Sabine Appelmans

Sabine Appelmans
Singles
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
Career record	346–237
Career titles	7 (1 ITF title)
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 (1 ITF title)
Highest ranking	No. 21 (25 August 1997)

Sabine Appelmans listen (born 22 April 1972) is a former tennis player from Belgium, and 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 Phoenix in 1991. She made her first Fed Cup appearance in 1988, with a 2–1 loss against Austria. In 1997, she married Serge Haubourdin. Throughout her career, she won seven singles titles and 4 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 Tour Titles (11)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Championships
Tier I Event
WTA Tour

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 Fed Cup
Sabine Appelmans Fan Site

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne 2016 Greg Van Avermaet

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon 2016 Nafissatou Thiam

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Field hockey team 2013–2014 Football team 2015 Davis Cup team 2016 Field hockey team

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot 2016 Louise Carton

Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort 2016 Laurens Devos

Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016 Roger Lespagnard

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