since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor
defeated Belgian Dominique Van Roost 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5, and the following year, American
won her first WTA Tour title with a hard fought 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over fellow American and former top 10 player
. Snyder saved two match points during the match. In 2006, top-seed and 2007
, who both went on to become World No. 1.
, a three-time Grand Slam champion, won the event in 2007, in only her third event after returning to the tour after giving birth to her son.
| Year | |Champion | |Runner-up | |Score |
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| 1993 |
France Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...
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6–4, 6–1 |
| 1994 |
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva |
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. Schultz is known for her fast serve, holding the record for the fastest serve in qualifying rounds in the WTA tour...
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6–3, 6–3 |
| 1995 |
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
22px Dominique Van Roost |
7–6, 6–2 |
| 1996 |
USA Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No...
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22px Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
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6–4, 6–4 |
| 1997 |
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
22px Dominique Van Roost |
6–4, 6–7(4), 7–5 |
| 1998 |
USA Tara Snyder Tara Snyder is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour in November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the world...
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USA Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is a professional tennis player from the United States.Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries...
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4–6, 6–4, 7–6(6) |
| 1999 |
USA Jennifer CapriatiJennifer Marie Capriati is a former World No. 1 women's tennis player from the United States. She has won three Grand Slam singles titles and the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games...
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USA Chanda Rubin |
4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2000 |
USA Chanda Rubin |
USA Jennifer Capriati |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 2001 |
USA Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles...
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Croatia Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Marić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won eight singles titles and one women's doubles title during her career.-Career:Majoli turned professional in 1991 at the age...
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6–1, 6–3 |
| 2002 |
Russia Elena Bovina Elena Olegovna Bovina is a Russian professional female tennis player. On April 4, 2005 Bovina reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 14....
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Switzerland Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian is a professional female tennis player from Switzerland. She turned pro in 1999 and has won 1 singles title.-Singles finalist :*2001: Basel*2002: Quebec City...
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6–3, 6–4 |
| 2003 |
Russia Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player and three time Grand Slam singles champion...
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Venezuela Milagros Sequera Milagros Sequera is a professional female tennis player from San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked World No. 48 on July 9, 2007.-Career:...
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6–2, retired |
| 2004 |
Slovakia Martina SucháMartina Suchá is a retired female tennis player from Slovakia.With a height of 1.70 m and a weight of 57 kg , she is right-handed, and plays with a two-handed backhand....
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USA Abigail Spears Abigail Spears is a professional American tennis player.Spears turned professional in 2000. Spears has reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament and the 2005 U.S. Open...
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7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 2005 |
USA Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was still an active player as of the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
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Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of April 27, 2009, she is ranked World No. 120.-Biography:Arvidsson began playing tennis at the age of 8 under her neighbor, a tennis coach...
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6–1, 7–5 |
| 2006 |
France Marion BartoliMarion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 1. She has won five Women's Tennis Association titles, and was runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. As of October 12 2009, Bartoli is ranked World No.12.-Early Life and Personal Life:Bartoli was born on 2...
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Russia Olga PoutchkovaOlga Alekseyevna Puchkova is a Russian professional tennis player and model. As a junior she played for Belarus, and is sometimes listed as Belarusian as a professional....
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6–0, 6–0 |
| 2007 |
USA Lindsay DavenportLindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
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Ukraine Julia VakulenkoJulia Vakulenko is a professional Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of No...
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6–4, 6–1 |
| 2008 The 2008 Bell Challenge was a tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Bell Challenge, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS sport complex in Quebec City, Canada, from October 27 through November 2, 2008.-Singles: Nadia...
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Russia Nadia PetrovaNadia Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player. Overall, she has won 26 WTA Titles, nine in singles and seventeen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No...
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USA Bethanie MattekBethanie Lynn Mattek-Sands is an American professional tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour. She lives in Miami, Florida but trains in Phoenix, Arizona...
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4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2009 The 2009 Bell Challenge was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 17th edition of the Bell Challenge, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour...
