.jpg) Lisicki at the2019 Wimbledon qualifying | |
| Full name | Sabine Katharina Lisicki |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Germany |
| Residence | Bradenton, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | (1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (age 36) Troisdorf, West Germany |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Richard Lisicki |
| Prize money | US$7,202,429 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 363–272 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 12 (21 May 2012) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2012) |
| French Open | 3R (2013,2015) |
| Wimbledon | F (2013) |
| US Open | 4R (2011,2015) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 84–60 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 35 (9 April 2012) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
| French Open | 3R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | F (2011) |
| US Open | QF (2012) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2012) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2013) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2017) |
| Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | SF – 4th place (2012) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | F (2014), record 10–7 |
| Hopman Cup | RR (2009, 2010) |
| Last updated on: 21 October 2024. | |
Sabine Katharina Lisicki (German pronunciation:[zaˈbiːnəlɪˈzɪki]; born 22 September 1989) is a German inactive professionaltennis player.
Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of theWimbledon Championships, and also won her first title on theWTA Tour, at theFamily Circle Cup. In March 2010, she suffered an ankle injury at theIndian Wells Open that kept her out of competition for five months and saw her fall out of the top 200. Lisicki rebounded in 2011 and won theBirmingham Classic, before entering theWimbledon Championships as awildcard and going on to reach the semifinals, where she lost toMaria Sharapova. In doing so she became only the second woman inWimbledon history to make it to the semifinals while entering the tournament as a wildcard.[1] She followed that two months later by winning her third WTA tournament, theTexas Open. In 2012, she achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 12 and again reached the quarterfinals ofWimbledon. Again, in 2012 she suffered from another ankle injury that prevented her from having better results on tour. Lisicki reached the final of the2013 Wimbledon Championships, losing toMarion Bartoli. The following year, she had another quarterfinal atWimbledon and won her first title in three years when she won theHong Kong Open.
In doubles, Lisicki won thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix in2011 withSamantha Stosur and in2013 withMona Barthel and the2014 Miami Open with coachMartina Hingis. She also reached the doubles final at Wimbledon in2011 with Stosur and came fourth in themixed-doubles event at the2012 London Olympics withChristopher Kas.
Between 2014 and 2018, Lisicki held the world record for thefastest serve by a female tennis player. A 131.0 mph (210.8 km/h) serve was measured during her first-round encounter againstAna Ivanovic at the2014 Stanford Classic.[2] She also held the record for themost aces in a singles match, hitting 27 aces during her second-round encounter againstBelinda Bencic at the2015 Birmingham Classic, until it was surpassed byKristýna Plíšková at the2016 Australian Open.
Lisicki's parents emigrated to West Germany from Poland in 1979; her father, Dr. Richard Lisicki, is of German and Polish descent and her mother, Elisabeth, of Polish. They came to Germany as "Aussiedler", descended from German citizens who lived in theformer eastern territories of Germany which had becomepart of Poland after World War II.[3] In a 2009 interview with the German newspaperDie Welt, her father put emphasis on Lisicki being German: "Sabine is a German – not only because of her birth here [in Germany]."[4] Lisicki was born inTroisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1989. Her father, who introduced her to the sport at the age of seven, has a doctorate in sport science and is her coach. Her mother is a painter specialising in ceramics.
Since 2004, Lisicki has trained at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy inBradenton, Florida, where she is sponsored and managed byIMG. She is coached by her father, who studied sport science inWrocław andCologne.[4] Early in her career, Lisicki could not fly to tournaments because of a lack of funding. She had to be driven across Europe in a car by her parents so that she could attend tournaments. Lisicki said: "My parents did everything possible to let me play tennis. That's what I appreciated so much. My dad has worked from 8 in the morning til 9 in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there."[5]
In 2006, Lisicki competed at theSunfeast Open in Kolkata, where she defeated Ragini Vimal in the first, but lost in the final qualifying round toSanaa Bhambri.She competed in her first WTA Tour main-draw match when she was given a wildcard to play at theGerman Open. She lost in the first round toMara Santangelo, in three sets.
