The Bell Challenge is a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is played on indoor hardcourts. In 1997, Dutchwoman Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated Belgian Dominique Van Roost 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5, and the following year, American Tara Snyder won her first WTA Tour title with a hard fought 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over fellow American and former top 10 player Chanda Rubin. Snyder saved two match points during the match. In 2006, top-seed and 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli of France defeated Russian Olga Poutchkova 6-0, 6-0, the first double bagel in a WTA Tour final for 13 years. Players who have won the event and gone on to win Grand Slam titles include 1999 champion Jennifer Capriati and 2003 champion Maria Sharapova, who both went on to become World No. 1. American Lindsay Davenport, a three-time Grand Slam champion, won the event in 2007, in only her third event after returning to the tour after giving birth to her son.
Past Winners 2009 Melinda Czink 2008 Nadia Petrova 2007 Lindsay Davenport 2006 Marion Bartoli 2005 Amy Frazier 2004 Martina Suchá 2003 Maria Sharapova 2002 Elena Bovina 2001 Meghann Shaughnessy 2000 Chanda Rubin 1999 Jennifer Capriati 1998 Tara Snyder 1997 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1996 Lisa Raymond 1995 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1994 Katerina Maleeva Doubles 2009 Vania King Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 2008 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Vania King 2007 Christina Fusano Raquel Kops-Jones 2006 Carly Gullickson Laura Granville 2005 Anastassia Rodionova Elena Vesnina 2004 Carly Gullickson María Emilia Salerni 2003 Li Ting Sun Tiantian 2002 Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck 2001 Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti 2000 Nicole Pratt Meghann Shaughnessy 1999 Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir 1998 Lori McNeil Kimberly Po 1997 Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 1996 Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1995 Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf 1994 Elna Reinach Nathalie Tauziat 1993 Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf
