Sabine Appelmans
| Country (sports) |
 Belgium
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Asse, Belgium |
| Born |
22 April 1972 Aalst, Belgium |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 1988 |
| Retired | 2001 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$2,054,352 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 346–237 |
| Career titles | 7 (1 ITF title) |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (24 November 1997) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1997) |
| French Open | 4R (1991) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1997, 2000) |
| US Open | 4R (1992, 1999) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | QF (1992) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 147–162 |
| Career titles | 4 (1 ITF title) |
| Highest ranking | No. 21 (25 August 1997) |
Sabine Appelmans 
listen (born 22 April 1972) is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.
Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first trainer, Fred Debruyn, saw immediately that she was very talented. Although right-handed, she played left-handed. At a children's tennis training session she claimed to be left-handed so she could stay with her friend in the left-handed group. Appelmans turned pro in 1988, and won her first title against Chanda Rubin in Phoenix in 1991. She made her first Fed Cup appearance in 1988, with a 2–1 loss against Austria. In 1997, she married Serge Haubourdin. Throughout her career, she won seven singles titles and 4 doubles titles.
In February 2007 she was appointed captain of Belgium's Fed Cup squad in replacement of Carl Maes, only to be replaced herself in October 2011 by Ann Devries.
Appelmans was elected as the Belgian Sportswoman of the year 1990 & 1991. She was nominated for the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award in 1994 & 1995.
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