire season. She underwent surgery in October 2020 and was ruled out of 2021 Australian Open. (wtatennis.com, 27 Oct 2020; bbc.co.uk, 24 Jan 2020)

She suffered from a strained calf during the 2016 French Open but still managed to compete in the semifinal, which she lost to Serena Williams. After a break she returned to competition at Wimbledon that year. (omroepwest.nl, 17 Jun 2016)

She took up the sport at age six. Until she was age 12 she combined tennis with handball. (flaironline.nl, 26 May 2020; rolandgarros.com, 01 Jun 2016)

"I often stayed with my aunt and uncle, who were very active at the tennis club. They took me and my sisters to the tennis court, where I hit my first balls against a practice wall. A coach at the club saw me playing and asked if I wanted to join some lessons. I'm not sure whether he saw my talent, because I was only six years old. But he saw that I really liked the sport." (flaironline.nl, 26 May 2020)

Winning the singles title at the 2019 Madrid Open in Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jan 2020; bbc.co.uk, 19 Jan 2020)

Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters. (rolandgarros.com, 01 Jun 2016)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT
In June 2021 she announced that she planned to retire at the end of the season. Part of the reason was that she was continuing to struggle with the effects of an Achilles tendon injury she suffered in 2020. "I have always demanded the maximum of myself, but the tank is quite empty. The balance of the hard work I put in day in and day out and the satisfaction I get out of it at the end of the day is no longer there. Also, I am more than ready for the chapter that comes next after this. When the COVID-19 pandemic came, I decided to give my body some rest as there were no competitions around the corner. I had no pain and enjoyed the fact that I didn't have to push myself all the time. But when I got back to training, the pain came back. After playing a few tournaments, I knew this wasn't the way I wanted to continue. During the pandemic and lockdown, I tasted a life without tennis. A life in which I don't have to push myself every day. I look forward to a life in which nothing is necessary, but in which everything is possible." (nu.nl, 22 Jun 2021; rtlnieuws.nl, 16 Jun 2021; knltb.nl, 16 Jun 2021; businessinsider.nl, 16 Jun 2021)

MENTAL COACH
She began working with a mental coach in 2017 after she began experiencing anxiety and panic attacks. "I was only thinking about the things that could go wrong. I really wanted to show what I can do and I couldn't accept it if things didn't go the way I wanted." (businessinsider.nl, 16 Jun 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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