Diamond Games

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = Diamond Games

| logo = Diamond Games logo.jpg

| logo size = 200px

| founded = 2002

|abolished = 2015

| city = Antwerp

| country = Belgium

| venue = Sportpaleis Merksem

| tier = Tier II (2002–2009)
WTA Premier (2015)

| surface = Hard (indoors)

| draw = 28S / 16D

| prize money = $731,000

| website = [http://www.sport.be/bnpparibasfortisdiamondgames/ Sport.be]

|type = defunct

}}

The Diamond Games (due to sponsorship known for the last time as BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games and before that Proximus Diamond Games, GDF-Suez Diamond Games and Thomas Cook Diamond Games) was a professional women's tennis tournament organised in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament took place in the Sportpaleis, at the beginning of February.

In 2009, with the restructuring of the WTA Tour and the retirement of both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, the tournament lost its status of being a WTA Tour tournament and evolved into an annual exhibition tennis event before returning to the WTA calendar in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.vavel.com/en-us/tennis-usa/527802-wta-event-in-antwerp-will-be-replaced-with-new-tournament-in-st-petersburg.html|title=WTA Event In Antwerp Will Be Replaced With New Tournament In St. Petersburg|date=18 August 2015 |publisher=Vavel|access-date=2015-09-26}} Later that year, however, the WTA announced that in 2016, the Diamond Games would be replaced on the WTA calendar with a new tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4942315/title/wta-heads-to-st-petersburg-in-2016|title=WTA Heads to St. Petersburg in 2016|publisher=Women's Tennis Association (WTA)|access-date=2015-09-26}}

The Diamond Games offered a trophy to any player who won the singles three times in five years. In 2007, Amélie Mauresmo won a golden racquet decorated with diamonds.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/amelies-diamond-day/2007/02/19/1171733662275.html|title=Amelie's diamond day|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 February 2007 |access-date=2015-09-26}} A new trophy was unveiled in 2008, which featured a golden racquet and a ball, and was decorated with 2008 diamonds.{{cite web|url=http://www.givemesport.com/498436-the-custom-tennis-racquet-money-cant-buy|title=The custom tennis racquet money can't buy|publisher=GiveMeSport|access-date=2015-09-26|archive-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195559/https://www.givemesport.com/498436-the-custom-tennis-racquet-money-cant-buy|url-status=dead}}

Past finals

= Singles =

class="wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
colspan="4" align="center" \| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2002	{{flagicon\|USA}} Venus Williams	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Justine Henin	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003	{{flagicon\|USA}} Venus Williams (2)	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	6–2, 6–4
2004	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Silvia Farina Elia	6–3, 6–0
2005	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo	{{flagicon\|USA}} Venus Williams	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2006	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo (2)	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo (3)	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2008	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Justine Henin	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Karin Knapp	6–3, 6–3
2009–14	colspan="3" align="center" \| Only exhibition tournaments held
colspan="4" style="background:#D4F1C5;" align="center" \| ↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015	{{flagicon\|GER}} Andrea Petkovic	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro	Walkover

= Doubles =

class="wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
colspan="4" align="center" \| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2002	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Magdalena Maleeva {{flagicon\|SUI}} Patty Schnyder	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy {{flagicon\|USA}} Meilen Tu	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
2003	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy {{flagicon\|FRA}} Émilie Loit	6–2, 6–0
2004	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black {{flagicon\|BEL}} Els Callens	{{flagicon\|SUI}} Myriam Casanova {{flagicon\|GRE}} Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–1
2005	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black (2) {{flagicon\|BEL}} Els Callens (2)	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Anabel Medina {{flagicon\|RUS}} Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Dinara Safina {{flagicon\|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Stéphanie Foretz {{flagicon\|NED}} Michaëlla Krajicek	6–1, 6–1
2007	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black (3) {{flagicon\|RSA}} Liezel Huber	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva {{flagicon\|RUS}} Elena Vesnina	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2008	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black (4) {{flagicon\|USA}} Liezel Huber (2)	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Květa Peschke {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
2009–14	colspan=3 align=center \| Only exhibition tournaments held
colspan="4" style="background:#D4F1C5;" align="center" \| ↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Anabel Medina Garrigues {{flagicon\|ESP}} Arantxa Parra Santonja	{{flagicon\|BEL}} An-Sophie Mestach {{flagicon\|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.sport.be/bnpparibasfortisdiamondgames/2015/eng/}}

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Belgium

Category:Hard court tennis tournaments

Category:Indoor tennis tournaments

Category:WTA Tour

Category:Sports competitions in Antwerp

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2002

Category:2002 establishments in Belgium

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2015

Category:2015 disestablishments in Belgium

class="wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
colspan="4" align="center" \| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2002	{{flagicon\|USA}} Venus Williams	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Justine Henin	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003	{{flagicon\|USA}} Venus Williams (2)	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	6–2, 6–4
2004	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Silvia Farina Elia	6–3, 6–0
2005	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo	{{flagicon\|USA}} Venus Williams	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2006	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo (2)	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo (3)	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2008	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Justine Henin	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Karin Knapp	6–3, 6–3
2009–14	colspan="3" align="center" \| Only exhibition tournaments held
colspan="4" style="background:#D4F1C5;" align="center" \| ↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015	{{flagicon\|GER}} Andrea Petkovic	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro	Walkover

class="wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
colspan="4" align="center" \| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2002	{{flagicon\|BUL}} Magdalena Maleeva {{flagicon\|SUI}} Patty Schnyder	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy {{flagicon\|USA}} Meilen Tu	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
2003	{{flagicon\|BEL}} Kim Clijsters {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Nathalie Dechy {{flagicon\|FRA}} Émilie Loit	6–2, 6–0
2004	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black {{flagicon\|BEL}} Els Callens	{{flagicon\|SUI}} Myriam Casanova {{flagicon\|GRE}} Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–1
2005	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black (2) {{flagicon\|BEL}} Els Callens (2)	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Anabel Medina {{flagicon\|RUS}} Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Dinara Safina {{flagicon\|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Stéphanie Foretz {{flagicon\|NED}} Michaëlla Krajicek	6–1, 6–1
2007	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black (3) {{flagicon\|RSA}} Liezel Huber	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva {{flagicon\|RUS}} Elena Vesnina	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2008	{{flagicon\|ZIM}} Cara Black (4) {{flagicon\|USA}} Liezel Huber (2)	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Květa Peschke {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
2009–14	colspan=3 align=center \| Only exhibition tournaments held
colspan="4" style="background:#D4F1C5;" align="center" \| ↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Anabel Medina Garrigues {{flagicon\|ESP}} Arantxa Parra Santonja	{{flagicon\|BEL}} An-Sophie Mestach {{flagicon\|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]