Sabine Appelmans

Sabine Appelmans Template:Error (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.

Career

Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first trainer, Fred Debruyn, saw immediately that she was very talented. Although right-handed, she played left-handed; at a children's tennis training session she claimed to be left-handed so she could stay with her friend in the left-handed group.

Appelmans turned pro in 1988, and won her first title against Chanda Rubin in Scottsdale in 1991. She made her first Fed Cup appearance in 1988, with a 1–2 loss against Austria. In 1997, she married Serge Haubourdin. Throughout her career, she won seven singles and four doubles titles.

She participated three times in the Olympics (in 1992, 1996 and 2000) - at the 1992 Games in Barcelona she reached the quarterfinals in singles. Her best result in the Grand Slam tournaments is reaching the quarterfinals at the 1997 Australian Open after defeating then world No. 3, Conchita Martínez. Her highest spot on the WTA rankings is the 16th place, which she reached in November 1997. In the doubles she reached, together with Miriam Oremans, the semi-finals of 1997 Wimbledon.

In February 2007, she was appointed captain of Belgium's Fed Cup squad in replacement of Carl Maes, leading the team to a semifinal in 2011. That year, she was replaced herself in October 2011 by Ann Devries.

Awards

Appelmans was elected as the Belgian Sportswoman of the year 1990 & 1991. She was nominated for the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award in 1994 & 1995.

WTA career finals

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Leila Meskhi	1–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1991	Japan Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Nov 1991	Scottsdale, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–2	Nov 1991	Nashville, US	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Katrina Adams	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Apr 1992	Japan Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kimiko Date	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–3	Apr 1992	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrea Strnadová	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Oct 1993	Budapest, Hungary	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison	5–7, 2–6
Win	4–4	Feb 1994	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Meike Babel	6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	5–4	Apr 1994	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patty Fendick	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	6–4	Apr 1995	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Silke Meier	6–4, 6–3
Win	7–4	Mar 1996	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–5	Apr 1997	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Template:Flagicon Amanda Coetzer	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (4 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 1991	Oslo Open, Norway	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Raffaella Reggi	Template:Flagicon Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Template:Flagicon Silke Meier	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Sep 1991	Milan Indoor, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Raffaella Reggi	Template:Flagicon Sandy Collins Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	6–7(0–7), 3–6
Loss	3.	Oct 1991	Puerto Rico Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Camille Benjamin	Template:Flagicon Rika Hiraki Template:Flagicon Florencia Labat	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Feb 1992	Faber Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Claudia Porwik	Template:Flagicon Katerina Maleeva Template:Flagicon Barbara Rittner	5–7, 3–6
Loss	5.	Feb 1992	Cesena Championship, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Raffaella Reggi	Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire Template:Flagicon Catherine Tanvier	w/o
Win	1.	Feb 1994	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Laurence Courtois	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce Template:Flagicon Andrea Temesvári	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	May 1995	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Mary Joe Fernandez	2–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	May 1996	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7, 2–6
Loss	8.	Oct 1996	Sparkassen Cup, Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	Template:Flagicon Kristie Boogert Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	Mar 1997	Key Biscayne Open, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 3–6
Win	2.	Feb 1998	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova Template:Flagicon Larisa Neiland	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	3.	Jun 1998	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Template:Flagicon Miriam Oremans	Template:Flagicon Cătălina Cristea Template:Flagicon Eva Melicharová	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	10.	Jan 2000	Australian Hardcourts	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rita Grande	Template:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova	3–6, 0–6
Win	4.	May 2000	Belgian Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Hopkins Template:Flagicon Petra Rampre	6–1, 6–1

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	10 April 1988	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Petra Schwarz	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	24 July 1989	ITF Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Federica Bonsignori	3–6, 6–4, 6–7(2)
Loss	3.	12 June 1989	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emanuela Zardo	5–7, 3–6
Win	4.	26 April 1993	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Barbara Mulej	2–6, 7–6(1), 7–5

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	16 August 1987	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Caroline van Renterghem	Template:Flagicon Kathleen Schuurmans Template:Flagicon Joy Tacon	6–7(2), 6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss	2.	7 December 1992	ITF Val-d'Oise, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis	Template:Flagicon Isabelle Demongeot Template:Flagicon Catherine Suire	5–7, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Australian Open	A	A	3R	4R	1R	1R	3R	3R	4R	QF	1R	3R	3R	2R
French Open	2R	A	1R	4R	2R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	4R	4R	3R	2R	4R	A
US Open	A	A	3R	1R	4R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	4R	1R	A
WTA Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A

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