Diamond Games

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The Diamond Games (due to sponsorship known for the last time as BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games and before that Proximus Diamond Games, GDF-Suez Diamond Games and Thomas Cook Diamond Games) was a professional women's tennis tournament organised in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament took place in the Sportpaleis, at the beginning of February.

In 2009, with the restructuring of the WTA Tour and the retirement of both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, the tournament lost its status of being a WTA Tour tournament and evolved into an annual exhibition tennis event before returning to the WTA calendar in 2015.[1] Later that year, however, the WTA announced that in 2016, the Diamond Games would be replaced on the WTA calendar with a new tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.[2]

The Diamond Games offered a trophy to any player who won the singles three times in five years. In 2007, Amélie Mauresmo won a golden racquet decorated with diamonds.[3] A new trophy was unveiled in 2008, which featured a golden racquet and a ball, and was decorated with 2008 diamonds.[4]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2002 Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Justine Henin 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003 Template:Flagicon Venus Williams (2) Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–4
2004 Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia 6–3, 6–0
2005 Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Venus Williams 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2006 Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo (2) Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007 Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo (3) Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2008 Template:Flagicon Justine Henin Template:Flagicon Karin Knapp 6–3, 6–3
2009–14 Only exhibition tournaments held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2015 Template:Flagicon Andrea Petkovic Template:Flagicon Carla Suárez Navarro Walkover

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
2002 Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva
Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder
Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy
Template:Flagicon Meilen Tu
6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2003 Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters
Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama
Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy
Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit
6–2, 6–0
2004 Template:Flagicon Cara Black
Template:Flagicon Els Callens
Template:Flagicon Myriam Casanova
Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou
6–2, 6–1
2005 Template:Flagicon Cara Black (2)
Template:Flagicon Els Callens (2)
Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina
Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006 Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Foretz
Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek
6–1, 6–1
2007 Template:Flagicon Cara Black (3)
Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva
Template:Flagicon Elena Vesnina
7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2008 Template:Flagicon Cara Black (4)
Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber (2)
Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke
Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama
6–1, 6–3
2009–14 Only exhibition tournaments held
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2015 Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues
Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja
Template:Flagicon An-Sophie Mestach
Template:Flagicon Alison Van Uytvanck
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

See also

References

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External links

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