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Els Callens

BEL Age 56 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1991–2005

Els Callens represented Belgium on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 43. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 83–128 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

43 (Feb 17, 1997)

Elo peak

1716 (61st percentile)

Singles record

83–128 (39.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,666,023

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Els Callens's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Julia Schruff #83	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 2005*	R16	Hasselt	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Eleni Daniilidou #66	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2005*	R32	Hasselt	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Maria Kirilenko #55	2-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 2005*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Claudine Schaul #80	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2005*	R32	Antwerp	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Magdalena Maleeva #21	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 2004*	R16	Hasselt	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Els Callens's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elena Likhovtseva	2	4	6	Jun 12, 2002	H2H
Magdalena Maleeva	1	3	4	Oct 1, 2004	H2H
Ai Sugiyama	2	2	4	Feb 7, 2004	H2H
Shinobu Asagoe	1	3	4	Jan 15, 2004	H2H
Amy Frazier	2	2	4	Jan 9, 2003	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Els Callens Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Fabiola Zuluaga #39 def. Els Callens #85 6-3 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Els Callens career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	20	1	1	2	50.0%	350	168
1992	21	0	1	1	0.0%	165	231
1993	22	2	1	3	66.7%	229	188
1994	23	4	3	7	57.1%	190	110
1995	24	8	11	19	42.1%	109	95
1996	25	13	12	25	52.0%	89	51
1997	26	8	16	24	33.3%	51	98
1998	27	2	8	10	20.0%	93	102
1999	28	7	9	16	43.8%	102	82
2000	29	8	13	21	38.1%	82	100
2001	30	2	6	8	25.0%	100	177
2002	31	9	10	19	47.4%	177	67
2003	32	13	19	32	40.6%	67	73
2004	33	5	15	20	25.0%	73	122
2005	34	1	3	4	25.0%	122	224
Career		83	128	211	39.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Els Callens career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1992	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%
1994	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
1995	24	1	4	5	20.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	8	11	19	42.1%
1996	25	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	13	12	25	52.0%
1997	26	4	6	10	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1998	27	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	8	10	20.0%
1999	28	1	4	5	20.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
2000	29	5	6	11	45.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	8	13	21	38.1%
2001	30	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2002	31	4	3	7	57.1%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	10	19	47.4%
2003	32	4	7	11	36.4%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	4	3	7	57.1%	13	19	32	40.6%
2004	33	3	9	12	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2005	34	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	26	49	75	34.7%	15	29	44	34.1%	19	23	42	45.2%	23	27	50	46.0%	83	128	211	39.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Els Callens career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1991	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1994	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1995	24	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	2	6	66.7%	7	9	16	43.8%
1996	25	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	6	12	50.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	13	10	23	56.5%
1997	26	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	4	7	11	36.4%	3	2	5	60.0%	8	14	22	36.4%
1998	27	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1999	28	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	0	—	—	4	9	13	30.8%
2000	29	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	5	6	11	45.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	13	21	38.1%
2001	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
2002	31	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	1	0	1	100.0%	9	10	19	47.4%
2003	32	0	5	5	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	10	8	18	55.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	13	19	32	40.6%
2004	33	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
2005	34	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career		0	15	15	0.0%	9	30	39	23.1%	45	65	110	40.9%	23	12	35	65.7%	77	122	199	38.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 199/211 (94.3%) of Els Callens's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Els Callens performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	32	4/32	3.5	6.0	58.1%	64.9%	34.7%	44.6%	62.6%	51.9%	36.5%
2004	33	5/20	3.6	3.8	63.1%	62.0%	34.6%	39.8%	26.0%	51.9%	37.4%
2005	34	1/4	3.0	5.0	59.1%	66.7%	51.9%	0.0%	33.3%	60.6%	31.3%
Career		10/211	3.5	4.8	60.7%	63.6%	36.3%	37.8%	41.4%	52.8%	36.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 10/211 (4.7%) of Els Callens's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Els Callens advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1991	20	1509	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.00	1–0	1–1	—	+0.24
1992	21	1493	94.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.06
1993	22	1514	102.8	—	—	—	—	+47	—	—	57.1%	+0.14	1–0	—	—	+0.46
1994	23	1561	113.2	—	—	—	—	+25	—	—	56.3%	+0.63	1–1	1–0	—	-0.16
1995	24	1551	116.0	—	—	—	—	-68	+43	+105	45.2%	-0.24	1–3 (25%)	1–1	—	+0.58
1996	25	1692	128.2	—	—	—	—	-52	-110	+3	48.1%	-0.30	4–2 (67%)	4–4 (50%)	103.8	+0.50
1997	26	1579	109.4	—	—	—	—	+17	-21	+72	33.3%	-1.26	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	99.4	+0.32
1998	27	1525	102.8	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	34.8%	-1.00	1–4 (20%)	1–1	—	+0.31
1999	28	1570	122.3	—	—	—	—	-17	+45	—	44.4%	-0.08	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.02
2000	29	1565	124.4	—	—	—	—	+8	+10	-5	44.9%	-0.06	1–6 (14%)	2–4 (33%)	93.3	-0.24
2001	30	1523	118.1	—	—	—	—	+25	+26	—	33.3%	-0.72	0–2	0–2	—	-0.05
2002	31	1606	123.2	—	—	—	—	+7	-75	-6	42.6%	-0.40	7–2 (78%)	2–3 (40%)	105.1	-0.33
2003	32	1637	127.2	-0.92	-1.45	0.759	44.5%	+8	-178	+36	41.1%	-0.48	5–4 (56%)	4–3 (57%)	102.9	-1.93
2004	33	1539	102.6	-1.13	-2.60	0.779	44.6%	+15	-107	+61	33.3%	-1.44	2–6 (25%)	3–1 (75%)	97.1	-0.15
2005	34	1522	96.0	-1.14	-3.36	0.793	46.2%	+16	—	—	25.0%	-1.88	—	1–1	—	+0.11
Career		1716	123.9	-1.05	-2.22	0.772	44.7%	-2	-39	+39	41.1%	-0.57	30–36 (45%)	22–25 (47%)	98.5	-0.12

