Tournoi de Québec

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
Founded	1993
Abolished	2018
Editions	26
Location	Quebec City, Quebec Canada
Venue	PEPS de l'Université Laval
Category	WTA Tier III 1993–2008 WTA International 2009–2018
Surface	Carpet – 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

Singles

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

Doubles

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

References

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.

External links

• Official website