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Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Lisicki at the 2010 US Open
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, United States
Born (1989-09-22) 22 September 1989 (age 34)
Troisdorf, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,125,938
Singles
Career record165–105
Career titles2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 22 (3 August 2009)
Current rankingNo. 62 (20 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2008)
French Open2R (2008, 2011)
WimbledonQF (2011)
US Open2R (2008, 2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record29–18
Career titles1 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 137 (20 July 2009)
Current rankingNo. 151 (20 June 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2010)
French Open1R (2008)
WimbledonQF (2011)
US Open2R (2008, 2010)
Last updated on: 20 June 2011.

Sabine Katharina Lisicki (born 22 September 1989 in Troisdorf) is a professional German tennis player.

Lisicki has won two WTA singles tournaments in her career (one in 2009 and one in 2011) and one doubles tournament (in 2011). She has reached the quarterfinals of a major championship twice, at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2011 Wimbledon Championships. She achieved her career high rank of World No. 22 on 3 August 2009. After struggling with injuries in 2010, Lisicki rebounded in 2011 and re-entered the top 100 of the world rankings.

Lisicki lives in Bradenton, Florida. Her parents are Polish immigrants.[1]

Career

Lisicki trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, USA. She has never had a professional coach in her life.

Lisicki had a successful year in 2007 on the ITF circuit and climbed from World No. 497 to World No. 198 in the WTA rankings. She won two titles, one in Jersey and the other in Toronto, Canada. She defeated top-seed Katie O'Brien on 2 August 2007 at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open.[2]

2008

Lisicki at the 2008 US Open

At the 2008 Australian Open, Lisicki's first Grand Slam tournament, she defeated the number 16-seeded player, Dinara Safina and Mariya Koryttseva to reach the third round as a qualifier. She lost her third round match to Caroline Wozniacki. In the first round of Fed Cup against the United States, Lisicki defeated Lindsay Davenport in straight sets.

Lisicki next reached the fourth round of the Miami 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, a Tier I event, where she defeated sixth seeded Anna Chakvetadze in straight sets. However, she was beaten in the next round by Elena Dementieva.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Lisicki lost in the first round to the 2007 runner up and the number 11 seed Marion Bartoli.

In October, Lisicki reached her first WTA final at the Tashkent Open where she lost in three sets to fellow teenager Sorana Cîrstea of Romania.

2009

Lisicki started her year at the Hopman Cup in Perth where she advanced to the third round before losing to Dominika Cibulková in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Lisicki defeated the 30th seed Aleksandra Wozniak in the opening round before losing to Aussie Samantha Stosur in straight sets. She then took part in Germany's 3–2 win over Switzerland in their Fed Cup World Group II tie, defeating Timea Bacsinszky but losing to Patty Schnyder.

At the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Lisicki reached the semi-finals, defeating no. 3 seed Lucie Šafářová on the way before losing to eventual winner Victoria Azarenka. Lisicki then took part in the first Premier Mandatory tournament of the year in North America. At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, she lost in the first round to Elena Vesnina. At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, she lost in the second round to 26th seed Iveta Benešová.

During the clay-court season, Lisicki lost in the second round of the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach to eventual finalist and no. 5 seed Aleksandra Wozniak. On the green clay at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, Lisicki won her first WTA Tour title without dropping a set, defeating the 5th seed Caroline Wozniacki in the final. She had previously defeated 2nd seeded Venus Williams in the third round and no.6 seed Marion Bartoli in the semi-finals. She then took part in Germany's Fed Cup World Group play-off win against China. She defeated World No. 16 Zheng Jie in the first singles match, and partenered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld to win the decisive doubles match.

Lisicki advanced to the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart before losing to third-seeded Jelena Janković in straight sets. She then advanced to the quarter-finals at the Estoril Open in Portugal where she lost to compatriot Anna-Lena Grönefeld, retiring when 6–2 down. At the French Open, Lisicki lost to Lucie Šafářová in the first round.

On her first match on grass at the AEGON International in Eastbourne, Lisicki lost to Samantha Stosur in the first round. In doubles, Lisicki and her parter Ana Ivanović lost in the first round to World No. 1's Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

Lisicki at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open

Lisicki played her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, where she was beaten by World No.1 Dinara Safina.[3] To reach the quarter final, she had defeated Anna Chakvetadze in the first round, Patricia Mayr in the second round, the recent French Open champion and No. 5 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, and 9th seed Caroline Wozniacki in the 4th round.

Seeded 23rd, Lisicki advanced to the second round at the 2009 US Open, but lost to qualifier Anastasia Rodionova. On Rodionova's match point, Lisicki slipped while going to return a backhand and injured her left ankle. She left the court in a wheelchair as Rodionova advanced to the third round. Lisicki later reported[4] that an MRI showed no tears. The injury was a sprain, and Lisicki returned to her base in Florida for rehabilitation.

Lisicki returned to the tour at the Toray Pan Pacific Open at the end of September, where she reached the second round, but losing in three sets to 7th seeded Jelena Janković.

