{{short description|Belgian squash player (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Tinne Gilis | image = Gilis-Sisters-EICC2017 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = | nationality = Belgian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|10|29}} | birth_place = Mol, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | turnedpro = | retired = Active | plays = | coach = Ronny Vlassaks | racquet = Eye | website = | event = Women's singles | years_active = | highest_ranking = No. 5 | date_of_highest_ranking = November 2024 | current_ranking = No. 9 | date_of_current_ranking = 18 May 2026 | titles = 8 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's squash}} {{MedalCountry | {{BEL}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Games }} {{MedalGold | 2022 Birmingham | Individual}} {{MedalCompetition | World Team Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2024 Hong Kong | Team}} | updated = }} '''Tinne Gilis''' (born 29 October 1997) is a Belgian professional squash player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tinne Gilis {{!}} Overview |url=https://www.psaworldtour.com/player/tinne-gilis/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=PSA World Tour |language=en-GB}}</ref> She reached a career high ranking of number 5 in the world during November 2024.<ref>{{Squash Info}}</ref>
== Career == As the 7th seed, Gilis was knocked out by top seed Nour El Sherbini in the quarter-final round at the 2024 PSA Women's World Squash Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/10361-womens-world-championship-2024 |title=$565,000 Women's 2023-2024 CIB PSA World Championship 2024, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt |website=Squash Info |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref>
In May 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win their first ever European Squash Team Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.belganewsagency.eu/squash-sisters-lead-belgium-to-first-european-title |title=Sisters lead Belgium to first European squash title |website=Belga News Agency | date=4 May 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref> Later that year in December 2024, Gillis helped Belgium win the bronze medal at the 2024 Women's World Team Squash Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsquash.org/egypt-complete-historic-clean-sweep-of-wsf-world-squash-team-championship-titles/ |title=Egypt complete historic clean sweep of WSF World Squash Team Championship titles |website=World Squash | date=18 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 }}</ref>
In March 2026, she won her 8th PSA title after securing victory in the New Zealand Open during the 2025–26 PSA Squash Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.squashinfo.com/events/11587-womens-new-zealand-open-2026 |title=$105,000 Women's New Zealand Open 2026, Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand |website=Squash Info |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>
== Personal life == Tinne's older sister, Nele Coll (née 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.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilis, Tinne}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian female squash players Category:Sportspeople from Mol, Belgium Category:World Games gold medalists for Belgium Category:World Games medalists in squash Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen Category:Medalists at the 2022 World Games