Lisicki had a successful year in 2007 on theITF Circuit and climbed from world No. 497 to No. 198 in theWTA rankings. She won two titles, one in Jersey and the other in Toronto. She defeated top-seedKatie O'Brien at theVancouver Open.[6]
At theAustralian Open, her first Grand Slam tournament, she defeated the 16th-seeded player,Dinara Safina, as well asMariya Koryttseva to reach the third round as a qualifier. She lost her third round match toCaroline Wozniacki. In the first round of theFed Cup against theUnited States, Lisicki defeatedLindsay Davenport in straight sets.Lisicki next reached the fourth round of theMiami Open, aTier I event, where she defeated sixth seededAnna Chakvetadze in straight sets, but was defeated in the next round byElena Dementieva.
AtWimbledon, Lisicki lost in the first round to the 2007 runner-up, 11th seedMarion Bartoli.In October, Lisicki reached her first WTA tournament final at the Tashkent Open, where she lost in three sets to fellow teenagerSorana Cîrstea.
Lisicki started her year at theHopman Cup inPerth where she advanced to the third round before losing toDominika Cibulková in straight sets. At theAustralian Open, Lisicki defeated the 30th seedAleksandra Wozniak in the opening round before losing toSamantha Stosur in straight sets. She then took part inGermany's 3–2 win overSwitzerland in theirFed Cup World Group II tie, defeatingTimea Bacsinszky but losing toPatty Schnyder.
At theCellular South Cup in Memphis, Lisicki reached the semifinals, defeating third seedLucie Šafářová on the way before losing to eventual winnerVictoria Azarenka. Lisicki then took part in the firstPremier Mandatory tournament of the year in North America. At theIndian Wells Open, she lost in the first round toElena Vesnina. At theMiami Open, she lost in the second round to 26th seedIveta Benešová.
During the clay-court season, Lisicki lost in the second round of theAmelia Island Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach to eventual finalist and fifth seed Aleksandra Wozniak. On the green clay at theCharleston Open in, Lisicki won her first WTA Tour title without dropping a set, defeating the fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the final.[7] She had previously defeated second seeded Venus Williams in the third round and No. 6 seed Marion Bartoli in the semifinals. She then took part in Germany'sFed Cup World Group play-off win againstChina. She defeated world No. 16Zheng Jie in the first singles match, and partnered withAnna-Lena Grönefeld to win the decisive doubles match.
Lisicki advanced to the second round of thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart before losing to third-seededJelena Janković in straight sets. She then advanced to the quarterfinals at thePortugal Open where she lost to compatriot Anna-Lena Grönefeld, retiring when 2–6 down. At theFrench Open, Lisicki lost to Lucie Šafářová in the first round.
On her first match on grass at theEastbourne International, Lisicki lost to Samantha Stosur in the first round. In doubles, Lisicki and her partnerAna Ivanovic lost in the first round toCara Black andLiezel Huber.
Lisicki played her firstGrand Slam quarterfinal atWimbledon, where she was beaten by world No. 1, Dinara Safina.[8] On her way to the quarterfinal, she had defeated Anna Chakvetadze in the first round,Patricia Mayr in the second, the 2009 French Open champion and fifth seedSvetlana Kuznetsova in the third round, and ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth.
Seeded 23rd, Lisicki advanced to the second round at the 2009 US Open, but lost to qualifier Anastasia Rodionova. On 3 September 2009, daytime, Rodionova's match point, Lisicki slipped while going to return a backhand and injured her left ankle.[9] She left the court in a wheelchair as Rodionova advanced to the third round. Lisicki later reported that an MRI showed no tears. The injury was a sprain, and Lisicki returned to her base in Florida for rehabilitation.
She returned to the tour at thePan Pacific Open at the end of September, where she reached the second round before losing in three sets to seventh seed Jelena Janković.In October, she reached the final of theLuxembourg Open, but lost to Timea Bacsinszky. On her way to the final she beat Iveta Benešová,Polona Hercog, Patty Schnyder and Shahar Pe'er.
Lisicki qualified for theTournament of Champions. She lost her first round-robin match toAravane Rezaï, but won her second round-robin match againstMelinda Czink.
Lisicki started the season by playing at theHopman Cup for Germany. She won her singles ties againstElena Dementieva andLaura Robson but lost toYaroslava Shvedova. Partnering withPhilipp Kohlschreiber, they lost all their doubles matches, so Germany did not proceed to the finals.
