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WTA Knokke-Heist

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WTA Knokke-Heist
Defunct tennis tournament
TourWTA Tour
Founded1999
Abolished2002
Editions4
LocationKnokke, Belgium (1999–2001)
Brussels, Belgium (2002)
CategoryTier IVa (1999)
Tier IV (2000–2002)
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The WTA Knokke-Heist, also known by ist sponsored name Sanex Trophy, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Knokke-Heist Belgium. It was part of the Tier IVa and Tier IV category of the WTA Tour. The last edition of the tournament was held in Brussels and named French Community Championships.[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1999 Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo Czech Republic Denisa Chládková 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–2
2000 Israel Anna Smashnova Belgium Dominique van Roost 6–2, 7–5
2001 Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova Spain Gala León García 6–2, 6–3
2002 Switzerland Myriam Casanova Spain Arantxa Sánchez 4–6, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1999 Czech Republic Eva Martincová
Germany Elena Wagner
Russia Evgenia Koulikovskaya
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Naćuk
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2000 Italy Giulia Casoni
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
Australia Catherine Barclay
Denmark Eva Dyrberg
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Spain Magüi Serna
Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–4, 6–3
2002 Austria Barbara Schwartz
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
Italy Tathiana Garbin
Spain Arantxa Sánchez
6–2, 0–6, 6–4

See also

  • Belgian Open – women's tournament (1987–2001)

References

  1. ^ "WTA-tennistoernooi Knokke verhuist naar Brussel". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 12 November 2001.


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