Diamond Games
| Diamond Games |
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| Tournament information |
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| Founded |
2002–2009, 2015 |
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| Location |
Antwerp
Belgium |
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| Venue |
Sportpaleis Merksem |
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| Category |
Tier II (2002–2009)
WTA Premier (2015) |
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| Surface |
Hard (indoors) |
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| Draw |
28S/32Q/16D |
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| Prize money |
$731,000 |
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| Website |
Sport.be |
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The Diamond Games (sponsored in 2015 as BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games and formerly known as Proximus Diamond Games, GDF-Suez Diamond Games and Thomas Cook Diamond Games) was a professional women's tennis tournament organised in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament took place in the Sportpaleis, at the beginning of February.
In 2009, with the restructuring of the WTA tour and the retirement of both Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, the tournament lost its status of being a WTA tour tournament and evolved into an annual exhibition tennis event before returning to the WTA calendar in 2015.[1] Later this year, however, WTA announced that in 2016, The Diamond Games would be replaced on the WTA Calendar with a new tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.[2]
The Diamond Games offers a trophy to any player who wins the singles three times in five years. In 2007 Amélie Mauresmo won a golden racquet decorated with diamonds.[3] A new trophy was unveiled in 2008, which featured a golden racquet and a ball, and was decorated with 2008 diamonds.[4]
Past finals
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ |
| 2002 |  Venus Williams | .svg.png) Justine Henin | 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2003 | Venus Williams (2) | Kim Clijsters | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2004 | Kim Clijsters |  Silvia Farina Elia | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2005 |  Amélie Mauresmo | Venus Williams | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Amélie Mauresmo (2) | Kim Clijsters | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2007 | Amélie Mauresmo (3) | Kim Clijsters | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| 2008 | Justine Henin | Karin Knapp | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2009–14 | Only exhibition tournaments held |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ |
| 2015 |  Andrea Petkovic |  Carla Suárez Navarro | Walkover |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ Tier II tournament ↓ |
| 2002 |  Magdalena Maleeva
 Patty Schnyder | Nathalie Dechy
Meilen Tu | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 |
| 2003 | Kim Clijsters
 Ai Sugiyama | Nathalie Dechy
Émilie Loit | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2004 |  Cara Black
Els Callens | Myriam Casanova
 Eleni Daniilidou | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2005 | Cara Black
Els Callens | Anabel Medina
 Dinara Safina | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2006 | Dinara Safina
 Katarina Srebotnik | Stéphanie Foretz
 Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2007 | Cara Black
 Liezel Huber | Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Vesnina | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 2008 | Cara Black
Liezel Huber |  Květa Peschke
Ai Sugiyama | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 2009–14 | Only exhibition tournaments held |
| ↓ Premier tournament ↓ |
| 2015 | Anabel Medina Garrigues
Arantxa Parra Santonja | An-Sophie Mestach
Alison Van Uytvanck | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
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