July 8, 2010: The day Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams broke the attendance world record for a tennis match
07/07/2024 09:48 PM
On this day, July 8, 2010, Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams played an exhibition match in front of a record crowd of 35,621 spectators, more than the 30,472 who had attended the famous ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973. The match was held at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels to mark the beginning of Belgium’s presidency of the European Union.
