Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles and four times Grand Slam winner. According to Forbes in August 2011, she became the fifth highest-paid female athlete over the past year. The same year, she was named as one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future.
On 20 May 2012, Clijsters announced that she would retire after the US Open. On 29 August 2012, Clijsters played her last singles match of her career at the 2012 US Open where she lost in the second round. On 1 September, she played her last (mixed) doubles match with Bob Bryan, losing in the second round.
The Belgian first met Venus Williams in the US Open in 2001 in the quarters and incidently she played her match against Williams again at the US Open semis in 2010. Of the 13 encounters against each other, the Belgian has a slight winning edge of 7-6 over the American.
The farewell exhibition match between Clijsters and Williams is scheduled for Wednesday, 12 December 2012 at 18:30 GMT at Antwerp.
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