As the 21st seed, Lisicki was defeated at theAustralian Open in the second round byAlberta Brianti, in three sets. She then played thePattaya Open in Bangkok where she was the second seed and lost her second-round match to home playerTamarine Tanasugarn.AtDubai, she lost her second-round match againstVenus Williams.Her next two tournaments were atIndian Wells andMiami. In both tournaments, Lisicki retired in the second round because of an ankle injury. The injury sidelined her for five months, and she withdrew from tournaments atPonte Vedra andCharleston. She also missed Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Lisicki had to learn how to walk again and faced suggestions that she should retire rather than risk further injury. She later said: "I always believed. Always. No matter what happened. I can still remember when the doctor told me that I have to be on crutches the next six weeks. That period made me such a much stronger person and player. I know anything is possible after learning how to walk again. I love the sport so much and I miss it when I cannot be out there on the court. It just gives me the belief to overcome anything."[10][11]
Coming into theUS Open ranked world No. 96, Lisicki advanced to the second round before losing to seventh seed and eventual finalistVera Zvonareva.After the US Open, she failed to qualify for the Luxembourg Open causing her ranking to fall to No. 179 in the WTA rankings.[10]
Lisicki started the season at theAuckland Open where she lost toYanina Wickmayer in three sets in the second round. AtMelbourne, Lisicki played the qualifying tournament and lost in the second round toVesna Manasieva. After losing at theIndian Wells Open to Sorana Cîrstea in the qualifying rounds in March, Lisicki fell down the rankings to No. 218.[10] She lifted her form and reached the third round at theMiami Open, where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova.
At theFamily Circle Cup, Lisicki reached the third round, but lost toSania Mirza in two sets. At thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix, she lost in the quarterfinals against her compatriotJulia Görges, eventual champion of the tournament. In doubles, Lisicki partnered with former world No. 1 doubles player Samantha Stosur to win her first ever career doubles title. At theFrench Open, Lisicki 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. Afterwards, she lay on the court, sobbing, and was taken off on a stretcher due to injury.[12]
At theBirmingham Classic, Lisicki reached the final where she defeatedDaniela Hantuchová to win her second WTA Tour title.[13][14] AtWimbledon, she received a wildcard to enter the tournament, advancing to the semifinals of a major for the first time, and beating third seed and recent French Open championLi Na in the second round. She was eliminated by Maria Sharapova in straight sets after leading the first set 3–0.[15] This was the first time in 12 years that a German woman (sinceSteffi Graf reached the Wimbledon finals in 1999) had reached the semifinal stage of a Grand Slam. Lisicki was the second wild-card entry to reach the women's semifinals in Wimbledon history.[16] In doubles, Lisicki partnered with Stosur and lost in the final.[17]
At theSilicon Valley Classic, Lisicki beat fourth seed and doubles partner Samantha Stosur and fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska, but fell toSerena Williams in the semifinals. At theCincinnati Open, Lisicki lost to Shahar Pe'er in the first round. She then traveled to Dallas to compete in the inauguralTexas Open as the fifth seed. After advancing to the semifinals with an easy win over qualifierKateryna Bondarenko, she crushed eighth seedIrina-Camelia Begu to advance to the final. Lisicki won her third title, defeating qualifier Aravane Rezaï, having dropped no more than three games each match of the way to her victory.[18] She moved to a new career-high rank of world No. 18, on 29 August. Seeded 22nd at theUS Open, she easily advanced to the second round with a straight-sets win overAlona Bondarenko. She was scheduled to play Venus Williams in the second round, but Williams withdrew before it started due to her recent diagnosis ofSjögren's syndrome. Lisicki dispatchedIrina Falconi to advance to the fourth round for the first time, before ultimately being defeated by second seed Vera Zvonareva. At theChina Open Lisicki defeatedZheng Saisai in straight sets but withdrew from her second round match againstKaia Kanepi.
