39 Facts About Korie Homan

Korie Homan is a two-time Masters doubles champion and a former world number one.

Korie Homan is the youngest of three girls, with Geke and Wienke her older sisters.

Korie Homan was involved in a car accident in her first year of Senior school at the age of 12 in 1998.

In September 2001 Korie Homan started on the juniors and played tournaments in the Netherlands.

Korie Homan finished 2003 with a singles ranking of 23 having been unranked at the start of the year.

At the start of 2004 Korie Homan was part of the Dutch team that claimed the Junior world team cup, in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Korie Homan followed this success up with a quarter final showing at the Australian Open, super series event.

At the Czech Open Korie Homan partnered Jiske Griffioen to second place in a five team round robin doubles tournament.

At the Belgium Open, Korie Homan reached both finals, losing to Vergeer in the singles, but winning the doubles.

At the 2006 US Open Korie Homan reached the final of the doubles competition where she lost to Smit.

Korie Homan finished in fifth place for the Singles Masters, and the runner up in the Doubles Masters with Shuker.

The 2007 season saw Korie Homan be a losing singles finalist at Sydney, Pensacola, Jambes, Nottingham, Atlanta and the Masters.

Korie Homan then reached the final of the doubles in Sydney before the weather got the better of the tournament and left the final unplayed.

The next week at the Pensacola Open Korie Homan reached the final again playing Vergeer and took the first set, but could not consolidate and lost the final.

At Roland Garros Korie Homan reached the final where she was beaten by Vergeer who hit over twice the number of winners than what she managed.

Korie Homan was then part of the team that retained the world team cup.

At the Belgium Open Korie Homan teamed up with Vergeer and won the title in three sets in the final.

Korie Homan reached both finals at the British Open and lost them both.

However Vergeer came back and defeated Korie Homan and defeated her in the final of the doubles.

Korie Homan won her first title of the year in singles at the Swiss Open drafting Walraven in the final.

Korie Homan paired up with Walraven to claim the doubles as well.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics Korie Homan reached the final where she played Vergeer.

Korie Homan held 2 match points to end Vergeer's 348 match winning streak.

However Vergeer held on and Korie Homan had to settle for silver.

At the Masters Vergeer and Korie Homan reached the final again.

Korie Homan partnered Vergeer in the doubles as they won their first Grand Slam title as a partnership Korie Homan then traveled to Sydney where she won her first Sydney International Open singles title defeating Jiske Griffioen in the final.

At the British Open Super Series event, Korie Homan lost in a rain interrupted final to Vergeer in straight sets, before teaming up with Vergeer to take the doubles.

Korie Homan was again part of the team which won the World Team Cup, defeating Great Britain in the final.

Korie Homan reached the singles and doubles final of the Mercedes Open.

Korie Homan took Vergeer to a final set for the first time in 2009, before losing.

However Korie Homan gained revenge as she teamed up with Griffioen to beat Vergeer and Smit, in three sets.

The US Open USTA Wheelchair Championships saw Korie Homan reach both finals again.

Korie Homan won the doubles with Griffioen, but faced Vergeer for the 41st time Homan and Vergeer went to the final set for the 6th time in the last two years and the eighth time in all 41 meetings between the two.

However Korie Homan improved to take the second before falling away in the final set.

At the US Open Korie Homan defeated di Toro and Walraven to reach the final.

However Korie Homan partnered Vergeer in the doubles and the pair won the title to complete the Grand Slam as a team.

Korie Homan has not played since her Australian Open win as in September 2009 she fell, which resulted in her tearing the ligaments in her wrist.

Surgery was not an option as this would result in Korie Homan losing function of her wrist This made her pull out of the doubles of the Australian Open.

In July 2010 Korie Homan announced her retirement from the sport due to the injury.