Retired tennis legend Justine Henin to be inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame in Toronto Aug. 16

The guest of honour for this year's Rogers Cup in Toronto will be two-time champion Justine Henin, who will be inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame on semifinals day.

The Belgian with the glorious backhand retired after the 2011 Australian Open – for the second time. She was just 28. Henin first retired in May, 2008, while ranked No. 1, just before the French Open only to return for the 2010 Australian Open and reach the final, losing to Serena Williams.

Henin played Toronto four times, and Montreal twice. She won the tournament in Toronto in 2007, the last time she played. That was a monster year for Henin, who took 10 titles in just 14 tournaments that season and became the first woman to top $5 million in earnings for one season.

She also won Toronto in 2003, a year with a severely watered-down field, beating No. 38 Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6-1, 6-0 in the final.

In Montreal, she qualified and lost to Lindsay Davenport in the second round in 2000, and to Jennifer Capriati in the quarter-finals in 2002. But she didn't return after that. That was surprising, because her WTA Tour biography still lists her favourite place to visit at Montreal, in part because her godfather lives there.

The mother to daughter Lalie, now nearly 2 1/2, with fellow Belgian Benoît Bertuzzo, Henin also owns an academy in Belgium, where current junior Wimbledon champion Sofya Zhuk trains. Henin also does a lot of commentary during the French Open – unfortunately, not in the booth analyzing matches, but at the control desk as a pundit during breaks.