Sabine Appelmans

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Sabine Appelmans


country= BEL
residence= Asse, Belgium
datebirth= birth date and age|1972|4|22
placebirth= Aalst, Belgium
height= height|m=1.68
weight= convert|58|kg|abbr=on
turnedpro= 1988
retired= 2001
plays= Left-handed
(two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney= US$2,054,352
singlesrecord= 346–237
singlestitles= 7 (1 ITF title)
highestsinglesranking= No. 16 (November 24, 1997)
AustralianOpenresult= QF (1997)
FrenchOpenresult= 4th Round (1991)
Wimbledonresult= 4th Round (1997, 2000)
USOpenresult= 4th Round (1992, 1999)
doublesrecord= 147–162
doublestitles= 4 (1 ITF title)
highestdoublesranking= No. 21 (August 25, 1997)
updated= N/A

Sabine Appelmans Audio|Nl-be sabine appelmans.ogg|listen (born April 22, 1972) is a former tennis player from Belgium.

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.

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)

Performance Timeline

Yellow backgrounds for top-8 (quarter finals up to finalist).

External links

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* [http://www.appelmans.com/ Sabine Appelmans Fan Site]