Sabine Appelmans
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| Residence | Asse, Belgium |
| Born |
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 
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 |  |
7–5, 6–1 |
| 2. | 10 November 1991 | Nashville, USA | Hard (i) | |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 3. | 19 April 1992 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard |  |
7–5, 3–6, 7–5 |
| 4. | 13 February 1994 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) |  |
6–1, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) |
| 5. | 17 April 1994 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | |
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| 6. | 30 April 1995 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 7. | 3 March 1996 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) |  |
6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | 20 February 1994 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | |
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6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. | 15 February 1998 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) |  |
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1–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| 3. | 21 June 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | |
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6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
| 4. | 21 May 2000 | Antwerp, Belgium | Clay | |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Grand Slam performance timeline
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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| 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 Fed Cup
- Sabine Appelmans Fan Site
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