The country's newspapers hailed the French Open final between Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters as a "new day for Belgian sport".
The Chinese number one beat France's 31st seed Emilie Loit and set up a clash with Italy's Tathiana Garbin, who stunned Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The 22-year-old Moscovite beat Amelie Mauresmo in the final.
The American reached the milestone after beating Amelie Mauresmo in the final of the Amelia Island tournament.
The top seed overpowered Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-1, 6-0 in the Paris Open.
The victory earned the Belgian a place in the final of the German Open.
The duo meet in the semi-finals of the German Open.
The unseeded Ostapenko, 20, downed Romanian third seed Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final, hitting a staggering 54 winners and taking her tournament tally to 299.
"Right now I am mentally and physically tired," said Clijsters after being beaten in the Swisscom Challenge semi-finals by Jelena Dokic.
The world No. 1 was beaten by unseeded Russian Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the third round of the Canadian Open.
Serena Williams has used her painful defeat at the French Open to spur her on at Wimbledon.\n\n
The world No. 1 joined Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova in the semi-finals of the French Open.
The world No. 1 was beaten by Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final of the Family Circle Cup.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
Defending champion Simona Halep was knocked out of the French Open 6-2, 6-4 by 17-year-old American Amanda Anisimova in a quarter-final shock.
Dhruv Munjal insists that women's tennis needs a golden generation, one that can make matches competitive and viewing more riveting.
Factbox on Russia's Maria Sharapova who was banned until January 2018 on Wednesday after testing positive for the banned drug meldonium at this year's Australian Open.
Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei has enjoyed double good fortune at Melbourne Park this week.
Unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova beat Britain's Johanna Konta 7-5, 7-6(2) to reach the French Open final.
Take a look at the profile of Maria Sharapova who told a news conference on Monday she failed a drugs test.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
Garbine Muguruza's chances of winning her maiden grand slam title -- and achieving the rare feat of beating Serena Williams twice in three years at Roland Garros -- may well depend on which version of the world number one turns up on Sunday.
Voters in France have comprehensively snubbed the country's political establishment, sending far-right populist Marine Le Pen and political novice Emmanuel Macron through to the second round of the country's presidential election.
Following Serena Williams's win over Angelique Kerber for her 7th Wimbledon crown, here is a list of Wimbledon women's singles champions since 1922:
While 40 have tried only nine times have both Williams sisters been beaten by the same player at the same tournament and that list reads like a Grand Slam Hall of Fame with names that include; Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters, who like Pliskova, pulled the double off at the US Open.
Following is a list of Serena Williams' 23 grand slam singles titles after the American surpassed Steffi Graf's professional era record with victory at the Australian Open on Saturday:
Factbox on Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who announced her retirement from tennis at 28 after a second round loss at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
The showdown will see world number one Serena Williams try to equal Steffi Graf's professional era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles, while Angelique Kerber will seek to become the first German woman to lift the Wimbledon singles crown since her idol Graf 20 years ago.
The glittering career of Russian former World No 1 Maria Sharapova was in tatters after she was given a two-year ban by the International Tennis Federation. Check out the high points in her career...
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
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