NEWPORT, R.I. — When Kim Clijsters looks back on her tennis career, there is no shortage of highlights: three United States Open championships, a 2011 Australian Open title and the world No. 1 ranking. But one match above all still produces goose bumps.
“How many people, at age 17, get to play Steffi Graf in what turns out to be her final Grand Slam?” Clijsters said on the eve of her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, recalling her improbable matchup against Graf in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1999.
She continued: “It was unbelievable.