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She started her professional career on the [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA) tour in [[May]] [[1999]] as a wild card entry in the Belgian Open at [[Antwerp]] and became the fifth player to win her debut WTA Tour event.

Henin established herself as a major competitor in 2001 when she reached the women's singles semifinals of the [[French Open]] and the women's singles final of [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], losing to [[Venus Williams]]. By the end of the year, Henin was ranked seventh in singles, with three titles to her name. Also at the French Open that year, she and [[Elena Tatarkova]] reached the women's doubles semifinals. Furthermore [[Belgium]] (with '''Justine Henin''' and [[Kim Clijsters]] ) won the [[2001]] [[Fed cup]].

In 2002, she reached four WTA finals, winning two of them. Henin finished the year ranked fifth. Her [[Qatar Telecom German Open|German Open]] victory, her first win at a [[WTA Tier I Events|Tier I tournament]], was noteworthy as she beat [[Jennifer Capriati]] in a semifinal and [[Serena Williams]] in the final, the then number two and number five ranked players, respectively.