Tennis tournament
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 the Bell Challenge (Challenge Bell ) from the first edition to 2013 and sponsored by Bell Canada ,[ 3] and was later sponsored by National Bank of Canada as the National Bank Cup (Coupe Banque Nationale ).
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. 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.
The last edition of the tournament was held in 2018.
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
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
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct