Tinne Gilis is one of Belgium’s premiere squash players, and along with older sister Nele, has been a key fixture of the world’s top 25 for a number of years. Gilis turned professional in 2014, and the year after that, she made her first quarter-final appearance on the Tour. The young Belgian made her way into the top 20 during the 2019-2020 campaign, reaching the last 16 of her last three events of 2020 and that run continued into the start of 2021. The Belgian claimed her first World Tour title in early 2023 when she lifted the bronze level Squash On Fire Open trophy. She followed it up with a win at the Challenger 30 level Richmond Open. Later the year, she reached the 2023 Singapore Open final before coming to Hong Kong where she secured a place in the last eight of the World Tour Platinum event. After the Hong Kong Open, Gilis made it to the final of two World Tour Silver events and was in the Squash On Fire Open final again in February 2024 when she achieved a career high of world ranking No.6. She also achieved some other impressive results so far this year. She was in the semi-finals of the Black Ball Open and El Gouna International Open and reached the quarter-finals of the majors such as the World Championships, British Open, World Tour Finals, Egyptian Open and Qatar Classic.