Lisicki was named theWTA Comeback Player of the Year in November.[19]
Lisicki's first tournament in 2012 was theAuckland Open where she was the No. 1 seed. In the first round, she defeatedVirginie Razzano. In the second round, she defeatedMona Barthel. In the quarterfinal, she facedAngelique Kerber, the 2011 US Open semifinalist, and was losing 4–6, before retiring, due to a back injury, in the second set at a score of 3–4. In doubles, she entered with Chinese playerPeng Shuai and they won their first round match againstSara Errani andRoberta Vinci. Both the Italians would go on to theAustralian Open in four weeks time. In the second round, they pulled out due to the injury picked up by Lisicki in the quarterfinal of the singles tournament against Angelique Kerber.
Lisicki next entered theSydney International where she was unseeded. Before the first round of the tournament began, she pulled out with her recent back injury and gave her place to lucky loserAlexandra Dulgheru.
Lisicki next competed in the Australian Open where she was the 14th seed. In the first round, she facedStefanie Vögele and beat her in three sets. In the second round, she defeated Shahar Pe'er. In the third round, she beat 18th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.[20] She was defeated by Maria Sharapova. Lisicki took the first set, winning six consecutive games after being down 0–3, but was unable to match Sharapova in the following two sets.
At the2012 Fed Cup, Lisicki played for Germany alongside Julia Görges, Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Angelique Kerber. She started off the meeting betweenGermany and theCzech Republic by facing Iveta Benešová, a match in which she lost. In her second match, she faced Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová and also lost. Germany lost the meeting by a score of 1–4.
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Lisicki's next tournament was supposed to be theOpen GdF Suez where she was to be the fifth seed. She pulled out before the tournament began with a viral illness.
Lisicki then competed at theQatar Ladies Open where she was the ninth seed. In the first round she met compatriot Angelique Kerber and lost in three sets to continue a losing streak dating back to the fourth round of the Australian Open. In doubles, she was the fourth seed along with RussianMaria Kirilenko. They received a bye into the second round where they metAndreja Klepač andAlicja Rosolska, beating them in a third set tie-break. In the third round they met fifth seedsNuria Llagostera Vives andAnastasia Rodionova. They lost the first set 4–6, and in the second set, Llagostera Vives and Rodionova took an early 3–1 lead, but Lisicki and Kirilenko were able to even the score by winning the following two games. The two teams swapped a break of serve to bring the score to 4–4. The teams held serve and brought the set to a tiebreak. Lisicki and Kirilenko won 7–3 to level the score at one set each. They lost the third set, and with it, ultimately, the match.
Lisicki's next tournament was theDubai Championships, where she was supposed to face fifth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round. However, after second seed Petra Kvitová withdrew, she became the ninth seed and received Kvitová's bye into the second round. There she met Iveta Benešová, defeating her in two sets. In the quarterfinals, she was knocked out by Radwańska.
AtIndian Wells as the 11th seed, she received a bye into the second round where she facedLourdes Domínguez Lino, losing in two sets. In doubles with compatriot Julia Görges, she beatRaquel Kops-Jones andAbigail Spears. The two Germans next facedFrench Open championsLucie Hradecká andAndrea Hlaváčková, losing in straight sets.
Lisicki next went toMiami, where she was the 12th seed. She got a bye to the second round where she facedSofia Arvidsson. Victorious, she then faced Peng Shuai in the third round. She won this match too and then faced Li Na in the fourth round. Li defeated Lisicki in three sets.
At theFamily Circle Cup, Lisicki was the sixth seed. She received a bye into the second round. There she facedlucky loser Andrea Hlaváčková, winning in three. She faced qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova in the third round and won in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, she faced Serena Williams. Behind 1–4 to her opponent, Lisicki fell and injured her left ankle. She retired from the match in tears, sending Serena into the semis. In doubles, she paired withAustralian Openwomen's doubles champion Vera Zvonareva. They lost to top seeds Liezel Huber andLisa Raymond.
As a result of the fall in her quarterfinal match, Lisicki was forced to the sideline at theFed Cup World Group Play-off tie againstAustralia. She was also forced to pull out of thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix, from which she was defending a quarterfinal spot in singles and the doubles title which she won with Sam Stosur. Lisicki also missed theMadrid Open, aPremier Mandatory tournament.
