Kimberley Zimmermann

Kimberley Zimmermann
	Zimmermann at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	9 November 1995; Wemmel, Belgium
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 531,947
Singles
Career record	245–236
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 215 (13 May 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	295–250
Career titles	3 WTA, 2 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 37 (6 March 2023)
Current ranking	No. 103 (14 July 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2023)
French Open	QF (2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
US Open	1R (2022)
	Last updated on: 15 July 2025.

Kimberley Zimmermann (born 9 November 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. Zimmermann has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 215, achieved on 13 May 2019. On 6 March 2023, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of No. 37. Zimmermann has specialized in doubles since 2021, and she has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two on WTA 125 tournaments, along with two singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career overview

Zimmermann won her first tour title in July 2021 at the Palermo Ladies Open, in the doubles event, partnering Erin Routliffe^[2] and defended her title the following year partnering with Anna Bondár.^[3] She defended the doubles title for a third consecutive year in 2023, this time partnering Yana Sizikova.^[4]

Family

Kimberley Zimmermann is the daughter of Michel Zimmermann, men's 400 metres hurdles' finalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	2R	1R	1–3
French Open	QF	2R	1R	4–3
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	0–2
US Open	1R	1R	A	0–2
Win–loss	3–4	2–3	0–3	5–10
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	QF	A	1–1
Indian Wells Open	A	1R	A	0–1
Miami Open	A	1R	A	0–1
Madrid Open	1R	1R	A	0–2
Canadian Open	1R	A	A	0–1
Guadalajara Open	2R	A		1–1

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (3–2)

