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Where's the mention she got a Barbie doll of herself and Jada? Regards, CapnZapp ( talk) 22:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Her current ranking is wrongly listed. She is No.3, not No. 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.190.218 ( talk) 21:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
^ SportsIllustrated.cnn.com, Father of Kim Clijsters Dies, 4 January 2009 billinghurst sDrewth 11:19, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Some information is wrong: Wozniacki holds the record of number of weeks "Slamless" number one as she is number one since October 9th 2010. Besides this ridiculous record is demeaning. Please remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.66.210.36 ( talk) 07:53, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
{{edit semi-protected}} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Clijsters
1) correction needed in year section 1999
"She defeated tenth ranked Amanda Coetzer en route to the quarter finals"
should become
"She defeated tenth ranked Amanda Coetzer en route to the fourth round"
2) correction needed in last record tabular section under Records ("these records were attained in the Open Era of tennis)
August – November 2003 Most weeks at world #1 prior to winning first Grand Slam singles title (12) Stands alone
should be removed
because
i) info is incorrect: "record" is in hands of Wozniacki who has been number one now since October 9th 2010 (hence more than 12 weeks)
ii) Record is dubious in itself and hardly adds any credit to a player who has won 4 slams and became number one at different times throughput her career
87.66.210.36 ( talk) 11:57, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
That photo is crap - get a better one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.209.162.157 ( talk) 15:46, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
I think it's worth mentioning that she became only the second woman to win Indian Wells and Key Biscane back to back. Steffi Graf completed this feat before her in 1994 and 1996. Clijsters was unranked while doing so in 2005. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.177.226.220 ( talk) 09:08, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Why are her matches against Vera Zvonareva mentioned in the rivalries section? For the Henin-Clijsters it's obvious why but for the Zvonareva-Clijsters it isn't. I mean she had more head-to-head against Lindsay Davenport (17), Amélie Mauresmo (15), Elena Dementieva (14) and Venus Williams (13). -- Sofffie7 ( talk) 09:46, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
What racquet adid she use prior to 1999? Also, what strings did she use? 24.33.93.239 ( talk) 05:10, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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Nice job with re-writing Kim Clijsters' article. Does her career and person justice. Only minor quibbles are present in the article. MWright96 (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Would someone who knows what's going on clarify the following sentence in the intro? Three what? Children? Titles?
"she also holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles won as a mother with three and was the first to win"
Finney1234 ( talk) 16:15, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Looks like she's out of retirement, and aiming to play the French Open this year, yet the entire article still uses the past tense as far as her tennis career is concerned. Joefromrandb ( talk) 19:06, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
First "widely" tends to be a weasel word we try to stay away from since it's tough to source. Also, dominance is very relative since the turn of the century (Jan, 1 2001). Venus Williams has been No. 1 for 11 weeks out of 1000 weeks of tennis. Year-end No.1... zero times. Serena has done much much better with 319 weeks at No. 1 out of about 1000 weeks, where Davenport and Henin were only 215 weeks combined. Serena Williams was WTA No. 15 different years, but 14 years she wasn't year-end No. 1. Henin was YE No.1 three years and retired as such. Davenport 3 years, Wozniacki 2 years and Halep 2 years. All since the turn of the century. Certainly Major titles look different. Venus won five this century (4 at Wimbledon and none for 12 years). She has NOT dominated since the turn of the century as the statement infers. Serena has won 22 majors this century and that IS impressive! This is out of 77 majors played. An argument can certainly be had for saying she is the most dominant player this century. Henin won 7 majors, Sharapova won 5 majors, Venus had 5 majors, Clijsters won 4, and bunches have two or three majors. The women's events have been far more open to different winner than the men's side of the aisle, where three or four have ruled the roost. I tried to change the wording to something softer but it was rejected. I'm open to something different than I chose but we have to be realistic when writing this paragraph. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 07:28, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
I can leave what you write verbatim but I will be countering it with opposite views to keep balance.
