Yanina Wickmayer

Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989 in Lier, Belgium) is a Belgian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world no. 32. She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010. She is also known for reaching the semifinals at the 2009 US Open. She won the award for "WTA Most Improved Player" in 2009 (see below).

Wickmayer has achieved career victories over Kim Clijsters, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Petra Kvitová, Li Na, Sam Stosur (at ITF level), Francesca Schiavone, Dinara Safina and Agnieszka Radwańska (see Tennis career). In June 2011, Time Magazine named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future".