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, 2008

Sabine Lisicki (born September 22, 1989 in Troisdorf, Germany) is a German professional tennis player. She achieved her career high rank of #50 on October 6, 2008.

Career

Lisicki lives and trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, 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 in Toronto, 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) and Mariya Koryttseva (6–1, 7–5) to reach the third round as a qualifier. She lost her third round match against Caroline Wozniacki (4–6, 6–4, 6–3). Additionally, in the first round of Fed Cup against the United States, she defeated veteran Lindsay 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 seed Anna Chakvetadze (WTA 6) in straight sets 7–5, 6–1. However, she was soundly beaten 6–3, 6–2 in the next round by Elena Dementieva (WTA 11).

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the first round to the 2007 runner up and No. 11 Seed Marion 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 commentator Virginia 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

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*ITF female profile|number=100033547
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