Sabine Lisicki

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**Sabine Lisicki**

Country	Germany
Residence	Berlin, Germany
Date of birth	September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22) (age 18)
Place of birth	Troisdorf, West Germany
Height	180 cm
Weight
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$134,001
Singles
Career record:	86-48
Career titles:	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 76 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2008)
French Open	2r (2008)
Wimbledon
US Open
Doubles
Career record:	16–6
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 384 (October 1, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: April 26, 2008.

Sabine Lisicki (born September 22, 1989 in Troisdorf, Germany) is a German professional tennis player. She achieved her career high rank of #76 on June 9, 2008.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, a Tier I event, where she sensationally defeated sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze in straight sets 7–5, 6–1. However, she was soundly beaten in the next round by Elena Dementieva, 6–3, 6–2.