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Hungary Melinda CzinkMelinda Czink is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On September 21, 2009 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 37....
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Czech Republic Lucie SafarovaLucie Šafářová is a professional Czech tennis player. She was born in Brno.Šafářová has won four WTA tour singles titles and reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, upsetting defending champion Amélie Mauresmo en-route...
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4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Year | |Champions | |Runners-up | |Score |
|---|
| 1993 |
USA Katrina AdamsKatrina Adams is a former professional United States tennis player from Chicago. Her highest singles ranking was 67 on May 8 1989.-Early life:Adams joined a tennis program in West Side, Chicago when she was six years old...
NED Manon BollegrafManon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-History:...
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BUL Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...
FRA Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
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6-4, 6-4 |
| 1994 |
RSA Elna Reinach Elna Reinach is South African former pro tennis player.With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser in 1993...
FRA Nathalie Tauziat |
USA Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is a professional tennis player from the United States.Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries...
USA Linda WildLinda Harvey Wild is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Wild turned pro in 1989. In the first round of her first tournament as a pro, in February, 1990 in her hometown of Chicago, she defeated then fifth-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario...
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6-4, 6-3 |
| 1995 |
USA Nicole Arendt Nicole Arendt is a female tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1991. She won 16 doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she became number 49 in the world. She reached her career-high...
NED Manon Bollegraf |
USA Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No...
AUS Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....
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7-6, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1996 |
USA Debbie Graham Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer is a retired women's tennis player from the United States. She was awarded the WTA award for the "Most Impressive Newcomer" in 1992. She is currently one of the "High Performance Coaches" for women with the USTA.She played college tennis for Stanford...
NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthyBrenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. Schultz is known for her fast serve, holding the record for the fastest serve in qualifying rounds in the WTA tour...
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USA Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was still an active player as of the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
USA Kimberly PoKimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000...
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6-1, 6-4 |
| 1997 |
USA Lisa Raymond
AUS Rennae Stubbs |
FRA Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai is a former professional tennis player from France.Fusai turned professional in 1991. She was 1.76m tall and weighed about 60 kg in 1997. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the WTA Tour tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered...
FRA Nathalie Tauziat |
6-4, 5-7, 7-5 |
| 1998 |
USA Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
USA Kimberly Po |
USA Chanda Rubin
FRA Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud in Lyon, France is a former professional female tennis player from France.-Career:Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 1999, she became the fourth Frenchwoman after Françoise Durr, Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat to break into singles top 10...
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6-7, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1999 |
USA Amy Frazier
USA Katie Schlukebir |
ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
USA Debbie Graham |
6-2, 6-3 |
| 2000 |
AUS Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian...
USA Meghann ShaughnessyMeghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles...
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BEL Els Callens Els Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
USA Kimberly Po |
6-3, 6-4 |
| 2001 |
USA Samantha Reeves
ITA Adriana Serra ZanettiAdriana Serra Zanetti is a professional Italian tennis player.Serra Zanetti's highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking is World No. 38, which she reached on 11 February 2002. Her career high ranking in doubles was World No. 69 on 17 June 2002....
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CZE Klára Zakopalová
CZE Alena Vašková |
7-5, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 2002 |
USA Samantha Reeves
RSA Jessica Steck |
ARG Maria Emilia Salerni María Emilia Salerni , known as Pitu Salerni, is an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe....
COL Fabiola ZuluagaFabiola Zuluaga was a professional tennis player from Colombia. She retired on September 9, 2005. She reached the Australian Open Semifinals in 2004 and became the first Colombian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. She is one of the best tennis player that Colombia has had ....
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4-6, 6-3, 7-5 |
| 2003 |
CHN Li Ting
CHN Sun TiantianSun Tiantian is a Chinese female tennis player.- Career :In September 2000, she won two successive US$10,000 ITF singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001, when she won another two back-to-back.In 2002, she found repeat success at the next level up, winning two $25,000 tournaments:...
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BEL Els Callens
USA Meilen TuMeilen Tu is an American professional female tennis player...
