- Born
- Nickname
- Juju
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She is considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin helped establish Belgium as a leading force in women's tennis with Kim Clijsters, and led the country to its first Fed Cup crown in 2001.
Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles: winning the French Open in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the US Open in 2003 and 2007 and the Australian Open in 2004. At Wimbledon, she was the runner-up in 2001 and 2006. She also won a gold medal in the women's singles at the 2004 Olympic Games and won the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in 2006 and 2007. In total, she won 43 WTA singles titles.
She retired from professional tennis on 26 January 2011, due to a chronic elbow injury.
In 2016, she became the first Belgian tennis player inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- SpousePierre-Yves Hardenne(November 16, 2002 - January 2007) (divorced)
- Has 2 older brothers, David and Thomas as well as a younger sister, Sarah.
- Has won seven grand slams so far including the French Open four times (2003 and 2005-2007) along with the US Open twice (2004 and 2007) and Australian Open (2003).
- Is fluent in English and French.
- Has been in a relationship with Benoît Bertuzzo since March 2011. They have a daughter together.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a daughter Lalie Bertuzzo on March 20, 2013. Child's father is her boyfriend, Benoît Bertuzzo.
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