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The Tournoi de Québec was a WTA Tour International level tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Held from 1993 to 2018,[1] the tournament was the last women's professional tennis tournament still played on indoor carpet courts.[2] It was held at the PEPS stadium. The event had several sponsors and the tournament name changed accordingly. The tournament was known as Challenge Bell from the first edition to 2013,[3] and was later sponsored by Coupe Banque Nationale and called the National Bank Cup.

Tournoi de Québec
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1993
Abolished2018
Editions26
LocationQuebec City, Quebec
Canada
VenuePEPS de l'Université Laval
CategoryWTA Tier III
1993–2008
WTA International
2009–2018
SurfaceCarpet – indoors

In 1997, Dutchwoman Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated Belgian Dominique Van Roost to win her second title in Quebec City (also won in 1995 and finalist in 1994), the only woman in the history of the tournament to do so. The following year, American Tara Snyder won her first WTA Tour title with a hard-fought victory over fellow American and former top 10 player Chanda Rubin (Rubin was also runner-up in 1999 and won the tournament in 2000), as she saved two match points during the match. In 2006, top-seed and future Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli of France defeated Russian Olga Puchkova 6–0, 6–0, the first double bagel in a WTA Tour final for 13 years.

Other players who have won the event and gone on to win Grand Slam titles include 1999 champion Jennifer Capriati, 2003 champion Maria Sharapova, who both went on to become world No. 1. American Lindsay Davenport, 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. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2018.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 France  Nathalie Tauziat Bulgaria  Katerina Maleeva 6–4, 6–1
1994 Bulgaria  Katerina Maleeva Netherlands  Brenda Schultz 6–3, 6–3
1995 Netherlands  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Belgium  Dominique Monami 7–6(7–5), 6–2
1996 United States  Lisa Raymond Belgium  Els Callens 6–4, 6–4
1997 Netherlands  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (2) Belgium  Dominique Van Roost 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
1998 United States  Tara Snyder United States  Chanda Rubin 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
1999 United States  Jennifer Capriati United States  Chanda Rubin 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2000 United States  Chanda Rubin United States  Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 6–2
2001 United States  Meghann Shaughnessy Croatia  Iva Majoli 6–1, 6–3
2002 Russia  Elena Bovina Switzerland  Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 6–3, 6–4
2003 Russia  Maria Sharapova Venezuela  Milagros Sequera 6–2, retired
2004 Slovakia  Martina Suchá United States  Abigail Spears 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
2005 United States  Amy Frazier Sweden  Sofia Arvidsson 6–1, 7–5
2006 France  Marion Bartoli Russia  Olga Puchkova 6–0, 6–0
2007 United States  Lindsay Davenport Ukraine  Julia Vakulenko 6–4, 6–1
2008 Russia  Nadia Petrova United States  Bethanie Mattek 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009 Hungary  Melinda Czink Czech Republic  Lucie Šafářová 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2010 Austria  Tamira Paszek United States  Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 7–5
2011 Czech Republic  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová New Zealand  Marina Erakovic 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
2012 Belgium  Kirsten Flipkens Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká 6–1, 7–5
2013 Czech Republic  Lucie Šafářová New Zealand  Marina Erakovic 6–4, 6–3
2014 Croatia  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni United States  Venus Williams 6–4, 6–3
2015 Germany  Annika Beck Latvia  Jeļena Ostapenko 6–2, 6–2
2016 France  Océane Dodin United States  Lauren Davis 6–4, 6–3
2017 Belgium  Alison Van Uytvanck Hungary  Tímea Babos 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
2018 France  Pauline Parmentier United States  Jessica Pegula 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1993 United States  Katrina Adams
Netherlands  Manon Bollegraf
Bulgaria  Katerina Maleeva
France  Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–4
1994 South Africa  Elna Reinach
France  Nathalie Tauziat
United States  Linda Harvey-Wild
United States  Chanda Rubin
6–4, 6–3
1995 United States  Nicole Arendt
Netherlands  Manon Bollegraf (2)
United States  Lisa Raymond
Australia  Rennae Stubbs
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
1996 United States  Debbie Graham
Netherlands  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
United States  Amy Frazier
United States  Kimberly Po
6–1, 6–4
1997 United States  Lisa Raymond
Australia  Rennae Stubbs
France  Alexandra Fusai
France  Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 5–7, 7–5
1998 United States  Lori McNeil
United States  Kimberly Po
United States  Chanda Rubin
France  Sandrine Testud
6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4
1999 United States  Amy Frazier
United States  Katie Schlukebir
Zimbabwe  Cara Black
United States  Debbie Graham
6–2, 6–3
2000 Australia  Nicole Pratt
United States  Meghann Shaughnessy
Belgium  Els Callens
United States  Kimberly Po
6–3, 6–4
2001 United States  Samantha Reeves
Italy  Adriana Serra Zanetti
Czech Republic  Klára Koukalová
Czech Republic  Alena Vašková
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2002 United States  Samantha Reeves (2)
South Africa  Jessica Steck
Argentina  María Emilia Salerni
Colombia  Fabiola Zuluaga
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2003 China  Li Ting
China  Sun Tiantian
Belgium  Els Callens
United States  Meilen Tu
6–3, 6–3
2004 United States  Carly Gullickson
Argentina  María Emilia Salerni
Belgium  Els Callens
Australia  Samantha Stosur
7–5, 7–5
2005 Russia  Anastasia Rodionova
Russia  Elena Vesnina
Latvia  Līga Dekmeijere
United States  Ashley Harkleroad
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
2006 United States  Carly Gullickson
United States  Laura Granville
United States  Jill Craybas
Russia  Alina Jidkova
6–3, 6–4
2007 United States  Christina Fusano
United States  Raquel Kops-Jones
Canada  Stéphanie Dubois
Czech Republic  Renata Voráčová
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
2008 Germany  Anna-Lena Grönefeld
United States  Vania King
United States  Jill Craybas
Thailand  Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–6(7–3), 6–4
2009 United States  Vania King (2)
Czech Republic  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Sweden  Sofia Arvidsson
France  Séverine Brémond Beltrame
6–1, 6–3
2010 Sweden  Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden  Johanna Larsson
United States  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
2011 United States  Raquel Kops-Jones (2)
United States  Abigail Spears
United States  Jamie Hampton
Georgia (country)  Anna Tatishvili
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
2012 Germany  Tatjana Malek
France  Kristina Mladenovic
Poland  Alicja Rosolska
United Kingdom  Heather Watson
7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), [10–7]
2013 Russia  Alla Kudryavtseva
Australia  Anastasia Rodionova
Czech Republic  Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká
6–4, 6–3
2014 Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká
Croatia  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Germany  Julia Görges
Czech Republic  Andrea Hlaváčková
6–3, 7–6(10–8)
2015 Czech Republic  Barbora Krejčíková
Belgium  An-Sophie Mestach
Argentina  María Irigoyen
Poland  Paula Kania
4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2016 Czech Republic  Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic  Lucie Hradecká (2)
Russia  Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia  Alexandra Panova
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
2017 Hungary  Tímea Babos
Czech Republic  Andrea Hlaváčková (2)
Canada  Bianca Andreescu
Canada  Carson Branstine
6–3, 6–1
2018 United States  Asia Muhammad
United States  Maria Sanchez
Croatia  Darija Jurak
Switzerland  Xenia Knoll
6–4, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Fin de la Coupe Banque Nationale: une bonne nouvelle" (in French). tvsports.ca. May 28, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tennis Canada preview: Bell Challenge - Quebec City". TennisCanada.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  3. ^ "La Coupe Banque Nationale se substitue au Challenge Bell". La Presse. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
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