| Country | Belgium |
|---|---|
| Residence | Asse, Belgium |
| Born | 22 April 1972 Aalst, Belgium |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 1988 |
| Retired | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | US$2,054,352 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 346–237 |
| Career titles | 7 (1 ITF title) |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (24 November 1997) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1997) |
| French Open | 4th Round (1991) |
| Wimbledon | 4th Round (1997, 2000) |
| US Open | 4th Round (1992, 1999) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 147–162 |
| Career titles | 4 (1 ITF title) |
| Highest ranking | No. 21 (25 August 1997) |
| Last updated on: N/A. | |
Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972 in Aalst, East Flanders) is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.
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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.
In February 2007 she was appointed captain of Belgium's Fed Cup squad in replacement of Carl Maes, only to be replaced herself in October 2011 by Ann Devries.
Appelmans was elected as the Belgian Sportswoman of the year 1990 & 1991. She was nominated for the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award in 1994 & 1995.
| Legend |
| Grand Slam |
| WTA Championships |
| Tier I Event |
| WTA Tour |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 3 November 1991 | Scottsdale, USA | Hard | Chanda Rubin | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 2. | 10 November 1991 | Nashville, USA | Hard (i) | Katrina Adams | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 3. | 19 April 1992 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Andrea Strnadová | 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 |
| 4. | 13 February 1994 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Meike Babel | 6–1, 4–6, 7–6(3) |
| 5. | 17 April 1994 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Patty Fendick | 6–7(5), 7–6(5), 6–2 |
| 6. | 30 April 1995 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Silke Meier | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 7. | 3 March 1996 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Helena Suková | 6–4, 7–5 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
| 1. | 20 February 1994 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Laurence Courtois | Mary Pierce Andrea Temesvári |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. | 15 February 1998 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Miriam Oremans | Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland |
1–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
| 3. | 21 June 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Miriam Oremans | Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová |
6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
| 4. | 21 May 2000 | Antwerp, Belgium | Clay | Kim Clijsters | Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
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| Australian Open | 2r | 3r | 3r | 1r | QF | 4r | 3r | 3r | 1r | 1r | 4r | 3r | - | - |
| French Open | - | 1r | 1r | 1r | 1r | 3r | 3r | 2r | 2r | 2r | 4r | 1r | - | 2r |
| Wimbledon | - | 4r | 2r | 3r | 4r | 4r | 1r | 1r | 3r | 2r | 1r | - | - | - |
| U.S. Open | - | 1r | 4r | - | 1r | 1r | 3r | 1r | 2r | 4r | 1r | 3r | - | - |
| WTA Tour Championships | - | - | - | - | 4r | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yellow backgrounds for top-8 (quarter finals up to finalist).