The Diamond Games (due to sponsorship known for the last time as BNP Paribas Fortis Diamond Games and before that 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. Later that year, however, the WTA announced that in 2016, the Diamond Games would be replaced on the WTA calendar with a new tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Diamond Games offered a trophy to any player who won the singles three times in five years. In 2007, Amélie Mauresmo won a golden racquet decorated with diamonds. A new trophy was unveiled in 2008, which featured a golden racquet and a ball, and was decorated with 2008 diamonds.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2002United States Venus WilliamsBelgium Justine Henin6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003United States Venus Williams (2)Belgium Kim Clijsters6–2, 6–4
2004Belgium Kim ClijstersItaly Silvia Farina Elia6–3, 6–0
2005France Amélie MauresmoUnited States Venus Williams4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2006France Amélie Mauresmo (2)Belgium Kim Clijsters3–6, 6–3, 6–3
2007France Amélie Mauresmo (3)Belgium Kim Clijsters6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2008Belgium Justine HeninItaly Karin Knapp6–3, 6–3
2009–14Only exhibition tournaments held
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015Germany Andrea PetkovicSpain Carla Suárez NavarroWalkover

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
2002Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva Switzerland Patty SchnyderFrance Nathalie Dechy United States Meilen Tu6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2003Belgium Kim Clijsters Japan Ai SugiyamaFrance Nathalie Dechy France Émilie Loit6–2, 6–0
2004Zimbabwe Cara Black Belgium Els CallensSwitzerland Myriam Casanova Greece Eleni Daniilidou6–2, 6–1
2005Zimbabwe Cara Black (2) Belgium Els Callens (2)Spain Anabel Medina Russia Dinara Safina3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006Russia Dinara Safina Slovenia Katarina SrebotnikFrance Stéphanie Foretz Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek6–1, 6–1
2007Zimbabwe Cara Black (3) South Africa Liezel HuberRussia Elena Likhovtseva Russia Elena Vesnina7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2008Zimbabwe Cara Black (4) United States Liezel Huber (2)Czech Republic Květa Peschke Japan Ai Sugiyama6–1, 6–3
2009–14Only exhibition tournaments held
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2015Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Spain Arantxa Parra SantonjaBelgium An-Sophie Mestach Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

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