Fortis Championships Luxembourg

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Fortis Championships Luxembourg is a tennis tournament held in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The 2005 event was held from September 26 until October 2. Held since 1991, the tournament was an exhibition event (winners including Novotná, Navrátilová and Appelmans) from 1991 till 1995. After that, it became a WTA Tier III tournament, which is remained until 2004. In 2005, it was promoted to Tier II, marking the first such event to be held in Luxembourg.

Kim Clijsters of Belgium holds the record of most singles wins: 5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005). No other player has won more than once.

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[edit] Past finals

[edit] Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1996 Germany Anke Huber Bulgaria Karina Habšudová 6-3, 6-0
1997 South Africa Amanda Coetzer Austria Barbara Paulus 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
1998 France Mary Pierce Italy Silvia Farina Elia 6-0, 2-0 retired
1999 Belgium Kim Clijsters Belgium Dominique Van Roost 6-2, 6-2
2000 United States Jennifer Capriati Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
2001 Belgium Kim Clijsters United States Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-2
2002 Belgium Kim Clijsters Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6-1, 6-2
2003 Belgium Kim Clijsters United States Chanda Rubin 6-2, 7-5
2004 Australia Alicia Molik Russia Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4
2005 Belgium Kim Clijsters Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6-2, 6-4
2006 Ukraine Alyona Bondarenko Italy Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-2

[edit] Doubles

Year Champions
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001 Russia Elena Bovina and
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
2002 Belgium Kim Clijsters and
Slovakia Janette Husarova
2003 Russia Maria Sharapova and
Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
2004 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual and
Argentina Paola Suarez
2005 United States Lisa Raymond and
Australia Rennae Stubbs
2006 Czech Republic Kveta Peschke and
Italy Francesca Schiavone

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