After nearly a month off the tour, Lisicki returned as the 12th seed at theItalian Open. She facedMarina Erakovic in the first round, where she lost. Traveling next to her home country for theInternationaux de Strasbourg, where she was the top seed, Lisicki again experienced a first round upset, losing toPauline Parmentier.
Lisicki then traveled to Paris to play theFrench Open, where she was the 12th seed. On the red clay ofRoland Garros, Lisicki lost toBethanie Mattek-Sands.
Lisicki started her summer grass-court season by defending her title atEastbourne. As the second seed, she received a bye into the second round, where she lost toUrszula Radwańska. This set Lisicki up with a five-match losing streak going into theWimbledon Championships. In the first round, she beat unseededPetra Martić, breaking her losing streak and putting her into the second round, where she faced qualifierBojana Jovanovski. Lisicki won the match in three sets to set up a third round tie withSloane Stephens, where she again faced a tight match, pulling through in the third set. In the fourth round, she beat top seed Sharapova, to whom she had lost in the semifinals the previous year. This marked the third year that Lisicki had beaten the reigning French Open champion in Wimbledon, having also beaten Li Na in2011 and Svetlana Kuznetsova in2009. In the subsequent quarterfinals, Lisicki once again met Angelique Kerber. Having lost the previous four meetings, Lisicki proceeded to lose the first set 3–6. Lisicki rallied in the second set to take it in a tiebreak; in this second set Lisicki saved two match points. Lisicki proved ultimately unable to take the match. At one point, she was serving for the match at 5–3, but Kerber went on the take the set and the match,[21] dropping Lisicki back down to a world ranking of 18.
Lisicki entered theSouthern California Open as the fifth seed but pulled out with an abdominal injury. She went straight back to London to prepare for the2012 Summer Olympics. She enteredsingles where she was seeded 15, and inmixed doubles withChristopher Kas where they were unseeded. In the singles, she beatOns Jabeur and Yaroslava Shvedova in the first and second round respectively. She lost to Maria Sharapova in the third round, after winning the first set and leading 4–2 in the second. In doubles, Lisicki and Kerber beat British pairLaura Robson andHeather Watson in the first round, after losing the first set whilst taking only eleven points and going 4–2 down in the second set. In the second round, they lost to Venus and Serena Williams. In mixed doubles, Lisicki and Kas beat second seedsBob Bryan and Liezel Huber in the first round, andDaniele Bracciali and Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they lost toAndy Murray and Laura Robson. In the bronze medal match, they lost to third seedsMike Bryan and Lisa Raymond.[22]
Lisicki moved on to theRogers Cup in Montreal. She was 15th seed in singles falling in her opening match toCarla Suárez Navarro. In doubles, she made it to the quarterfinals, partnering with Peng Shuai. They beat sixth seeds Iveta Benešová andBarbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, andNatalie Grandin andVladimíra Uhlířová in the first and second rounds respectively. They were forced to pull out of the competition against top seeds Raymond and Huber as a result of Lisicki suffering an abdominal injury.
Lisicki entered theUS Open as the 16th seed, but she was upset in the first round by Sorana Cîrstea. In doubles, Lisicki again partnered with Peng Shuai. They beat Laura Robson andShahar Pe'er in the first round, 12th seeds Anastasia Rodionova andGalina Voskoboeva in the second and sixth seedsElena Vesnina andEkaterina Makarova in the third. They lost to eventual finalists Hlaváčková and Hradecká in the quarterfinals.
Lisicki's next tournament was in Japan at thePan Pacific Open. In singles, she started with a first-round loss against qualifier Heather Watson. In doubles, she partnered with world No. 3, Lisa Raymond. They facedMonica Niculescu and Alicja Rosolska, both of whom had recently lost in WTA doubles finals. Lisicki and Raymond won the match and defeatedDarija Jurak andKatalin Marosi in the quarterfinals.
Lisicki next participated at theChina Open, but she was defeated in the second round by the eventual championVictoria Azarenka. She next moved to Linz where she lost in the first round toPatricia Mayr-Achleitner. Lisicki finished her season losing in the first round of theLuxembourg Open toKirsten Flipkens of Belgium.
Lisicki started 2013 with theBrisbane International. She beat Lucie Šafářová in the first round. She lost in the second round to world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She pulled out of the qualifying draw atSydney with a virus.
