Leslie Butkiewicz

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Leslie Butkiewicz
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1982-05-26) 26 May 1982 (age 41)
Antwerp, Belgium
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$62,804
Singles
Career record162–99 (62.1%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 341 (10 June 2002)
Doubles
Career record135–77 (63.7%)
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 224 (17 February 2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–2

Leslie Butkiewicz (born 26 May 1982) is a former tennis player from Belgium.

Biography[edit]

Butkiewicz, a right-handed player, won nine singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

She also featured in the main draw of the doubles at several WTA Tour events, including five appearances at her home tournament in Antwerp.

Both of the Fed Cup ties she played in for Belgium came against the United States. In 2005, she lost a dead rubber singles match to Venus Williams in the quarterfinals of the World Group.[1] The following year, she partnered Caroline Maes in the doubles of the World Group semifinal against the United States, which was also a dead rubber. She was a member of the Belgian squad that lost the 2006 World Group final to Italy, but was unused.[2]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (9–1)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 17 June 2001 ITF Raalte, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Anouk Sterk 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2. 19 August 2002 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard France Virginie Pichet 6–4, 6–3
Win 3. 1 September 2002 ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Bulgaria Dimana Krastevitch 6–3, 6–3
Win 4. 14 July 2003 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Belgium Debbrich Feys 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 5. 19 July 2004 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Russia Ekaterina Kirianova 6–3, 6–1
Win 6. 16 August 2004 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard Finland Emma Laine 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 7. 3 October 2004 Open Nantes Atlantique, France Hard (i) Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis 6–2, 6–1
Win 8. 16 July 2005 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay France Claire de Gubernatis 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win 9. 13 November 2005 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) France Émilie Bacquet 7–5, 6–3
Loss 10. 15 July 2007 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay France Nathalie Mohn 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 30 (15–15)[edit]

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 14 August 2000 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Czech Republic Lenka Snajdrova France Marion Bartoli
Spain Carmen Cajo
6–3, 6–4
Win 2. 23 September 2001 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard (i) Belgium Patty Van Acker Sweden Helena Ejeson
Czech Republic Eva Erbová
6–2, 6–2
Loss 3. 11 November 2001 ITF Villenave-d'Ornon, France Clay (i) Belgium Caroline Maes Uruguay Daniela Olivera
Madagascar Natacha Randriantefy
4–6, 2–6
Loss 4. 24 March 2002 ITF Cholet, France Clay Belgium Patty Van Acker Czech Republic Caroline Maes
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
1–4 ret.
Loss 5. 17 June 2002 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Belgium Patty Van Acker Australia Nicole Sewell
Australia Samantha Stosur
4–6, 3–6
Win 6. 30 June 2002 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Belgium Patty Van Acker Netherlands Susanne Trik
Australia Kristen van Elden
7–5, 6–3
Loss 7. 5 August 2002 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Netherlands Tessy van de Ven Belgium Elke Clijsters
Australia Jaslyn Hewitt
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 8. 18 August 2002 ITF Westende, Belgium Clay Australia Nicole Kriz Ukraine Valeria Bondarenko
Lithuania Edita Liachovičiūtė
6–1, 7–6(4–7)
Loss 9. 20 January 2003 Open de l'Isère, France Hard (i) Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk France Séverine Brémond Beltrame
France Amandine Dulon
7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10. 18 February 2003 ITF Buchen, Germany Carpet (i) Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Romania Magda Mihalache
Germany Syna Schmidle
2–6, 3–6
Win 11. 15 June 2003 ITF Canet-en-Roussillon, France Clay Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte France Sophie Erre
France Aurélie Védy
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 12. 23 June 2003 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Netherlands Marielle Hoogland
Netherlands Jolanda Mens
6–1, 6–4
Win 13. 14 July 2003 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Czech Republic Lenka Snajdrova Belgium Debbrich Feys
Belgium Jessie de Vries
6–3, 6–1
Loss 14. 21 July 2003 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Russia Maria Kondratieva
New Zealand Shelley Stephens
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 15. 4 August 2003 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk France Anne-Laure Heitz
France Amandine Singla
6–0, 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Win 16. 24 August 2003 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte
6–4, 6–2
Loss 17. 12 October 2003 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Belgium Caroline Maes Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Germany Bianka Lamade
1–6, 2–6
Win 18. 16 November 2003 ITF Le Havre, France Clay (i) Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte Slovakia Martina Babáková
Poland Monika Schneider
6–2, 2–2 ret.
Loss 19. 18 July 2004 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte Czech Republic Zuzana Černá
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 20. 25 July 2004 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay New Zealand Shelley Stephens Czech Republic Zuzana Černá
Canada Aneta Soukup
3–6, 2–6
Win 21. 9 August 2004 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay New Zealand Shelley Stephens Belgium Jessie de Vries
Belgium Debbrich Feys
6–2, 7–5
Win 22. 29 August 2004 ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
7–5, 6–3
Loss 23. 12 July 2005 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Belgium Caroline Maes Czech Republic Iveta Gerlová
Germany Carmen Klaschka
5–7, 2–6
Win 24. 24 July 2005 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Belgium Caroline Maes Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
6–3, 6–2
Win 25. 14 August 2005 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Belgium Jessie de Vries Netherlands Kim Kilsdonk
Serbia and Montenegro Neda Kozić
w/o
Win 26. 28 August 2005 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard Belgium Eveline Vanhyfte France Claire de Gubernatis
Spain Anna Font Estrada
6–4, 6–2
Win 27. 22 July 2006 ITF Zwevegem, Belgium Clay Belgium Caroline Maes Poland Olga Brózda
Poland Natalia Kołat
6–2, 6–2
Loss 28. 27 August 2006 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard France Émilie Bacquet France Celine Cattaneo
France Claire de Gubernatis
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 29. 26 August 2006 ITF Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Belgium Caroline Maes Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Montenegro Danica Krstajić
2–6, 6–7
Loss 30. 24 August 2007 ITF Westende, Belgium Hard United Kingdom Katharina Brown France Claire de Gubernatis
France Samantha Schoeffel
6–4, 2–6, 2–6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Russia and US set up Fed Cup semi showdown". ABC Online. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Henin-Hardenne leads Belgian bid". CNN. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

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