Dominique Monami is a former tennis player from Belgium. She is her country's first ever top-10 tennis professional.
The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated the Netherlands' Kristie Boogert and Miriam Oremans in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics. It was the first of an eventual three gold medals at the event for the Williams sisters. In the bronze medal match, Belgium's Els Callens and Dominique Van Roost defeated Belarus' Olga Barabanschikova and Natalia Zvereva, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.
Elke Clijsters is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
The Belgian women's national tennis team, managed by the Belgian Tennis Federation, has been competing in the International Tennis Federation sanctioned Fed Cup since the very beginning: 1963. It has won the competition once, in 2001. Both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin won their singles matches to seal the first victory for Belgium against Russia in Madrid.
Caroline Maes is a former Belgian tennis player.
The Belgian Open was a WTA Tour tennis event held over three different periods during 1987–2002. The competition took place in July during 1987–1989 and 2002, and in May during 1992–1993 and 1999–2001. 2000 and 2001 it was sponsored by Dutch clothing chain Mexx and renamed the Benelux Open. The competition was played on outdoor clay courts.
The 2003 DFS Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier III of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 9 June until 15 June 2003. Third-seeded Magdalena Maleeva won the singles title.
The 1996 Amway Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand that was part of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 1 January until 6 January 1996. Qualifier Sandra Cacic won the singles title.
The 2005 Proximus Diamond Games was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier II category of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 February until 20 February 2002. First-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.
The 2004 Proximus Diamond Games was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier II category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 16 February until 22 February 2002. First-seeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.
The 2001 Eurocard Ladies German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin in Germany and was part of Tier I of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament and ran from 7 May through 13 May 2001. Fourth-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.
The 2003 JPMorgan Chase Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the Tier II Series of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the 30th edition of the tournament and took place in Carson, California, United States, from August 4 through August 10, 2003. First-seeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $97,000 first-prize money. As a result of her win Clijsters became the world No. 1 ranked player for the first time in her career and the first female player to do so without winning a Grand Slam tournament.
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010.
The 1998 DFS Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 8 June until 14 June 1998.
The 1998 Volvo Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Pattaya, Thailand that was part of Tier IV of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 16 November through 22 November 1998. Second-seeded Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles title and earned $17,700 first-prize money.
The 1999 SEAT Open Luxembourg doubles was the doubles event of the ninth edition of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Luxembourg. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion but she did not compete in this year.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions, but Neiland did not compete this year as she retired from professional tennis during this season. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Barbara Schett and lost in quarterfinals to Kimberly Po and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot.
The 2004 Moorilla Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts and which was part of the Tier V category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 12 January until 16 January 2004. Unseeded Amy Frazier won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.
The 2001 TennisCup Vlaanderen was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier V category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 May until 20 May 2001. Fifth-seeded Barbara Rittner won the singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first-prize money.
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.
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