Sabine Appelmans

Sabine Appelmans

Country (sports)	Belgium
Residence	Asse, Belgium
Born	(1972-04-22) 22 April 1972 Aalst, Belgium
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,054,352
Singles
Career record	346–237
Career titles	7 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 16 (24 November 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1997)
French Open	4R (1991)
Wimbledon	4R (1997, 2000)
US Open	4R (1992, 1999)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (1992)
Doubles
Career record	147–162
Career titles	4 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21 (25 August 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1991)
French Open	3R (1992)
Wimbledon	SF (1997)
US Open	3R (1991)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1996)

Sabine Appelmans listen^ⓘ (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.

In February 2007 she was appointed captain of Belgium's Fed Cup squad in replacement of Carl Maes, only to be 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 titles (11)

Legend

WTA Tour Championships

Tier I Event

Singles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 November 1991	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Chanda Rubin	7–5, 6–1
2.	10 November 1991	Nashville, USA	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	6–2, 6–4
3.	19 April 1992	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Andrea Strnadová	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
4.	13 February 1994	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Meike Babel	6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
5.	17 April 1994	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Patty Fendick	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–2
6.	30 April 1995	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Silke Meier	6–4, 6–3
7.	3 March 1996	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	20 February 1994	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Laurence Courtois	Mary Pierce Andrea Temesvári	6–4, 6–4
2.	15 February 1998	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Miriam Oremans	Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
3.	21 June 1998	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Miriam Oremans	Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
4.	21 May 2000	Antwerp, Belgium	Clay	Kim Clijsters	Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre	6–1, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timeline

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

External links

• Sabine Appelmans at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sabine Appelmans at the International Tennis Federation
• Sabine Appelmans at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Sabine Appelmans Fan Site