Belgian Open (tennis)

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The Belgian Open was a WTA Tour tennis event held over three different periods from 1987-2002. It was competed in July from 1987-1989 and 2001, and May from 1992-1993 to 1999-2001. From 2000-2001 it was sponsored by Dutch clothing chain Mexx and was temporarily renamed the Benelux Open. In 2002, it was superseded by the Proximus Diamond Games.

The tournament was a Tier V event until 1999, when it was re-introduced to the tour as a Tier IV event. Only one Belgian woman won the singles event; the then little-known Justine Henin, aged 16 in 1999. However, Sabine Appelmans, Kim Clijsters and Els Callens all won the doubles event.

The competition was played on outdoor clay courts.

Contents 1 Location chronology 2 Champions 2.1 Singles 2.2 Doubles

[edit] Location chronology

1987: Knokke
1988-89: Brussels
1992: Waregem
1993: Liège
1999-2001: Antwerp

[edit] Champions

[edit] Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1987	Kathleen Horvath	Bettina Bunge	6-1, 7-6
1988	Arantxa Sánchez	Raffaella Reggi	6-0, 7-5
1989	Radka Zrubáková	Mercedes Paz	7-6, 6-4
1990-91	not held
1992	Wiltrud Probst	Meike Babel	6-2, 6-3
1993	Radka Bobková	Karin Kschwendt	6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1994-98	not held
1999	Justine Henin	Sarah Pitkowski	6-1, 6-2
2000	Amanda Coetzer	Cristina Torrens Valero	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
2001	Barbara Rittner	Klára Zakopalová	6-3, 6-2

[edit] Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1987	Bettina Bunge Manuela Maleeva	Kathleen Horvath Marcella Mesker	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1988	Mercedes Paz Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Katerina Maleeva Raffaella Reggi	7-6, 6-1
1989	Manon Bollegraf Mercedes Paz	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	6-1, 6-2
1990-91	not held
1992	Manon Bollegraf Caroline Vis	Elena Bryukhovets Petra Langrová	6-4, 6-3
1993	Radka Bobková Maria Jose Gaidano	Ann Devries Dominique Monami	6-4, 2-6, 7-6
1994-98	not held
1999	Laura Golarsa Katarina Srebotnik	Louise Pleming Meghann Shaughnessy	6-4, 6-2
2000	Sabine Appelmans Kim Clijsters	Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre	6-1, 6-1
2001	Els Callens Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6-3, 3-6, 6-4