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Netherlands · born Delft, 1989 · 's-Hertogenbosch champion 2006 and Wimbledon quarter-finalist 2007
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17
Her age when she won 's-Hertogenbosch in 2006, the only Dutch woman to win the singles there
55
Her ranking that week; she beat three top-20 players
2007
Wimbledon quarter-finalist, aged 18
2008
's-Hertogenbosch doubles champion with Marina Erakovic
23
Career-high WTA doubles ranking, March 2015
Michaëlla Krajicek was born in 1989, the younger half-sister of Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champion. She was runner-up in the Wimbledon girls' doubles in 2003, won the US Open girls' singles in 2004 and finished that year as the ITF junior world champion.
In 2006, aged 17, she won the WTA event at 's-Hertogenbosch, beating three top-20 players, and the next summer reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals. She won three WTA singles titles in all. Later in her career she concentrated on doubles, winning five WTA titles and reaching No. 23 in March 2015. She retired in 2025, and a farewell was held for her at 's-Hertogenbosch.
| 's-Hertogenbosch 2006 | Ranked 55, beat Flavia Pennetta, Klára Koukalová, Jelena Janković, the top seed Elena Dementieva and the second seed Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4 in the final. She served for the title and closed it on her fifth game point |
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| Wimbledon 2007 | Seeded 31st, beat Tzipora Obziler, Katie O'Brien, the eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze 7-6, 6-7, 6-2 and Laura Granville 6-3, 6-4, then lost the quarter-final to Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a rain-affected match |
| 's-Hertogenbosch doubles | Champion in 2008 with Marina Erakovic, beating Līga Dekmeijere and Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-2; runner-up in 2009 with Yanina Wickmayer and in 2014 with Kristina Mladenovic |
| Wimbledon girls' doubles | Runner-up in 2003 with Kateřina Böhmová, losing to Alisa Kleybanova and Sania Mirza 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
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| 2006 | Women's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
| 2008 | Women's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Marina Erakovic |
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"Winning Wimbledon and Rosmalen are at the top of my list. To have managed to win here now is brilliant."
The person behind the player.
's-Hertogenbosch, June 2006
Richard Krajicek, twice the men's champion at the event, presented her with the trophy. "I thought it was very cool to receive the trophy from Richard during the prizegiving ceremony," she said.
Source: Libéma OpenJune 2006
Soon after her title she flew to London for Wimbledon in a private jet with Mario Ančić, and she still keeps a personal gift from the tournament director in a special place.
Source: Libéma OpenWimbledon, July 2007
After beating Laura Granville in a rain-interrupted match to reach the quarter-finals, the 18-year-old said: "I am so happy, I really did not expect this. I don't think I have realised it yet."
Source: DutchNews.nlWimbledon, July 2007
She won the first set of the quarter-final against Marion Bartoli, then lost the next two. "Everything went wrong. I could not find the rhythm and that is what I need," she said.
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