- Sabine Lisicki
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Sabine Lisicki
country= DEU
residence=Berlin , Germany
datebirth= birth date and age|1989|9|22
placebirth=Troisdorf ,West Germany
height= height|m=1.78
weight= convert|70|kg|lb st|abbr=on
turnedpro= 2006
plays= Right; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $268,984
singlesrecord= 99–61
singlestitles= 0 WTA, 2 ITF
highestsinglesranking= No. 50 (October 6, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult=3r (2008)
FrenchOpenresult= 2r (2008)
Wimbledonresult= 1r (2008)
USOpenresult= 2r (2008)
doublesrecord= 21–12
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= No. 144 (September 22, 2008)
updated = October 6, 2008Sabine Lisicki (born
September 22 ,1989 inTroisdorf ,Germany ) is a German professionaltennis player. She achieved her career high rank of #50 onOctober 6 ,2008 .Career
Lisicki lives and trains at the
Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy inBradenton, Florida ,USA . She is represented by Olivier van Lindonk of IMG.She had a successful year in 2007 on the ITF circuit and climbed from #497 to #198 in WTA rankings. She won two titles, one in
Jersey ,UK , and the other inToronto ,Canada .2008
At the
2008 Australian Open , her first Grand Slam tournament, she defeated No. 16 seed,Dinara Safina (7–6, 4–6, 6–2) andMariya Koryttseva (6–1, 7–5) to reach the third round as a qualifier. She lost her third round match againstCaroline Wozniacki (4–6, 6–4, 6–3). Additionally, in the first round ofFed Cup against the United States, she defeated veteranLindsay Davenport , 6–1, 7–5.She then reached the fourth round of the Miami
2008 Sony Ericsson Open , a Tier I event, where she sensationally defeated sixth seedAnna Chakvetadze (WTA 6) in straight sets 7–5, 6–1. However, she was soundly beaten 6–3, 6–2 in the next round byElena Dementieva (WTA 11).At the
2008 Wimbledon Championships , she lost in the first round to the 2007 runner up and No. 11 SeedMarion Bartoli 6-2, 6-4. With daylight fading on Centre Court at the end of Day 1, she made a spirited comeback in the second set, with a powerful serve and some good groundstrokes, but was not good enough to convert important points. She impressed commentatorVirginia Wade and will certainly be a force to be reckoned with in a few years time.After some moderate success, Lisicki reached her first WTA final at the Tashkent Open in October, which she lost 2-6 6-4 7-6(4) against fellow teenager
Sorana Cirstea (ROU).ingles Finalist (1)
* October 5, 2008: Tashkent (lost to
Sorana Cirstea 2-6 6-4 7-6(4))External links
*wta|id=312520
*ITF female profile|number=100033547
*FedCupplayerlink|id=100033547
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