In October, Lisicki reached the Final of Luxembourg, but lost there to Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland. On her way to the final she beat Iveta Benešová, Polona Hercog, Patty Schnyder and Shahar Pe'er.

Lisicki qualified for the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. She lost her first round robin match to Aravane Rezaï, but won her second round robin match against Melinda Czink.

2010

Lisicki started the 2010 season by playing at the Hopman Cup for Germany. She won her singles ties against Elena Dementieva and Laura Robson but lost to Yaroslava Shvedova. Partnering with Philipp Kohlschreiber, they lost all their doubles matches, so Germany did not proceed to the finals.

Lisicki then travelled to Melbourne to compete in the Australian Open where she was the 21st seed. However she was defeated in the second round by Alberta Brianti in three sets. Her first tournament after the Australian Open was the Pattaya Open in Bangkok where she was the second seed. However, she lost her second round match to home player Tamarine Tanasugarn.

She then went to Dubai to compete in the Dubai Tennis Championships. She lost her second round match against Venus Williams.

Her next two tournaments were at Indian Wells and Miami. In both tournaments, Lisicki retired in the second round because of an ankle injury.

Because of injury, Lisicki then withdrew from tournaments at Ponte Vedra and Charleston. She also missed the Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

Coming into the 2010 US Open ranked world number 96, Lisicki advanced to the second round before losing to 7th seeded Vera Zvonareva.

After the US Open, Lisicki failed to qualify for the Luxembourg leading to her dropping out of the top 100.

2011

Lisicki started the 2011 season at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She lost to Yanina Wickmayer in three sets in the second round. In the Australian Open, Sabine played the qualifying and lost in the second round to Vesna Manasieva, 7–6, 6–4.

After losing at 2011 BNP Paribas Open to Sorana Cîrstea in the qualifying, Lisicki lifted her form and reached the third round at 2011 Sony Ericsson Open where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova.

At 2011 Family Circle Cup Lisicki reached third round but lost to Sania Mirza in two sets. At the 2011 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Lisicki lost in the third round against her compatriot Julia Görges, eventual champion of the tournament.

At the 2011 French Open, she advanced to the second round against the number three seed, Vera Zvonareva. Lisicki had a match point at 5–2 of the third set, but she lost the point and eventually the match, 4–6 7–5 7–5. Afterwards, she lay on the court, sobbing, and was taken off on a stretcher due to injury.[5]

At the 2011 AEGON Classic, Lisicki reached the final where she defeated Slovak Daniela Hantuchová in 6–3, 6–2 to win her second WTA Tour title.

At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Lisicki received a wildcard to enter the tournament and having beat Anastasija Sevastova in straight sets, went on to beat Li Na (the 3rd seed and current French Open Champion) 3–6, 6–4, 8–6 in a three-setter in the second round. Sabine faced Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi in the third round and won in straight sets (6–4 6–2) to set up a fourth-round clash with Czech Petra Cetkovska. In the fourth round, she won the match 7–6 6–1 and she has now advanced to the QF of Wimbledon 2011. Lisicki will face Marion Bartoli of France who beat defending champion Serena Williams

Career finals

Singles finals: 4 (2–2)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (1–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 5 October 2008 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Romania Sorana Cîrstea 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(4)
Winner 1. 19 April 2009 Charleston, United States Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 22 October 2009 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Hard (i) Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 7–5
Winner 2. 13 June 2011 Birmingham, United Kingdom Grass Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 6–3, 6–2

Doubles finals: 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 24 April 2011 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Australia Samantha Stosur Germany Jasmin Wöhr
Germany Kristina Barrois 		6–1, 7–6(5)

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 3R 2R 2R LQ 0 / 3 4–3
French Open A A 2R 1R A 2R 0 / 3 2–3
Wimbledon A A 1R QF A 0 / 2 4–2
US Open A A 2R 2R 2R 0 / 3 3–3
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A 1R 1R 2R LQ 0 / 3 0–3
Key Biscayne A A 4R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 4 6–4
Madrid NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Beijing NTI 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai NTI A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
Rome A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati NTI A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Montreal/Toronto A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Tokyo A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
Career Statistics
Tournaments 1 1 18 18 9 6 53
Titles–Runner-ups 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2 / 53 2–2
Hardcourt Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 15–14 16–12 4–9 3–2 0 / 35 38–37
Clay Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 2–4 11–4 0–0 6–3 1 / 13 19–13
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–2 0–0 6–0 1 / 5 10–4
Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 17–20 31–18 4–9 15–5 2 / 53 67–54
Year-end ranking 497 237 54 23 179

References

  1. ^ Clarey, Christopher (20 June 2009). "Polish Spoken Here: New Language and New Stars on Women's Tour". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  2. ^ Discontented top women's seed out; Katie O'Brien seen off by Germany's hard-hitting Sabine Lisicki, 17, The Province, 3 August 2007, p. A51.
  3. ^ Newbery, Piers (30 June 2009). "Safina sets up Venus semi-final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Sabine Lisicki at Twitter". Twitter. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  5. ^ Chase, Chris. "After blowing 5–2 lead in final set, Lisicki taken off on stretcher". sports.yahoo.com, May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

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