Nele Gilis

Nele Gilis
Nele Gilis, 2017
Country  Belgium
Residence Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Born (1996-02-20) February 20, 1996
Mol, Belgium
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Turned Pro 2013
Plays Right Handed
Coached by Ronny Vlassaks
Racquet used Harrow
Women's singles
Highest ranking No. 26 (October 2017)
Current ranking No. 33 (August 2018)
Title(s) 2
Tour final(s) 5
World Open 1R (2017)
Last updated on: September 2017.

Nele Gilis, (born February 20, 1996 in Belgium) is a professional squash player who represents Belgium. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 27 in September 2017.[1][2]

Career overview

As a junior, Gilis had significant success and became well-established internationally. She was the European Junior Squash Championships champion in 2014 and a semifinalist at the British Junior Open Squash 2015.[3][4]

Gilis clinched her first PSA World Tour title in 2016 at the Open International Des Volcans with a 3-1 win over Amanda Landers-Murphy leading her to break into the world’s top 40. The next year Nele picked up her second title in the final of the Irish Open in five games against England’s Millie Tomlinson.[5] Later in 2017 at the start of the season in September, she achieved the biggest result of her professional career at the PSA W25 Open International de Squash de Nantes after reaching the final but coming up short against Englishwoman Fiona Moverley.[6]

Personal life

Gilis has been in a relationship with professional squash player Paul Coll of New Zealand since 2015, who is currently one of the top ten players on the PSA World Tour. They both live and train together in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.[7][8]

Nele's younger sister, Tinne Gilis is also a squash player and her fellow competitor on the PSA World Tour. Her younger brother Jo Gilis is a professional footballer in Belgium who has represented the Belgian national under-16 and under-17 football teams.

References

  1. ↑ WISPA player profile
  2. ↑ SquashInfo Player Profile
  3. ↑ http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2016/nelegilisharrow.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.squashsite.co.uk/bjo/2015_seeds.htm
  5. ↑ https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/8016/nele-gilis
  6. ↑ http://www.squashinfo.com/events/7329-womens-open-international-de-squash-de-nantes-2017
  7. ↑ https://squashmad.com/breaking-news/paul-coll-interview/
  8. ↑ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11955221


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