Saturday 23 July 2011

Sabine Lisicki German professional tennis player.

Sabine Katharina Lisicki born 22 September 1989 in Troisdorf is a German professional 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 reached the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and also reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 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. She is only the second player in Wimbledon history to make it to the semifinals while entering the tournament as a wildcard
Lisicki lives in Bradenton, Florida. Her parents emigrated from Poland in 1979; her father, Dr. Richard Lisicki, is of German and Polish descent, and her mother, Elisabeth, of Polish.
Contents
* 1 Career
o 1.1 2008
o 1.2 2009
o 1.3 2010
o 1.4 2011
* 2 Major finals
o 2.1 Grand Slam finals
+ 2.1.1 Doubles: 1 (0–1)
* 3 Career finals
o 3.1 Singles finals: 4 (2–2)
o 3.2 Doubles finals: 2 (1–1)
* 4 Singles performance timeline
* 5 References
* 6 External link
Career
Since 2004 Lisicki trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, USA where she is sponsored and managed by IMG. She is coached by her father who studied sport science in Wrocław and Cologne.
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.
In 2006, Lisicki competed at the 2006 Sunfeast Open – Singles Qualifying in Kolkata where she crushed Ragini Vimal 6-1, 6-0 in the first round, but lost in the qualifying round to Sanaa Bhambri of India.
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