Kim Clijsters’ father dies of cancer
Leo Clijsters, the father of former world number one and 2005 US Open champion Kim Clijsters, died on Sunday at the age of 52.
Clijsters died after a yearlong battle with lung cancer, according to Derniere Heure newspaper in Belgium.
The former Belgium soccer international retired in 1993 and managed his daughter’s tennis career until her retirement in 2007. (source: CBS Sports, photo: AP Photo/Yves Logghe via Nadia)
So sad!
My thoughts go out to Kim and all her family!
Wow! Im really sad to hear this news. Kim's dad was very prominate in her life and it was clear that they loved each other very much. My condolences go to her and her family. I hope they can get through this tough time.
This clijsters is a hard hearted selfish and nasty piece of work. Her father has nothing to do with it. She just wants attention after watching the Aussie open and the run of Jelena Dokic she wants to have the spotlight placed on her. She was always a crappy boring player who played a lot of rigged matches. Players going soft with her because she was"supposedly so "nice" It is of course p.r garbage. I hope she gets hammered by the new generation Jankovic, Ivanovic and Sharapova in particular. By the way Clijsters should be made to qualify. Let her play 7 three-set matches to reach the quarters with the refs calling every ball out to make her loose. Then the tournament can say it gave her a "wildcard" This is the crap the tennis tour regularly does to Jelena Dokic. A player who happened to have "earned" all of the attention she drew to her down under in Austrailia. Women's tennis is unfair garbage which is why I hardly watch. I certainly won't watch Clijsters phony butt. She sickens me with her phoniness. She can only hurt women's tennis by trying to comeback. She's a mother of 2 for crying out loud. No point in the chair umpire cheating against other deserving players to make fatso clijsters look good. She stinks and I don't like her and never will. Hope she returns and draws Serena Williams all year!!Ha, hah ha.
Janine, I believe it's inappropriate to speak of Kim in such a way, especially after a post about her father's death.
get your facts right janice, she has one child!! shows how much you know
It's sad that she didn't even say a word about her father after winning the US Open 2009. She could have dedicated her victory to him!
Maybe she knew she would get too emotional, and figured she didn't need to do anything publicly.
It's all an act. True her dad died but he didn't want her to keep playing tennis cause her heart wasn't in it and the pressure was too much. Why not just walk away? A kid deserves a stable home. Clijsters wants to be household famous in America. She's false and since she's a "public figure" she's open to criticism. She's fair game. I can see beyond the gesture. She trashes the young players as crap and gets unfair calls against other competitors. She's false that's all.
I know what it is to have parents die I've lost both of mine and lost my mom to cancer too. But I'm judging her as a tennis player & public person NOT as daughter. I'm judging the timing of it all. A lot of people deal with a lot of tragic grief and stuff privately. I'm not a fan of Putting everything out there. I find this is a tatic used often in the "celebrity" business to garner sympathy & special perks. I have compassion for her loss I just don't like the pr it's grandstanding.
Janine – you are an idiot.