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
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Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
6–4, 6–1
1994
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
6–3, 6–3
1995
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Belgium Dominique Monami
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
1996
United States Lisa Raymond
Belgium Els Callens
6–4, 6–4
1997
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (2)
Belgium Dominique Van Roost
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 7–5
1998
United States Tara Snyder
United States Chanda Rubin
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
1999
United States Jennifer Capriati
United States Chanda Rubin
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2000
United States Chanda Rubin
United States Jennifer Capriati
6–4, 6–2
2001
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Croatia Iva Majoli
6–1, 6–3
2002
Russia Elena Bovina
Switzerland Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian
6–3, 6–4
2003
Russia Maria Sharapova
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
6–2, retired
2004
Slovakia Martina Suchá
United States Abigail Spears
7–5, 3–6, 6–2
2005
United States Amy Frazier
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson
6–1, 7–5
2006
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Russia Olga Puchkova
6–0, 6–0
2007
United States Lindsay Davenport
Ukraine Julia Vakulenko
6–4, 6–1
2008
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Bethanie Mattek
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2009
Hungary Melinda Czink
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2010
Austria Tamira Paszek
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
7–6(8–6) , 2–6, 7–5
2011
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
4–6, 6–1, 6–0
2012
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–1, 7–5
2013
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
6–4, 6–3
2014
Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
United States Venus Williams
6–4, 6–3
2015
Germany Annika Beck
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
6–2, 6–2
2016
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United States Lauren Davis
6–4, 6–3
2017
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
Hungary Tímea Babos
5–7, 6–4, 6–1
2018
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United States Jessica Pegula
7–5, 6–2
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1993
United States Katrina Adams Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva Error creating thumbnail: Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–4
1994
South Africa Elna Reinach Error creating thumbnail: Nathalie Tauziat
United States Linda Harvey-Wild United States Chanda Rubin
6–4, 6–3
1995
United States Nicole Arendt Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (2)
United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 6–2
1996
United States Debbie Graham Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
United States Amy Frazier United States Kimberly Po
6–1, 6–4
1997
United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs
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6–4, 5–7, 7–5
1998
United States Lori McNeil United States Kimberly Po
United States Chanda Rubin Error creating thumbnail: Sandrine Testud
6–7(3–7) , 7–5, 6–4
1999
United States Amy Frazier United States Katie Schlukebir
Zimbabwe Cara Black United States Debbie Graham
6–2, 6–3
2000
Australia Nicole Pratt United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Belgium Els Callens United States Kimberly Po
6–3, 6–4
2001
United States Samantha Reeves Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti
Czech Republic Klára Koukalová Czech Republic Alena Vašková
7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2002
United States Samantha Reeves (2) South Africa Jessica Steck
Argentina María Emilia Salerni Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2003
China Li Ting China Sun Tiantian
Belgium Els Callens United States Meilen Tu
6–3, 6–3
2004
United States Carly Gullickson Argentina María Emilia Salerni
Belgium Els Callens Australia Samantha Stosur
7–5, 7–5
2005
Russia Anastasia Rodionova Russia Elena Vesnina
Latvia Līga Dekmeijere United States Ashley Harkleroad
6–7(4–7) , 6–4, 6–2
2006
United States Carly Gullickson United States Laura Granville
United States Jill Craybas Russia Alina Jidkova
6–3, 6–4
2007
United States Christina Fusano United States Raquel Kops-Jones
Canada Stéphanie Dubois Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
2008
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld United States Vania King
United States Jill Craybas Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–6(7–3) , 6–4
2009
United States Vania King (2) Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Error creating thumbnail: Séverine Brémond Beltrame
6–1, 6–3
2010
Sweden Sofia Arvidsson Sweden Johanna Larsson
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
2011
United States Raquel Kops-Jones (2) United States Abigail Spears
United States Jamie Hampton Georgia (country) Anna Tatishvili
6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
2012
Germany Tatjana Malek Error creating thumbnail: Kristina Mladenovic
Poland Alicja Rosolska United Kingdom Heather Watson
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(6–8) , [10–7]
2013
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–4, 6–3
2014
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Germany Julia Görges Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
6–3, 7–6(10–8)
2015
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
Argentina María Irigoyen Poland Paula Kania
4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
2016
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká (2)
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva Russia Alexandra Panova
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2)
2017
Hungary Tímea Babos Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková (2)
Canada Bianca Andreescu Canada Carson Branstine
6–3, 6–1
2018
United States Asia Muhammad United States Maria Sanchez
Croatia Darija Jurak Switzerland Xenia Knoll
6–4, 6–3
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