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Justine Henin's professional tennis career

Still ranked No. 1, the Belgian has announced her immediate retirement

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MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 11: Justine Henin of Belgium serves the ball to Maria Sharapova of Russia in the final during day six of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships at the Madrid Arena on November 11, 2007 in Madrid, Spain. Henin won the match in three sets, 5-7, 7-5 and 6-3. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

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Defending champion Justine Henin's WTA Tour Championships title win over Maria Sharapova extended her winning streak to 25 matches. In addition, she became the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1989 to cruise through the season's second half without losing a single match. The win, her tenth of the season, gave her over $19 million in career prize money.

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