Lisicki then competed at theAustralian Open. In the first round she faced Caroline Wozniacki and was defeated. She also competed in themixed doubles withFrederik Nielsen. They were knocked out in the first round by the home favorites and eventual champions,Jarmila Gajdošová andMatthew Ebden.
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Lisicki then moved onto thePattaya Open. In the first round she beat fellow GermanTatjana Malek. She downedAlexandra Panova in the second round and came back from a set down in the quarterfinals to beat Marina Erakovic. In her first semifinal since 2011, she beatNina Bratchikova. In the final, she lost toMaria Kirilenko in three sets.
Her next tournament was inMemphis. As the third seed, she beat qualifierMadison Keys in the first round andMelinda Czink in the second. In the quarterfinal, she beat eighth seed Kristina Mladenovic and beat seventh seedMagdaléna Rybáriková in the semifinal.[23] In Lisicki's second final of the year, she faced Marina Erakovic from New Zealand. Erakovic ran away with the first set and Lisicki retired from the final with illness.[24]
Lisicki missed theIndian Wells Open with the same illness. She returned in time to play at theMiami Open but lost in the first round toSimona Halep.
Lisicki started her clay-court season on the green clay at theCharleston Open. Lisicki claimed the title here in2009. In the first round, she recorded her first ever double bagel (not losing any games) in beatingAnna Tatishvili. In the second round, she lost from a set up againstMallory Burdette.
Her next tournament was on the red clay inKatowice, Poland. As the seventh seed, she lost in the first round toAlexandra Cadanțu of Romania. She then travelled to Stuttgart for Germany'sFed Cup World Group Play-off tie againstSerbia. Angelique Kerber and Mona Barthel were picked for singles against Ana Ivanovic and Bojana Jovanovski. After the four singles matches, the score was tied at two all. Lisicki was picked to play the doubles rubber with Anna-Lena Grönefeld againstVesna Dolonc andAleksandra Krunić. The German pairing easily won to secureGermany its place in the 2014 Fed Cup World Group. Lisicki stayed in Stuttgart to compete at thePorsche Grand Prix. Insingles, she beat qualifier ItalianNastassja Burnett. In the second round, she beat Jelena Janković. She lost in the quarterfinals to qualifier Mattek-Sands. Indoubles, she and compatriot Mona Barthel received a wildcard to play in the main draw. They were scheduled to play world number ones Vinci and Errani but they pulled out before the tournament began. Instead, they were drawn against alternatesJill Craybas andMegan Moulton-Levy. Lisicki and Barthel easily won, with the loss of just two games. They then faced Jelena Janković and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, a match in which they won in three sets. In the semifinals, they defeated Darija Jurak andKatalin Marosi, in straight sets. In the final, Lisicki got revenge for her singles loss by beating Mattek-Sands and her partnerSania Mirza. This was Lisicki's second WTA doubles title. She and Barthel became the first all-German pairing to lift the trophy in Stuttgart.
Lisicki continued her clay season inMadrid. In the first round, she beat Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden. In the second round, she defeated 15th seedDominika Cibulková. In the third round, she played world No. 2, Maria Sharapova. Sharapova ultimately won in straight sets, with Lisicki putting up a fight in the second set. From Madrid, Lisicki went to Rome to play at theItalian Open. In the first round, she defeated American qualifier Mallory Burdette, but lost to eighth seed Petra Kvitová in the second round.
Lisicki then went to Paris for the secondmajor of the year. Insingles, she was the 32nd seed. She defeated Sofia Arvidsson in the first round and pulled off a straight sets win against SpaniardMaría Teresa Torró Flor in the second round, reaching the third round of the French Open for the first time in her career. There she was defeated by fifth seed and defending finalist Sara Errani. Indoubles, Lisicki partnered with Janette Husárová. They came from a set down to beat Bojana Jovanovski andEva Hrdinová in the first round. In the second round, they upset fifteenth seedsChan Hao-ching of Taipei and Darija Jurak of Croatia. They faced defending champions Errani and Vinci in the third round, losing in straight sets.
