Justine was born June 1st, 1982 in Liege, Belgium. She started playing tennis at a very young age (5 years old )since everyone in the family did...It was her father who first thought Justine how to play... Her biggest highlight as a junior was winning the junior French Open championships as a wild card in the 1999 event... In 1997, she became the youngest ever winner of the Belgium National Cahmpionships beating Dominique Van Roost who was in the top 40 at the time. Justine was only 15 years old at thst time..That year, she was even named Belgium's most popular tennis personality!