Sabine Appelmans  |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Residence | Asse, Belgium |
| Date of birth | 22 April 1972 (1972-04-22) (age 37) |
| Place of birth | Aalst, Belgium |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (130 lb) |
| Turned pro | 1988 |
| Retired | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed
(two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | US$2,054,352 |
| Singles |
| Career record | 346–237 |
| Career titles | 7 (1 ITF title) |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (24 November 1997) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open | QF (1997) |
| French Open | 4th Round (1991) |
| Wimbledon | 4th Round (1997, 2000) |
| US Open | 4th Round (1992, 1999) |
| Doubles |
| Career record | 147–162 |
| Career titles | 4 (1 ITF title) |
| Highest ranking | No. 21 (25 August 1997) |
| Last updated on: N/A. |
Sabine Appelmans 
listen (help·info) (born 22 April 1972) is a former tennis player from Belgium.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] WTA Tour Titles (11)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam |
| WTA Championships |
| Tier I Event |
| WTA Tour |
[edit] Singles (7)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 3 November 1991 | Phoenix, 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(3) |
| 5. | 17 April 1994 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Patty Fendick | 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6–2 |
| 6. | 30 April 1995 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Silke Meier | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 7. | 3 March 1996 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Helena Suková | 6–4, 7–5 |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Performance Timeline
| Tournament | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
| Australian Open | 2r | 3r | 3r | 1r | QF | 4r | 3r | 3r | 1r | 1r | 4r | 3r | - | - |
| French Open | - | 1r | 1r | 1r | 1r | 3r | 3r | 2r | 2r | 2r | 4r | 1r | - | 2r |
| Wimbledon | - | 4r | 2r | 3r | 4r | 4r | 1r | 1r | 3r | 2r | 1r | - | - | - |
| U.S. Open | - | 1r | 4r | - | 1r | 1r | 3r | 1r | 2r | 4r | 1r | 3r | - | - |
| WTA Tour Championships | - | - | - | - | 4r | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yellow backgrounds for top-8 (quarter finals up to finalist).
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