Lisicki started her grass court season by playing at theBirmingham Classic. As the fifth seed, she received a bye into the second round where she defeatedKristýna Plíšková. In the third round, she beat Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. She lost toAlison Riske in the quarterfinals. In the final set, Lisicki was 4–5 down and serving at 15–0 when Riske shouted "come on!" during a rally before Lisicki had returned the ball. Lisicki was unhappy and wanted the umpire to make a hindrance call, which would have given her the point and put her 30–0 up. The umpire did not agree with her and neither did the tournament referee. Riske took the point and broke Lisicki to win the match.[25][26]
At theWimbledon Championships, Lisicki, seeded 23rd, beatFrancesca Schiavone in the first round,Elena Vesnina and 14th seed Samantha Stosur in the second and third round. In the fourth round, she faced first seed and reigning Wimbledon, US Open, and French Open champion Serena Williams. Lisicki won in three sets, marking the fourth time in her last four participations that she knocked out the reigning French Open champion at Wimbledon. Williams had been on a 34-match winning streak coming into the match.[27] Lisicki defeatedKaia Kanepi of Estonia, reaching the Wimbledon semifinals for the second time in her career. She beat Agnieszka Radwańska in a three set semifinal in two hours and 18 minutes to advance to her first Grand Slam final,[28] thereby becoming the first German woman to reach a major final since Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in 1999, and the first German player of either gender to reach a Grand Slam singles final sinceRainer Schüttler at the 2003 Australian Open. However, she lost to Marion Bartoli, in straight sets.[29]
Her next tournament was theWestern & Southern Open, however she lost in her opening match in a tight three-setter against Jelena Janković. She then played atNew Haven, beating Kristina Mladenovic in the first round before losing toAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second.
She then played theUS Open as the 16th seed, where she defeated qualifierVera Dushevina in the first round. She then won her second match againstPaula Ormaechea before losing to Ekaterina Makarova in round three.
Lisicki missed most of the Asian swing, but competed at theChina Open as the 13th seed. She advanced to the third round beatingChanelle Scheepers and Venus Williams, before losing to home favourite Li Na. She then played theOsaka Open, again beating Scheepers in the first round, but was forced to withdraw from the tournament with a left hip injury before her second-round match.
Lisicki ended her 2013 season on a high by reaching the semi-finals of theLuxembourg Open. She beat Donna Vekić,Tereza Smitková andKarin Knapp in her opening three matches. She won the last set to love (6–0) in all three of these matches. In the semifinals, she succumbed to top seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. She finished her year ranked as world No. 15.
It was confirmed in October 2013 that Lisicki would begin her 2014 season alongside Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka at theBrisbane International. She advanced to the second round with a win over Magdaléna Rybáriková, but then withdrew from the tournament due to illness.
At theAustralian Open, it was announced that Lisicki would bring inMartina Hingis as a coach. Seeded 15th, she began with a confident straight-sets victory over Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, but was upset in the second round by Monica Niculescu. At thePattaya Open, Lisicki struggled to overcome Donna Vekić in the first round in three sets. After the match, she admitted that it had been almost impossible for her to serve effectively due to a right shoulder injury. She later withdrew from the tournament.[30]
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Lisicki then endured a poor run across the North American swing, losing in her first match inIndian Wells to Aleksandra Wozniak. In Indian Wells, Lisicki also competed in thedoubles draw playing alongside coach Martina Hingis. After getting a wildcard into the main draw, they played seventh seedsAshleigh Barty andCasey Dellacqua. At theMiami Open, she beat Nadia Petrova in her opening match. However, she was forced to pull out before her third-round match against Kirsten Flipkens citing a bad flu. Despite pulling out of the singles draw, Lisicki was able to take a few days off to recover before she and Hingis started their campaign for the title. In the first round, they claimed their first win together by beating sixth seeds Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Šafářová. In the second round, Lisicki and Hingis convincingly defeated wildcards Sorana Cîrstea and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. In their quarterfinal match, the pair pulled off an impressive comeback win beatingAnabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova despite losing the first set and facing match points against them in the second. In the semifinals, they played fifth seeds and Indian Wells finalists Cara Black and Sania Mirza and beat them in straight sets. In their first final in only their second tournament together, Lisicki and Hingis played second seeds Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova. Despite being the heavy favourites for the title, Vesnina and Makrarova would go on to lose the match in three sets. The win was Lisicki's third doubles title and her first off the indoor clay ofStuttgart and Hingis' 38th doubles title and first since 2007.
