Caroline Maes (born 9 November 1982) is a former Belgian tennis player.

Caroline Maes
Country (sports) Belgium
ResidenceZele, Belgium
Born (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 41)
Dendermonde, Belgium
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2009
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$159,915
Singles
Career record251–193
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (28 May 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2007)
US OpenQ1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record125–124
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 135 (11 February 2008)

Maes has been active in singles since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved in the WTA rankings in singles is 151st on 28 May 2007. In doubles, she got to No. 135, on 11 February 2008. She could not win a WTA tournament, but won eight tournaments in singles and nine in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her last and most important ITF title was at the $100k tournament in Rome, on 19 May 2007, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer and Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro on her way to the final, where she beat former top-50 player Marta Marrero from Spain. She performed three top-100 wins: against Yuliana Fedak (world No. 66, Hasselt 2006), Jelena Kostanić (No. 46, Dubai 2006), Akiko Morigami (No. 51, Strasbourg 2007). In 2006, she also made it to the round of the last 16 in doubles at the Miami Open, together with Kim Clijsters.

Fed Cup

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Maes was a member of the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. She had three appearances in singles and four in doubles. However, she did not win any singles match and won only one doubles match, partnering Els Callens against the Slovakia Fed Cup team.

She is very close friends with Kim Clijsters. She made herself unavailable for selection in Fed Cup tie against China in 2007, because she wished to attend the wedding of Clijsters and American basketball player Brian Lynch that week-end (14 July 2007) instead.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 11 (8–3)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 13 August 2000 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Claudine Schaul 1–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win 2. 12 November 2000 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (I)   Claudine Schaul 4–0, 4–1, 4–5, 4–1
Win 3. 11 November 2001 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (I)   Stéphanie Rizzi 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win 4. 2 December 2001 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Adriana Basarić 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 5. 21 August 2005 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay   Nadege Vergos 2–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss 1. 30 April 2006 ITF Cavtat, Croatia Clay   Irina Buryachok 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win 6. 7 May 2006 ITF Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay   Karolina Jovanović 6–1, 6–1
Win 7. 13 August 2006 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Sylvia Montero 6–1, 6–2
Loss 2. 2 October 2006 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i)   Iryna Kuryanovich 6–1, 5–7, 1–6
Win 8. 13 May 2007 ITF Rome, Italy Clay   Marta Marrero 6–4, 7–6
Loss 3. 20 March 2008 ITF Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay (i)   Kirsten Flipkens 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 10 July 2000 Brussels, Belgium Clay   Ekaterina Kozhokina   Kaori Aoyama
  Kumiko Iijima
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 21 August 2000 Westende, Belgium Clay   Elke Clijsters   Natasha Galouza
  Anouk Sterk
1–6, 0–6
Winner 2. 6 November 2000 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i)   Shelley Stephens   Diana Brunel
  Edith Nunes-Bersot
4–1, 1–4, 4–2, 4–0
Runner-up 2. 11 November 2001 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i)   Leslie Butkiewicz   Daniela Olivera
  Natacha Randriantefy
4–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 24 March 2002 Cholet, France Clay   Gabriela Navrátilová   Leslie Butkiewicz
  Patty Van Acker
4–1 ret.
Runner-up 3. 12 October 2003 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i)   Leslie Butkiewicz   Līga Dekmeijere
  Bianka Lamade
1–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 9 November 2003 Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i)   Aurélie Védy   Iryna Kuryanovich
  Yevgenia Savransky
6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 4. 2 March 2004 Buchen, Germany Hard (i)   Elke Clijsters   Lucie Hradecká
  Eva Hrdinová
1–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 21 March 2004 Amiens, France Clay   Virginie Pichet   Florence Haring
  Natacha Randriantefy
3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 5. 12 July 2005 Brussels, Belgium Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Iveta Gerlová
  Carmen Klaschka
5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 24 July 2005 Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Petra Cetkovská
  Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 30 April 2006 Cavtat, Croatia Clay   Christina Horiatopoulos   Tina Obrež
  Anja Prislan
w/o
Winner 7. 22 July 2006 Zwevegem, Belgium Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Olga Brózda
  Natalia Kołat
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 29 July 2006 Les Contamines-Montjoie, France Hard   Christina Horiatopoulos   Catarina Ferreira
  Laura Siegemund
4–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 26 August 2006 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Andreja Klepač
  Danica Krstajić
2–6, 6–7
Runner-up 9. 7 May 2007 Rome, Italy Clay   Maret Ani   Marta Domachowska
  Emma Laine
1–0 ret.
Winner 8. 24 September 2007 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard   Emma Laine   Anna Fitzpatrick
  Ana Veselinović
3–6, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 10. 7 October 2007 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i)   Melanie South   Sofia Arvidsson
  Johanna Larsson
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 9. 2 December 2007 Sintra, Portugal Clay   Teodora Mirčić   Neuza Silva
 Roxane Vaisemberg
6–4, 6–1
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