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Els Callens Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1991	20	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	24	R128	R64	—	R128	1–3 (25%)
1996	25	R128	R128	R128	R32	2–4 (33%)
1997	26	R128	R128	R64	R128	1–4 (20%)
1998	27	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1999	28	R64	R64	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
2000	29	R32	R64	R64	R64	5–4 (56%)
2001	30	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2002	31	—	—	R32	R64	3–2 (60%)
2003	32	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2004	33	R128	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
2005	34	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–9 (36%)	4–8 (33%)	7–10 (41%)	5–8 (38%)	21–35 (38%)

WTA 1000

Els Callens WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1995	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	26	—	—	R32	—	R64	R64	—	R64	—	2–4 (33%)
1999	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	R16	1–2 (33%)
2000	29	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2002	31	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	1–3 (25%)
2003	32	R64	R64	R64	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	2–5 (29%)
2004	33	R128	R128	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	7–20 (26%)

WTA 500

Els Callens WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	DOH	AME	ESS	HAN	LEI	LOS	PHI	W-L Win %
1995	24	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	25	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1997	26	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1998	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2002	31	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2003	32	R16	—	R32	—	—	QF	R64	—	4–4 (50%)
2004	33	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2005	34	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	9–14 (39%)

WTA 250

Els Callens WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	ASB	EST	LIB	MTP	BEL	BIR	BRA	BRI	BRU	BUD	CAN	CAR	CAS	GOL	HAS	HOB	HOP	IST	KNO	LIN	LUX	MOS	PAT	QUE	ROS	SAR	STR	VAN	WAI	W-L Win %
1992	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	22	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1994	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1995	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1996	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1997	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1998	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1999	28	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
2000	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	2–7 (22%)
2001	30	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	1–4 (20%)
2002	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	4–4 (50%)
2003	32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	5–6 (45%)
2004	33	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–6 (14%)
2005	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	11–10 (52%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–6 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	45–58 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 17, 1997

First Top 100

Jun 12, 1995

First Top 50

Nov 18, 1996

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Els Callens ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	19	—	—	—	493	438	316	303	319	330	335	338	350
1991	20	322	344	297	293	299	314	241	231	231	232	173	168
1992	21	166	181	207	173	163	170	203	192	196	197	273	231
1993	22	227	210	207	258	262	252	245	272	274	—	190	188
1994	23	—	188	183	156	149	145	131	124	105	126	130	110
1995	24	119	124	144	146	125	70	75	74	78	78	83	95
1996	25	93	70	73	70	73	121	116	118	86	55	48	51
1997	26	45	51	48	48	48	49	51	50	65	101	104	98
1998	27	117	132	139	125	142	122	124	120	110	117	94	102
1999	28	94	73	70	80	70	79	93	78	73	82	81	82
2000	29	78	92	87	85	99	100	85	85	97	104	107	100
2001	30	127	127	124	127	112	131	152	156	171	182	160	177
2002	31	203	135	117	119	122	119	83	78	61	66	67	67
2003	32	63	68	74	66	69	65	79	80	81	78	74	73
2004	33	74	68	77	85	84	97	101	106	123	124	124	122
2005	34	118	178	177	174	187	162	167	165	192	195	223	224
2006	35	233	254	266	267	271	324	459	473	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Gloria Pizzichini	ITA	#45	1,670	73	28	45	38.4%	$448,056	1	1992–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Laurence Courtois	BEL	#37	1,701	169	75	94	44.4%	$739,366	0	1993–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	#44	1,696	94	37	57	39.4%	$499,278	0	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Olga Barabanschikova	BLR	#49	1,671	130	54	76	41.5%	$548,692	0	1996–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Marlene Weingartner	GER	#36	1,679	218	84	134	38.5%	$1,127,324	0	1995–2005	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Els Callens?: Els Callens is 56 years old, born on August 20, 1970.
Which country does Els Callens represent?: Els Callens represents Belgium in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Els Callens?: Els Callens is 178 cm / 5'10".
Does Els Callens use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Els Callens uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Els Callens left-handed or right-handed?: Els Callens plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Els Callens won?: Els Callens has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Els Callens won?: TennisDB does not group any of Els Callens's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Els Callens' highest WTA ranking?: Els Callens' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 43, first achieved on February 17, 1997.
What is Els Callens' career win-loss record?: Els Callens has a career WTA singles record of 83 wins and 128 losses (39.3%).
How much career prize money has Els Callens earned?: Els Callens has earned at least $1,666,023 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Els Callens's career appear in TennisDB?: Els Callens appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1991 through 2005.
On which surface does Els Callens have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Els Callens's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on carpet: 46.0% (23–27).
Who has Els Callens faced most often?: Els Callens' most frequent opponent is Elena Likhovtseva, with a head-to-head record of 2–4 across 6 meetings.