Yanina Wickmayer  Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12 on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she reached a career-high of world No. 71 on 15 February 2010. She won the award for "WTA Most Improved Player" in 2009. In June 2011, "Time magazine" named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future". Wickmayer was born on 20 October 1989 to Marc Wickmayer and Daniella Dannevoye. She was introduced to tennis at the age of nine by friends at local courts. Her mother died at an early age shortly thereafter. She is named after Diego Maradona's youngest daughter Gianinna. The surname 'Wickmayer' traces back to Austria through her father Marc. Wickmayer who fluently speaks Dutch, English, and French, most admires former Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters. In 2017, she announced that Clijsters would be working with her during the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. On 16 July 2017, Wickmayer married long-time boyfriend and former professional football player Jérôme van der Zijl. Wickmayer obtained her first successes: three singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She continued her success on the ITF circuit by winning several tournaments in Asia during the fall season (see external links). It was around this time that Wickmayer surpassed Caroline Maes as the No. 2 Belgian female tennis player. At the start of the year, she was No. 534 in the world, but by November 2007, was around No. 170. Wickmayer had won eight singles titles and seven doubles titles on the circuit. She was also selected by team captain Sabine Appelmans to represent the Belgium Fed Cup team at the Fed Cup. She lost to Venus Williams, 1–6, 2–6, in her World Group match, before winning one rubber and losing the other against Chinese opposition. In the 2008 Fed Cup tie versus Ukraine, Wickmayer sprang a surprise victory over reigning Australian Open women's doubles champion Kateryna Bondarenko. Wickmayer qualified in singles for the French Open, but lost in the first round to Akgul Amanmuradova. She reached the final of the DFS Classic, but lost, 6–7, 6–3, 6–7, to Kateryna Bondarenko.