Former world number one and U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters will reveal her 2009 plans on Thursday and ponders a probable comeback to court.

U.S. Open organizers said they would be happy to offer her a wildcard if she announces a return to the tour.

The 25-year-old Belgian will "unveil her plans for the 2009 season" at the tennis center in her home town of Bree north of Brussels where she has been training in recent weeks, a statement issued on her behalf said.

Her former coach Carl Maes revealed last week that Clijsters, who retired in May 2007 before marrying basketball player Brian Lynch and giving birth to a daughter, could return to the WTA tour.

The former U.S. Open champion announced last week that she would compete in the World Team Tennis event in the United States later this year and in a special event at Wimbledon in May, alongside Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi and Tim Henman.

Clijsters, U.S. Open champion in 2005, won 34 singles titles overall and held the No. 1 ranking for a total of 19 weeks.

(Xinhua News Agency March 25, 2009)