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Henin was the second-seeded player at the US Open.
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1 Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals, but was forced to retire with a right shoulder injury while playing Justine Henin in the final.
Unfortunately Henin had to pull out and Serena Williams replaced her as the match was played in front of the largest crowd ever for a single match, beating the attendance set at the Battle of the Sexes.
Although Braid was the first to use the terms hypnotism, hypnotize and hypnotist in English, the cognate terms hypnotique, hypnotisme, hypnotiste had been intentionally used by the French magnetist Baron Etienne Félix d ' Henin de Cuvillers ( 1755 – 1841 ) at least as early as 1820.
Mauresmo won a silver medal in singles at the Olympic Games in Athens, where she was defeated by Belgian Justine Henin in the final.
Mauresmo was leading in both matches at the time of the retirements, by 6 – 1, 2 – 0 against Henin.
After losing to Henin in the final of the International Women's Open in Eastbourne, 5 – 7, 7 – 6 ( 4 ), 6 – 7 ( 2 ), after being up 4 – 1 in the deciding set, defending champion Mauresmo went into Wimbledon saying that she was ready to win another major title.
Justine Henin was born in Liège.
Her father is José Henin ; her mother, Françoise Rosière, was a French and history teacher who died when Justine was 12 years old.
Henin, known as " Juju " to many of her fans, was coached by Carlos Rodriguez of Argentina.
By the end of the year, Henin was ranked seventh in singles, with three titles to her name.
At the French Open, Henin was the fourth seeded player.
At the grass court Ordina Open in Rosmalen, Henin lost in the final to Clijsters when Henin was forced to retire from the match after injuring her finger.
At Wimbledon, Henin was the third seeded player.
Henin recovered from a 5 – 3 deficit in the second set and a 5 – 2 deficit in the final set and was just two points from defeat eleven times.
Henin was named the International Tennis Federation's women's singles World Champion for 2003.
Henin was seeded tenth at the French Open and defeated the French player Mary Pierce in the final in straight sets to take her second title at Roland Garros.
Henin was a perfect 24 – 0 on clay this year and joined Monica Seles as the only two currently active ( in 2005 ) players on the WTA Tour to have won the French Open at least twice.
Henin was criticized by the press because she had stated after her semifinal win against Sharapova that she was at the " peak of her fitness " and was playing the " best tennis of her life ".
Henin was the third seed going into Wimbledon and advanced to her third consecutive Grand Slam final without losing a set.
Henin was the first player since Hingis in 2000 to win the WTA Tour Championships and end the year as the top-ranked player.
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* 1982 – Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982 ), known as Justine Henin-Hardenne between 2002 and 2007, is a Belgian retired professional tennis player and former World No. 1.
Upon Henin's first retirement from the WTA in the early part of the 2008 season, Billie Jean King said that " pound for pound, Henin is the best tennis player of her generation ", as well as that " Justine is the best women's athlete I've ever seen.
" John McEnroe concurred, saying that Henin is " The player I most like to watch.
Henin started the year as the fifth ranked player in the world but lost to Kim Clijsters in the semifinals of the Medibank International in Sydney.
Henin became only the second player to defeat both Williams sisters in the same Grand Slam tournament ( after Martina Hingis at the 2001 Australian Open ).
14 January marked Henin's 100th career week as World No. 1, and on 10 March, Henin became only the seventh female player to be ranked World No. 1 for 12 consecutive months.
At the 2010 Australian Open, Henin was given a wildcard as an unranked player.
However at Zürich, she beat the then World No. 1 player, Kim Clijsters, later to lose to Justine Henin in the final.
* Justine Henin ( born 1982 ), Belgian tennis player
* Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
Henin became the first Belgian player to reach a Wimbledon final.
* Henin became the first Belgian player ( male or female ) to reach the Wimbledon singles final.
On November 16, 2002, famous tennis player Justine Henin married Pierre-Yves Hardenne in the castle.
He cites Arantxa Sánchez ( with whom he won the 2002 Hopman Cup for Spain ) as his favorite female player among retired players ; among recently active players his favorite male and female players are Roger Federer and Justine Henin.
By beating Justine Henin in the first round of the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first player to defeat a reigning French Open champion in the first round of Wimbledon.
She began the year by qualifying for the Australian Open and then reached the fourth round at the major tournament in Indian Wells, beating seeded player Eleni Daniilidou before losing to Justine Henin, a result that broke her into the top 100 for the first time.
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As the top seed at Wimbledon, Williams defeated Henin in the semifinals to make the final for the third consecutive year.
Despite her relatively small size, Henin has a powerful serve, which has been measured at a top speed of 196 km / h ( 122 mph ) at the 2005 Family Circle Cup.
At the Dubai Tennis Championships one week later, Henin defeated former World No. 1 Monica Seles in the final 4 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 5 after Seles had a match point at 5 – 4 in the second set.
In May, Henin successfully defended her Tier I title at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin.
Two weeks later at the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, Henin defeated Russia's Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the final.
Two weeks later at the indoor Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Filderstadt, Germany, Henin lost in the final to Clijsters.
Henin, however, held this ranking for only one week as she declined to defend her title at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in Linz, Austria.
After months of layoff because of a virus, Henin returned to competition in August and won the women's singles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, defeating Amélie Mauresmo of France in the final 6 – 3, 6 – 3.
On 25 March, after more than six months away from competition, Henin returned to the Women's Tennis Association tour at the Miami Masters.
Justine Henin at the 2006 Medibank International in Sydney, Australia.
In January, Henin returned to competitive tennis at the tournament in Sydney, a tune-up for the Australian Open.
Henin captured her second title of the year at a Tier II event in Dubai, defeating Sharapova 7 – 5, 6 – 2.
On clay, Henin failed to retain her title at the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, losing in the semifinals to third-seeded Patty Schnyder 2 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 2.
Henin was the first woman to win at least one Grand Slam singles title in four consecutive years since Steffi Graf from 1993 through 1996.
At the Miami Masters, Henin reached the final for the first time in her career, where she lost to Serena Williams 0 – 6, 7 – 5, 6 – 3 after holding two match points at 6 – 0, 5 – 4.
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