Finals by surface
Clay (3–1)
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	WTA 250	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2021	Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Erin Routliffe	Greet Minnen Alison Van Uytvanck	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2022	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	WTA 250	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Ekaterine Gorgodze Oksana Kalashnikova	6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	2–2	Jul 2022	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy (2)	WTA 250	Clay	Anna Bondár	Amina Anshba Panna Udvardy	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	Jul 2023	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy (3)	WTA 250	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Angelica Moratelli Camilla Rosatello	6–2, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2022	Hungarian Pro Open	Clay	Anna Bondár	Jesika Malečková Renata Voráčová	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	1–1	Sep 2023	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	Clay	Anna Bondár	Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2023	Open de Rouen, France	Hard (i)	Anna Bondár	Maia Lumsden Jessika Ponchet	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	2–2	Aug 2024	Hamburg European Open, Germany	Clay	Anna Bondár	Arantxa Rus Nina Stojanović	5–7, 6–3, [11–9]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2016	ITF Brussels, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Ellen Perez	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2016	ITF Wanfercée-Baulet, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Hélène Scholsen	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–1	May 2018	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Stefania Rubini	1–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Sep 2018	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	60,000	Clay	Iga Świątek	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 40 (18 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2011	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	10,000	Hard	Marie Benoît	Kim Kilsdonk Nicolette van Uitert	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2013	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	Magali Kempen Nicky van Dyck	3–6, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	0–3	Oct 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	Quirine Lemoine Gabriela van de Graaf	3–6, 6–0, [7–10]
Loss	0–4	Nov 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anita Husarić	Natalija Kostić Karin Morgošová	6–7⁽²⁾, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Apr 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Marie Benoît	Polina Leykina Despina Papamichail	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–5	May 2014	ITF Tarsus, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anita Husarić	Anastasia Pivovarova Melis Sezer	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–6	Sep 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	Alice Balducci Georgia Brescia	6–3, 0–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–7	Sep 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	Verena Hofer Martina Pratesi	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–8	Oct 2014	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	Anna Klasen Charlotte Klasen	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	2–8	Feb 2015	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anita Husarić	Başak Eraydın Verena Meliss	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–8	Mar 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Irina Bara Lilla Barzó	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–3
Loss	3–9	Apr 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Margot Yerolymos	Irina Bara Oana Georgeta Simion	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–10	Jul 2015	ITF Knokke, Belgium	10,000	Clay	Sally Peers	Elyne Boeykens Kelly Versteeg	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–11	Sep 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Nina Stadler	Despina Papamichail Carla Touly	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–11	Sep 2015	ITF Pula, Italy	10,000	Clay	Nina Stadler	Alice Balducci Camilla Scala	6–0, 6–1
Win	5–11	Feb 2016	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Nina Stadler	Fatma Al-Nabhani Anna Zaja	6–2, 7–6⁽⁷⁾
Loss	5–12	Mar 2016	ITF Amiens, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Alice Bacquié	Gioia Barbieri Giorgia Marchetti	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–13	Apr 2016	ITF Manama, Bahrain	10,000	Hard	Katharina Hering	Anna Kalinskaya Tereza Mihalíková	5–7, 3–6
Loss	5–14	Jan 2017	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	15,000	Hard (i)	Anita Husarić	Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová	6–7⁽³⁾, 5–7
Win	6–14	Mar 2017	ITF Le Havre, France	15,000	Clay (i)	Elyne Boeykens	Fatma Al-Nabhani Diana Negreanu	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Win	7–14	May 2017	ITF Båstad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	An-Sophie Mestach	Ilona Kremen Cornelia Lister	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss	7–15	Jun 2017	Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany	25,000	Clay	Anita Husarić	Carolin Daniels Lidziya Marozava	1–6, 4–6
Win	8–15	Jun 2017	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Camilla Rosatello	Manon Arcangioli Shérazad Reix	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8–16	Jan 2018	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	60,000	Hard (i)	Camilla Rosatello	Ysaline Bonaventure Bibiane Schoofs	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	8–17	Jul 2018	Prague Open, Czech Republic	80,000	Clay	Bibiane Schoofs	Cornelia Lister Nina Stojanović	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	9–17	Jul 2019	Open de Biarritz, France	W80	Clay	Manon Arcangioli	Victoria Rodríguez Ioana Loredana Roșca	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	10–17	Aug 2019	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Lara Salden	Suzan Lamens Anna Pribylova	6–1, 6–7⁽³⁾, [11–9]
Loss	10–18	Aug 2019	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	W25	Clay	Manon Arcangioli	Marina Bassols Ribera Feng Shuo	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10–19	Oct 2019	ITF Cherbourg, France	W25	Hard (i)	Myrtille Georges	Naomi Broady Samantha Murray	3–6, 2–6
Win	11–19	Nov 2019	ITF Malibu, US	W25	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	Lorraine Guillermo Anna Hertel	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Win	12–19	Jan 2020	ITF Daytona Beach, US	W25	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	Paula Ormaechea Prarthana Thombare	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
Win	13–19	Feb 2020	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	W25	Hard (i)	Myrtille Georges	Lara Salden Clara Tauson	7–6⁽²⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	14–19	Nov 2020	ITF Ortisei, Italy	W15	Hard (i)	Suzan Lamens	Federica di Sarra Anastasia Kulikova	3–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win	15–19	Nov 2020	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	W25	Clay	Lara Salden	Suzan Lamens Eva Vedder	6–1, 6–3
Loss	15–20	Jan 2021	ITF Hamburg, Germany	W25	Hard (i)	Amandine Hesse	Anna Bondár Tereza Mihalíková	4–6, 4–6
Win	16–20	Feb 2021	Open de l'Isère, France	W25	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	Arianne Hartono Yuriko Miyazaki	6–1, 7–5
Win	17–20	May 2021	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	W25	Clay	Anna Bondár	Xenia Knoll Elena-Gabriela Ruse	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Loss	17–21	May 2021	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	W60	Hard	Eden Silva	Estelle Cascino Jessika Ponchet	6–0, 5–7, [7–10]
Loss	17–22	Jul 2021	Contrexéville Open, France	W100	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	Anna Danilina Ulrikke Eikeri	0–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	18–22	Apr 2022	Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal	W80	Clay	Katarzyna Piter	Natalija Stevanović Katharina Gerlach	6–1, 6–1

Notes

^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

^ Kimberley Zimmermann wint de mooiste titel uit haar carrière tot nog toe
^ "Top seed Collins defeats Ruse in Palermo to capture first WTA title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ "Begu triumphs in Palermo for fifth career singles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ "Zheng Qinwen beats Paolini in Palermo to capture first career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ Simon, Yves (7 January 2019). "Australian Open: le pari gagnant de Kimberley Zimmermann". Le Soir Plus (in French).

External links

Kimberley Zimmermann at the Women's Tennis Association
Kimberley Zimmermann at the International Tennis Federation
Kimberley Zimmermann at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)
Kimberley Zimmermann at Wimbledon
Kimberley Zimmermann at ESPN.com

[DubaiDoha-6] The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

[1] Kimberley Zimmermann wint de mooiste titel uit haar carrière tot nog toe

[2] "Top seed Collins defeats Ruse in Palermo to capture first WTA title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[3] "Begu triumphs in Palermo for fifth career singles title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[4] "Zheng Qinwen beats Paolini in Palermo to capture first career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[5] Simon, Yves (7 January 2019). "Australian Open: le pari gagnant de Kimberley Zimmermann". Le Soir Plus (in French).

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