Nele Gilis

Nele Gilis
	Nele Gilis, 2017
Country	Belgium
Residence
Born	20 February 1996 (age 25); Mol, Belgium
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Turned Pro	2013
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by
Racquet used	Tecnifibre
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 12 (November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 15 (September 2021)
Title(s)	7
Tour final(s)	11
World Open	2R (2019–20 PSA Women's World Squash Championship)
	Last updated: January 2020.

Nele Gilis, (born 20 February 1996 in Belgium) is a professional squash player who represents Belgium. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in 2020.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

Gilis clinched her first PSA World Tour title in 2016 at the 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 in five games against England’s Millie Tomlinson.^[4] Later in 2017 at the start of the season in September, she achieved the biggest result of her professional career at the Open International de Squash de Nantes after reaching the final but coming up short against Englishwoman Fiona Moverley.^[5]

Personal life[]

Nele's younger sister, Tinne Gilis is also a professional 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.