This article has passed the Featured Article review process. All of the content is considered to be the WP:CONSENSUS version, reviewed by many editors who all have extensive experience writing featured content. You can't just change the structure of the article without first starting a discussion and establishing a new consensus among editors. Sportsfan77777 ( talk) 08:06, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
@ Fyunck(click) and Sportsfan77777: It's been three 3+ months since this discussion. Has this been resolved to an acceptable outcome yet so that the maintenance tag can be removed? Or is more negotiation required? — howcheng { chat} 18:35, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Just tripped over this at Wikipedia:Featured_articles/By_length at #94; we should probably think about splitting out her career? Mjquinn_id ( talk) 03:39, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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Where's the mention she got a Barbie doll of herself and Jada? Regards, CapnZapp ( talk) 22:47, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Her current ranking is wrongly listed. She is No.3, not No. 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.190.218 ( talk) 21:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
^ SportsIllustrated.cnn.com, Father of Kim Clijsters Dies, 4 January 2009 billinghurst sDrewth 11:19, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Some information is wrong: Wozniacki holds the record of number of weeks "Slamless" number one as she is number one since October 9th 2010. Besides this ridiculous record is demeaning. Please remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.66.210.36 ( talk) 07:53, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
{{edit semi-protected}} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Clijsters
1) correction needed in year section 1999
"She defeated tenth ranked Amanda Coetzer en route to the quarter finals"
should become
"She defeated tenth ranked Amanda Coetzer en route to the fourth round"
2) correction needed in last record tabular section under Records ("these records were attained in the Open Era of tennis)
August – November 2003 Most weeks at world #1 prior to winning first Grand Slam singles title (12) Stands alone
should be removed
because
i) info is incorrect: "record" is in hands of Wozniacki who has been number one now since October 9th 2010 (hence more than 12 weeks)
ii) Record is dubious in itself and hardly adds any credit to a player who has won 4 slams and became number one at different times throughput her career
87.66.210.36 ( talk) 11:57, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
That photo is crap - get a better one — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.209.162.157 ( talk) 15:46, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
I think it's worth mentioning that she became only the second woman to win Indian Wells and Key Biscane back to back. Steffi Graf completed this feat before her in 1994 and 1996. Clijsters was unranked while doing so in 2005. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.177.226.220 ( talk) 09:08, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Why are her matches against Vera Zvonareva mentioned in the rivalries section? For the Henin-Clijsters it's obvious why but for the Zvonareva-Clijsters it isn't. I mean she had more head-to-head against Lindsay Davenport (17), Amélie Mauresmo (15), Elena Dementieva (14) and Venus Williams (13). -- Sofffie7 ( talk) 09:46, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
What racquet adid she use prior to 1999? Also, what strings did she use? 24.33.93.239 ( talk) 05:10, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
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Reviewer: MWright96 ( talk · contribs) 20:32, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Shall spare the time to review this entry. MWright96 (talk) 20:32, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Nice job with re-writing Kim Clijsters' article. Does her career and person justice. Only minor quibbles are present in the article. MWright96 (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
Would someone who knows what's going on clarify the following sentence in the intro? Three what? Children? Titles?
"she also holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles won as a mother with three and was the first to win"
Finney1234 ( talk) 16:15, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Looks like she's out of retirement, and aiming to play the French Open this year, yet the entire article still uses the past tense as far as her tennis career is concerned. Joefromrandb ( talk) 19:06, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
First "widely" tends to be a weasel word we try to stay away from since it's tough to source. Also, dominance is very relative since the turn of the century (Jan, 1 2001). Venus Williams has been No. 1 for 11 weeks out of 1000 weeks of tennis. Year-end No.1... zero times. Serena has done much much better with 319 weeks at No. 1 out of about 1000 weeks, where Davenport and Henin were only 215 weeks combined. Serena Williams was WTA No. 15 different years, but 14 years she wasn't year-end No. 1. Henin was YE No.1 three years and retired as such. Davenport 3 years, Wozniacki 2 years and Halep 2 years. All since the turn of the century. Certainly Major titles look different. Venus won five this century (4 at Wimbledon and none for 12 years). She has NOT dominated since the turn of the century as the statement infers. Serena has won 22 majors this century and that IS impressive! This is out of 77 majors played. An argument can certainly be had for saying she is the most dominant player this century. Henin won 7 majors, Sharapova won 5 majors, Venus had 5 majors, Clijsters won 4, and bunches have two or three majors. The women's events have been far more open to different winner than the men's side of the aisle, where three or four have ruled the roost. I tried to change the wording to something softer but it was rejected. I'm open to something different than I chose but we have to be realistic when writing this paragraph. Fyunck(click) ( talk) 07:28, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
I can leave what you write verbatim but I will be countering it with opposite views to keep balance.
This article has passed the Featured Article review process. All of the content is considered to be the WP:CONSENSUS version, reviewed by many editors who all have extensive experience writing featured content. You can't just change the structure of the article without first starting a discussion and establishing a new consensus among editors. Sportsfan77777 ( talk) 08:06, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
@ Fyunck(click) and Sportsfan77777: It's been three 3+ months since this discussion. Has this been resolved to an acceptable outcome yet so that the maintenance tag can be removed? Or is more negotiation required? — howcheng { chat} 18:35, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Just tripped over this at Wikipedia:Featured_articles/By_length at #94; we should probably think about splitting out her career? Mjquinn_id ( talk) 03:39, 16 August 2021 (UTC)