Tinne Gilis
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| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 29, 1997 Mol, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Geel, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ronny Vlassaks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Eye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (November 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 5 (December 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour final(s) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tinne Gilis (born 29 October 1997) is a Belgian professional squash player.[1] She reached a career high ranking of number 5 in the world during November 2024.[2]
Career
[edit]As the 7th seed, Gilis was knocked out by top seed Nour El Sherbini in the quarter-final round at the 2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship.[3]
In May 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win their first ever European Squash Team Championships.[4] Later that year in December 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win the bronze medal at the 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Tinne's older sister, Nele Gilis (now Coll) is also a squash player and her fellow competitor on the PSA World Tour. Her younger brother Jo Gilis is a professional footballer in Belgium who has represented the Belgian national under-16 and under-17 football teams.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tinne Gilis | Overview". PSA World Tour. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ Tinne Gilis at Squash Info
- ^ "$565,000 Women's 2023-2024 CIB PSA World Championship 2024, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt". Squash Info. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Sisters lead Belgium to first European squash title". Belga News Agency. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles". World Squash. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Belgian female squash players
- People from Mol, Belgium
- Sportspeople from Antwerp Province
- World Games gold medalists for Belgium
- World Games medalists in squash
- 21st-century Belgian sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2022 World Games
- European squash biography stubs
- Belgian sportspeople stubs