Els Callens

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Belgian tennis player

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Belgium

Athlete Tennis player

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Sports

Gender

Female

Birth

20 August 1970 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Wilrijk, Belgium

Star sign

Leo People who share this birthday

Age

54 years

Residence

Antwerp, Belgium

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Height:

178 cm

Weight:

60 kg

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Biography

Els Callens (born 20 August 1970) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.

Callens was born in Antwerp, and became professional in January 1990.

Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.

She retired on 26 October 2005, after she lost her second-round match at the Gaz de France Stars tournament in Hasselt. After her come back, Callens finally retired from professional tennis in 2011.

Nowadays, she is a sports commentator for the Belgian public broadcast Eén.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)	Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)	Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)	Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–0)	International (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 October 1996	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Lisa Raymond	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 22 (10–12)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)	Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)	Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)	Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–0)	International (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	6 January 1996	Auckland, New Zealand	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	Jill Hetherington Kristine Kunce	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	19 May 1996	Cardiff, Wales	Clay	Laurence Courtois	Katrina Adams Mariaan de Swardt	0–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	14 June 1998	Birmingham, England	Grass	Julie Halard-Decugis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 November 1998	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	13 August 2000	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Dominique Van Roost	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	5 November 2000	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Kimberly Po	Nicole Pratt Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	13 May 2001	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
Winner	6.	19 May 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	16 September 2001	Waikoloa, USA	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	28 October 2001	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Chanda Rubin	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	3 February 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Roberta Vinci	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	7 April 2002	Sarasota, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Jelena Dokić Elena Likhovtseva	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	16 June 2002	Birmingham, England	Grass	Shinobu Asagoe	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	15 June 2003	Birmingham, England	Grass	Meilen Tu	Alicia Molik Martina Navratilova	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	10 August 2003	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Elena Bovina	Mary Pierce Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	2 November 2003	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet (i)	Meilen Tu	Ting Li Sun Tiantian	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	16 January 2004	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Barbara Schett	Shinobu Asagoe Seiko Okamoto	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	22 February 2004	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Myriam Casanova Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	11 April 2004	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	15 August 2004	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Bethanie Mattek Abigail Spears	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	7 November 2004	Quebec City, Canada	Hard (i)	Samantha Stosur	Carly Gullickson María Emilia Salerni	5–7, 5–7
Winner	10.	20 February 2005	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

ITF finals

Singles: 14 (11–3)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 February 1990	Manchester, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Sandra Begijn	6–1, 6–0
Winner	2.	7 May 1990	Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Claire Wegink	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	21 January 1991	Bergen, Norway	Carpet (i)	Magdalena Feistel	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	1.	11 February 1991	Danderyd, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Catarina Lindqvist	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	4.	18 February 1991	Croydon, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Sara Gomer	6–1, 6–0
Winner	5.	21 October 1991	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Cecilia Dahlman	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	6.	19 October 1992	Moulins, France	Hard (i)	Petra Holubová	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	7.	31 October 1993	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Lea Ghirardi	6–0, 6–1
Winner	8.	21 March 1994	Brest, France	Hard (i)	Dally Randriantefy	6–4, 6–3
Runner–up	2.	14 December 1997	Bad Gögging, Germany	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Dechy	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	3.	22 August 1999	Bronx, United States	Hard	Erika deLone	1–6, ret.
Winner	9.	24 October 1999	Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Patricia Wartusch	6–3, 6–3
Winner	10.	30 October 2001	Bolton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Bahia Mouhtassine	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	11.	26 November 2002	Minneapolis, United States	Hard (i)	Stanislava Hrozenská	7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 17 (10–7)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 February 1990	Wigan, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Caroline Wuillot	Jenny Thielmann Claire Wegink	7–5, 6–0
Winner	2.	11 June 1990	Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Caroline Wuillot	Ingelise Driehuis Louise Pleming	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	3.	6 August 1990	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Caroline Wuillot	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	6–4, 6–2
Runner–up	1.	10 September 1990	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Hard	Tanja Hauschildt	Maria Lindström Heather Ludloff	6–7, 1–6
Runner–up	2.	11 November 1991	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Michèle Strebel	Ilana Berger Tessa Price	2–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	12 April 1992	Limoges, France	Carpet (i)	Michèle Strebel	Lubomira Bacheva Sylvia Štefková	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner–up	3.	14 September 1992	Madeira, Portugal	Hard	Julia Jehs	Karin Ptaszek Marianne Vallin	1–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	22 November 1992	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Elena Pampoulova	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	31 October 1993	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Nancy Feber	Olga Lugina Elena Pampoulova	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	6.	27 March 1994	Brest, France	Hard (i)	Karin Ptaszek	Susanna Attili Elena Savoldi	6–4, 6–1
Winner	7.	29 March 1997	Woodlands, United States	Hard	Liezel Horn	Nathalie Dechy Lea Ghirardi	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	21 September 1998	Seattle, United States	Hard	Liezel Horn	Lilia Osterloh Mashona Washington	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	18 October 1998	Southampton, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Laurence Courtois	Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	13 August 2001	Bronx, United States	Hard	Kristie Boogert	Clarisa Fernández Rika Fujiwara	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	10.	26 November 2002	Minneapolis, United States	Hard (i)	Shinobu Asagoe	Rika Hiraki Nana Smith	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	9 November 2004	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Samantha Stosur	Teryn Ashley Laura Granville	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	4 July 2011	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Nancy Feber	Marcella Koek Eva Wacanno	5–7, 6–3, [5–10]