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Diamond Games
Women's tennis competition
Women's tennis competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Diamond Games |
| logo | Diamond Games logo.jpg |
| logo size | 200px |
| founded | 2002 |
| abolished | 2015 |
| city | Antwerp |
| country | Belgium |
| venue | Sportpaleis Merksem |
| tier | Tier II (2002–2009) |
| WTA Premier (2015) | |
| surface | Hard (indoors) |
| draw | 28S / 16D |
| prize money | $731,000 |
| website | Sport.be |
| type | defunct |
WTA Premier (2015)
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. 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.
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. A new trophy was unveiled in 2008, which featured a golden racquet and a ball, and was decorated with 2008 diamonds.
Past finals
Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ | |||
| 2002 | USA Venus Williams | BEL Justine Henin | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2003 | USA Venus Williams (2) | BEL Kim Clijsters | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2004 | BEL Kim Clijsters | ITA Silvia Farina Elia | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2005 | FRA Amélie Mauresmo | USA Venus Williams | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2006 | FRA Amélie Mauresmo (2) | BEL Kim Clijsters | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2007 | FRA Amélie Mauresmo (3) | BEL Kim Clijsters | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| 2008 | BEL Justine Henin | ITA Karin Knapp | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2009–14 | Only exhibition tournaments held | ||
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
| 2015 | GER Andrea Petkovic | ESP Carla Suárez Navarro | Walkover |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ | |||
| 2002 | BUL Magdalena Maleeva | ||
| SUI Patty Schnyder | FRA Nathalie Dechy | ||
| USA Meilen Tu | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 | ||
| 2003 | BEL Kim Clijsters | ||
| JPN Ai Sugiyama | FRA Nathalie Dechy | ||
| FRA Émilie Loit | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
| 2004 | ZIM Cara Black | ||
| BEL Els Callens | SUI Myriam Casanova | ||
| GRE Eleni Daniilidou | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| 2005 | ZIM Cara Black (2) | ||
| BEL Els Callens (2) | ESP Anabel Medina | ||
| RUS Dinara Safina | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 2006 | RUS Dinara Safina | ||
| SLO Katarina Srebotnik | FRA Stéphanie Foretz | ||
| NED Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| 2007 | ZIM Cara Black (3) | ||
| RSA Liezel Huber | RUS Elena Likhovtseva | ||
| RUS Elena Vesnina | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 | ||
| 2008 | ZIM Cara Black (4) | ||
| USA Liezel Huber (2) | CZE Květa Peschke | ||
| JPN Ai Sugiyama | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 2009–14 | Only exhibition tournaments held | ||
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ | |||
| 2015 | ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues | ||
| ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja | BEL An-Sophie Mestach | ||
| BEL Alison Van Uytvanck | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
References
References
- (18 August 2015). "WTA Event In Antwerp Will Be Replaced With New Tournament In St. Petersburg". Vavel.
- "WTA Heads to St. Petersburg in 2016". Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- (19 February 2007). "Amelie's diamond day". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- "The custom tennis racquet money can't buy". GiveMeSport.
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