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6-3, 6-3 |
| 2004 |
USA Carly GullicksonCarly Gullickson is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 123, which she reached on July 20, 2009. Her career high doubles ranking is No. 52, set at April 3, 2006. She is the daughter of former major league baseball player Bill Gullickson. She won the...
Argentina María Emilia SalerniMaría Emilia Salerni , known as Pitu Salerni, is an Argentine professional tennis player from the city of Rafaela, province of Santa Fe....
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Belgium Els Callens
Australia Samantha StosurSamantha Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 on WTA Tour in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the United States. As of October 19, 2009, Stosur is ranked No. 13 in singles and No...
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7-5, 7-5 |
| 2005 |
Russia Anastassia RodionovaAnastasia Rodionova is a Russian-born professional female tennis player, playing for her home country Australia at all grand slams since the Australian Open in January 2008....
Russia Elena VesninaElena Sergeevna Vesnina is a professional female tennis player from Russia. Her career high rank was #22, achieved on October 12, 2009...
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Latvia Liga DekmeijereLīga Dekmeijere is a professional tennis player from Latvia who has won sixteen International Tennis Federation doubles titles and one Women's Tennis Association doubles title. Dekmeijere has been as high as World Number 64 in the overall women's doubles rankings, a ranking that she achieved on...
USA Ashley HarkleroadAshley Harkleroad , is an American tennis player. Born in Rossville, Georgia, Harkleroad reached a career-high ranking of No. 39 on June 9, 2003. As of May 2009 she isn't currently playing as she recently had a child...
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6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 |
| 2006 |
USA Carly Gullickson
USA Laura Granville Laura Granville is an American professional tennis player. During the two years she spent at Stanford University, she set the record for most consecutive singles victories with 58. As of November 17, 2008, she is ranked World No...
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USA Jill CraybasJill Craybas is an American professional tennis player.-Career:Before entering the professional ranks in 1996, she attended and graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and was the 1996 NCAA singles champion...
Russia Alina JidkovaAlina Vladimirovna Jidkova , soubriquet Alinka, is a Women's Tennis Association tennis player....
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6-3, 6-4 |
| 2007 |
USA Christina Fusano Christina Fusano is an American professional tennis player. Her career high WTA doubles ranking is World No. 84, set on August 4, 2008. Her career high WTA singles ranking is World No. 417, which she reached on February 21, 2005....
USA Raquel Kops-JonesRaquel Kops-Jones is an professional tennis player from the United States of America. She made her debut in professional competition in 2000, aged 17, at an ITF tournament in Boca Raton....
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CAN Stéphanie DuboisStéphanie Dubois is a Canadian female tennis player. She competed in the Bell Challenge in 2004 and 2005. Dubois also competed in the Rogers Cup in 2005 and 2006. She defeated Kim Clijsters in 2006 when Clijsters retired from the match...
CZE Renata Voracova Renata Voráčová is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Her career high singles ranking is No...
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6-3, 7-6(6) |
| 2008 The 2008 Bell Challenge was a tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Bell Challenge, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS sport complex in Quebec City, Canada, from October 27 through November 2, 2008.-Singles: Nadia...
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GER Anna-Lena GrönefeldAnna-Lena Grönefeld is a professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in 2003....
USA Vania KingVania King is a female tennis player from the United States. She is a Taiwanese American.On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking:, at 50th overll...
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USA Jill Craybas
THA Tamarine TanasugarnTamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. and turned professional in 1994...
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7-6(3), 6-4 |
| 2009 The 2009 Bell Challenge was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 17th edition of the Bell Challenge, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour...
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USA Vania KingVania King is a female tennis player from the United States. She is a Taiwanese American.On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking:, at 50th overll...
CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová |
SWE Sofia Arvidsson Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson is a Swedish tennis player. As of April 27, 2009, she is ranked World No. 120.-Biography:Arvidsson began playing tennis at the age of 8 under her neighbor, a tennis coach...
FRA Séverine Brémond Beltrame |
6–1, 6–3 |