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==History==
The '''Tournoi de Québec''', currently sponsored as '''Coupe Banque Nationale''' (or also known as '''National Bank Cup''' in English-language media), is a WTA Tour International tennis tournament held in QuÉébec City, Québec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is the last women's professional tennis tournament still played on indoor carpet courts. It is held at the PEPS stadium and offers a total of US$250,000 in prize money. The tournament was known as '''Challenge Bell''' from the first edition to 2013.
In 1997, Dutchwoman Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated Belgian Dominique Van Roost to win her second title in Québec City (also won in 1995 and finalist in 1994), the only woman in the history of the tournament to do so. The following year, American Tara Snyder won her first WTA Tour title with a hard fought victory over fellow American and former top-10 player Chanda Rubin (Rubin was also runner-up in 1999 and won the tournament in 2000), as she saved two match points during the match. In 2006, top-seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli of France defeated Russian Olga Puchkova 6–0, 6–0, the first double bagel in a WTA Tour final for 13 years.
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