VWTT Proximus Diamond Games, 2002

Qualifying Singles Draw

Monica Seles vs. Martina Navratilova

Mirjana Lucic vs. Justine Henin



Singles Main Draw

(1)Julia Jans vs. Mary Pierce

Lindsay Davenport vs. Gabriela Sabatini

(4)Silvia Farina-Elia vs. Anna Kournikova

Martina Hingis vs. Qualifier


Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere vs. Maggie Maleeva

(3)Amanda Coetzer vs. Chanda Rubin

Serena Williams vs. Meghann Shaughnessy

(2)Iva Majoli vs. Alexandra Stevenson


*Note: The qualifying selection this week was done by choosing the four players, out of those playing this week, who obtain the lowest ranking for this week. Rankings for this week have been tabulated, but have not yet been posted.

Doubles Qualifying

Coetzer/Henin vs. Kournikova/Lucic


Doubles Main Draw

(1)Majoli/Farina-Elia vs. Pierce/Sabatini

Hingis/Maggie Maleeva vs. Qualifier

Seles/Shaughnessy vs. Rubin/Navratilova

(2)Davenport/Stevenson vs. Jans/Maleeva-Fragniere

Qualifying Singles (First Round)

Monica Seles def. Martina Navratilova 6-0 7-6(9-7)

Mirjana Lucic def. Justine Henin 6-0 6-3


Qualifying Singles (Final Round)

Mirjana Lucic def. Monica Seles 6-2 6-2


Congratulations, Mirjana Lucic! You have earned a spot into the main singles draw.

Lucic through

Lucic Through

Mirjana Lucic of Croatia is finally through to a singles main draw. Lucic is in the main draw of Antwerp after defeating Seles in the final round of qualifying, and Justine Henin, the countries hope, in the first round. Lucic has never won a game on the VWTT but stormed through today pretty easily. Lucic finally through and very happy. " It feels great to finally win a match, and then I won another one over a great opponet and I am pleased to be in the main draw. This tournament is great I love it very much and I hope I can play very well later on like I did today. I'm so pleased with the way I played, I feel like I can compete with the top players now, it a shock, thank you" The Croation is scheduled to play her first round in the main draw later on and good luck to Lucic


Lucic in ready position in her final qualifying match vs Seles, Lucic won 6/2 6/2

Singles (First Round)

(1)Julia Jans def. Mary Pierce 6-0 6-0

Gabriela Sabatini def. Lindsay Davenport 7-6(4) 6-2

Anna Kournikova def. (4)Silvia Farina-Elia 6-0 6-0

(Q)Mirjana Lucic def. Martina Hingis 6-1 6-0


Maggie Maleeva def. Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6-0 6-3

Chanda Rubin def. (3)Amanda Coetzer 6-0 6-0

Meghann Shaughnessy def. Serena Williams 0-6 6-3 7-6 (8-6)

(2)Iva Majoli def. Alexandra Stevenson 6-1 6-0

Lucic defeats Hingis!

Mirjana Lucic of Croatia finally won matches. She got through the qualifying and defeated Martina Hingis, a very talented swiss player, in the first round. Lucic barely had any difficulties getting to the second round. Henin, Seles, and Hingis have been victims of Lucic this past week. Lucic has yet to lose a set. " Oh my god I cannot tell you how it feels to play on a big court and not some small qualifying court. I am finally through in the main draw and I am so happy I defeated Martina. she is beyond GREAT, and I go through with little trouble so I feel I am playing very well!"
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Lucic returns a Foreahand furing her defeat of Martina Hingis.

Shaughnessy edges out Williams in 3rd set tiebreak!

After a tight loss to Serena Williams in the first round of the Open Gaz de France last week, Meghann Shaughnessy was less than pleased to see she was scheduled for another 1r clash with the fashionable diva of tennis. And after a 0-6 drubbing in the first set, it looked like she wasn't going to be able to reverse last week's result. But, determined as ever, she began the second set with fire in her heart and an unbreakable nerve, as she evened the score with Serena taking the second set 6-3. In another nailbiting third set, the two ended up in a familiar situation - a tiebreaker. Whereas Serena probably confidently recalled the prior week's result, it was apparent that Meghann had left the past behind and, with her usual restrained furor, slammed a forehand past Serena on match point, winning 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).



Meghann Shaughnessy hitting a match-point winner vs. Serena Williams

Majoli upset; Shaughnessy through to first semifinal.

As the semi-finals of the VWTT Proximus Diamond Games rolls around, only one seeded player -- No. 1 Julia Jans -- remains in the draw. In quarterfinal action Jans struggled against Gabriela Sabatini in the first set of the match, but refound her form and rolled in the next two, advancing 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 6-1. Jans will meet Russian starlet Anna Kournikova who ended the meteoric streak of Mirjana Lucic, who had not won a tour match prior to her three match streak here, 6-3, 6-0.
In the opposite half of the draw, Meghann Shaughnessy reached her first tour semi-final by knocking out No. 2 seed Iva Majoli. Building off the confidence her win over Serena Williams, Shaughnessy looked brutal in her 6-3, 6-0 triumph over the winner of the tour's last event. The American will meet compatriot Chanda Rubin -- a 6-4, 6-0 winner over Maggie Maleeva -- to decide which non-seed will make the final.


Shaughnessy celebrates her win over No. 2 seed Majoli.