Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Kim Clijsters

Kim Clijsters

This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 8, 2019--Wehwalt (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Clijsters (born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian tennis player who competed professionally from 1997 to 2012. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, she won four Grand Slam singles titles, including three US Open championships. Together with Justine Henin, she established Belgium as a force in women's tennis, leading their country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001. Clijsters won 41 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles titles, including three WTA Tour Championships. After retiring at the age of 23, Clijsters returned to tennis and won a record-tying three Grand Slam singles titles as a mother on the way to becoming the only mother to be ranked No. 1 in singles by the WTA. She was known for her athleticism, in particular her ability to perform splits in the middle of points. With her popularity, Clijsters won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award eight times. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017. (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): Last tennis TFA: Milos Raonic on 9 September 2016; Last women's sport bio TFA: Fanny Bullock Workman on 8 April 2015.
Main editors: Sportsfan77777
Promoted: 14 April 2019
Reasons for nomination: It is Clijsters's birthday, and also the same day as the French Open women's singles final. (Tennis articles are most viewed during Grand Slam events.)
Support as nominator. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 23:17, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support looks like a great TFA for her birthday, and the French Open coincidence also works well for tennis fans worldwide. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:52, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Perfect timing for a tennis TFA during a grand slam. Also, hard to imagine the last sportswoman was over 4 years ago. Saskoiler (talk) 20:57, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support per PM67 Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 23:00, 18 May 2019 (UTC)]] by Wehwalt (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]