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Henin won both her singles matches to help Belgium win the tie 5 – 0.
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This enabled Justine Henin, who won the French Open in 2007, to earn over $ 5 million that year, becoming the first woman in sports to do this.
During the European clay court season, Williams won the Tier II tournament in Hamburg but lost in the third round of the Tier I EUROCARD Ladies German Open to World No. 18 Justine Henin and the first round of the French Open to Barbara Schett.
Mauresmo won a silver medal in singles at the Olympic Games in Athens, where she was defeated by Belgian Justine Henin in the final.
Henin won 43 WTA singles titles and seven Grand Slam singles titles, including four French Open titles, one Australian Open title, and two US Open titles.
Had Henin won this match, she would have immediately replaced Clijsters as the World No. 1.
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.
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 won 6 – 3, 6 – 3.
Tipped as the tournament favorite, Henin won the first set.
Henin won both of her singles matches during the Fed Cup final against Italy in Charleroi, Belgium.
Henin then defeated Mauresmo and won the tournament for the first time in her career.
Later, at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Henin won her quarterfinal against Jelena Janković 3 – 6, 6 – 4, 6 – 4 after being behind 4 – 0 in the third set, only to lose her semifinal against Kuznetsova 6 – 4, 5 – 7, 6 – 4.
In a highly anticipated quarterfinal match against Serena Williams, Henin won 6 – 4, 6 – 3.
Henin won the tournament without dropping a set and had not lost a set at this tournament since the 2005 French Open quarterfinals.
In August, Henin won the Tier I Rogers Cup in Toronto, defeating Janković in the final.
Henin then faced Serena Williams in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time in a Grand Slam tournament, and for the third time, Henin won, 7 – 6 ( 3 ), 6 – 1.
In the final, Henin won her second US Open singles title, defeating Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6 – 1, 6 – 3.
Henin won the tournament without dropping a set.
Henin won her next tournament, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, defeating Tatiana Golovin in the final.
Two weeks later, Henin won the Zurich Open, her ninth title of the year, by again defeating Golovin in the final.
At the WTA Tour Championships, Henin won all three of her round robin matches, defeating Anna Chakvetadze, Janković, and Bartoli.
Going into the match against Bartoli, Henin had won 22 consecutive matches since Bartoli defeated her in the 2007 Wimbledon semifinals.
Henin won the match on her fifth match point in the final game of the match.
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Mauresmo was leading in both matches at the time of the retirements, by 6 – 1, 2 – 0 against Henin.
In 1995, shortly after her mother's death, Henin met her coach Carlos Rodriguez who guided her career both before her retirement in 2008 and during her 2010 comeback.
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 ).
Although Henin had already clinched a spot in the semifinals, both Henin and Bartoli did not know Bartoli had to replace Serena Williams until several hours before the match and lost 6 – 0, 6 – 0.
26, having competed in Paris and Antwerp ( reaching the round of 16 in both ), she went into the prestigious Indian Wells event, defeating Justine Henin in the fourth round, 6 – 3, 6 – 3, and Martina Hingis in the final, 6 – 3, 6 – 4.
Justine Henin's backhand was considered on par with the men's, with all time great John McEnroe saying " Justine Henin has the best single-handed backhand in both the men's and women's game.
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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.
Williams then successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating third-seeded Davenport in the semifinals and eighth-seeded Henin in three sets in Henin's first Wimbledon final.
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.
" Henin made a return to the WTA in early 2010, losing the final of the Australian Open in only her 2nd tournament back.
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.
Her father is José Henin ; her mother, Françoise Rosière, was a French and history teacher who died when Justine was 12 years old.
Henin saw the 1992 final involving her idol Steffi Graf and Monica Seles.
The same year, she reverted to using her maiden name, Justine Henin.
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.
In a match lasting more than three hours, Henin overcame a 4 – 1 final set deficit, high temperatures, and muscle cramps to defeat Davenport for the first time in her career.
In May, Henin successfully defended her Tier I title at the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin.
She defeated the defending champion, Serena Williams, in a controversial semifinal 6 – 2, 4 – 6, 7 – 5 which saw Henin failing to acknowledge her raised hand during Williams service motion, a breach in tennis etiquette.
Henin then began her preparations for Wimbledon.
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 the Tier I Zurich Open the following week, Henin reached her sixth consecutive final where she defeated Serbia's Jelena Dokić.
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.
At the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles, Henin defeated Myskina and Capriati but lost to Japan's Ai Sugiyama in her round robin matches.
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