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The Proximus Diamond Games is a professional tennis tournament held in Antwerp, Belgium.

Held since 2002, the tournament takes place in the Sportpaleis, Antwerp and is held at the beginning of February.

The Diamond Games offer a very special trophy: a golden raquet decorated with diamonds for the player who wins the tournament three times in five years. If Venus Williams had entered the tournament in 2006, she might have won this unique prize but she pulled back two days before the start of the tournament.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2002 United States Venus Williams Belgium Justine Henin 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
2003 United States Venus Williams Belgium Kim Clijsters 6-2, 6-4
2004 Kim Clijsters Italy Silvia Farina Elia 6-3, 6-0
2005 France Amélie Mauresmo United States Venus Williams 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
2006 France Amélie Mauresmo Belgium Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2007

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2002 Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva &
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
France Nathalie Dechy &
United States Meilen Tu
6-3, 6-7(3), 6-3
2003 Kim Clijsters &
Japan Ai Sugiyama
France Nathalie Dechy &
France Emilie Loit
6-2, 6-0
2004 Zimbabwe Cara Black &
Els Callens
Switzerland Myriam Casanova &
Greece Eleni Daniilidou
6-2, 6-1
2005 Zimbabwe Cara Black &
Els Callens
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues &
Russia Dinara Safina
3-6, 6-4, 6-4
2006 Russia Dinara Safina &
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
France Stephanie Foretz&
Australia Michaella Krajicek
6-1, 6-1
2007