Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1997-10-29) October 29, 1997 (age 27) 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. She reached a career high ranking of number 5 in the world during November 2024.
Career
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.
In May 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win their first ever European Squash Team Championships. Later that year in December 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win the bronze medal at the 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships.
Personal life
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
- "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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- Belgian female squash players
- People from Mol, Belgium
- Sportspeople from Antwerp Province
- World Games gold medalists for Belgium
- World Games medalists in squash
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- Medalists at the 2022 World Games
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