Lisicki looked to carry momentum from the Miami title by going to Charleston and playing at theFamily Circle Cup. She entered the tournament as the fourth seed and received a bye in the first round of play. In the second round, she played Vania King and beat her in three sets. In the third round, she played compatriotAndrea Petkovic for the first time in her career. Lisicki lost to the eventual champion Petkovic, managing to score only one game in the whole match. Lisicki did not participate in Germany's Fed Cup semifinal victory over Australia, moving from the outdoor green clay of Charleston to the indoor red clay of Stuttgart. She lost in the opening round to ninth seed Ana Ivanovic.[31]
Lisicki then competed at theMadrid Open where she was the 15th seed. She fell in the third round to Simona Halep in three sets. AtRome, she fell in her opening match to Samantha Stosur in straight sets. Lisicki reached the second round atRoland Garros where she retired against compatriot Mona Barthel after injuring her wrist.
In June, Lisicki split with coach Hingis, citing "different concepts" as the reason.[32] As the 19th seed atWimbledon, she could not repeat her feat from the previous year, only managing to reach the quarterfinals where she lost to Simona Halep. Along the way, she defeatedJulia Glushko, Karolína Plíšková, Ivanovic and Shvedova, fighting through a shoulder injury against the Kazakh.
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In July, Lisicki slipped down to 30 in the world rankings. In her first-round match at theStanford Classic against Ivanovic, Lisicki set a world record serve for a female tennis player, clocked at 210.8 km/h (131.0 mph).[2] However, Lisicki lost the match in straight sets.[2] At theRogers Cup in Montreal the following week, Lisicki defeated former world No. 5, Sara Errani, in the first round in straight sets. After coming from a set down to defeatMadison Keys in the next round, she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets. The following week inCincinnati was almost a repeat. In the second round, Lisicki defeated Errani once more in a match that lasted three hours before being beaten by Radwańska, only managing to win two games. Lisicki, the 26th seed, reached the third round at theUS Open where she lost to Maria Sharapova.In September, Lisicki participated inHong Kong as the top seed after receiving a wildcard. She defeated Monica Niculescu andGrace Min to reach the quarterfinals. Then, she defeated Zheng Saisai and Francesca Schiavone to reach her first final of 2014. She won her fourth WTA title by defeating Karolína Plíšková, her first singles title in more than three years.[33][34] Lisicki received a wildcard at thePan Pacific Open but lost to Casey Dellacqua in the first round. At theWuhan Open, she upset Lucie Šafářová in the first round before falling to Elina Svitolina in the second, despite leading 5–0 in the first set. At theChina Open, she reached the third round for the second straight year by defeatingXu Shilin andEugenie Bouchard. She then lost to Ivanovic in straight sets. Lisicki then played inLinz as the fifth seed. She accepted a wild card into the event. She lost to Karin Knapp in three sets in the first round. The following week, Lisicki was upset byDenisa Allertová in the second round at theLuxembourg Open having overcome Daniela Hantuchová in her opening match. Lisicki's last match of 2014 was at theFed Cup where Germany faced Czech Republic. She was selected to play the doubles tie alongside Anna-Lena Grönefeld. They defeated the pair of Hlaváčková and Hradecká. Lisicki ended the year at No. 27.
Lisicki had a rough start to the year, losing in the first rounds at theBrisbane International (champion in doubles with Hingis), theSydney International and theAustralian Open, losing to Shvedova, Suárez Navarro, and Mladenovic respectively. She finally picked up her first win of the year inDubai beating Monica Niculescu before bowing out to Ana Ivanovic. Lisicki would then suffer more first round losses inDoha toBarbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and inKuala Lumpur to eventual finalist Alexandra Dulgheru.
Lisicki rediscovered her form during the North American swing. AtIndian Wells, she beat Roberta Vinci to record her first ever win at the tournament. She continued winning by beating Sara Errani and Caroline Garcia to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, she beat the defending champion Flavia Pennetta in a three set thriller, saving three match points to advance to the semifinals for the first time at a Premier Mandatory event. She lost to Jelena Janković in the semifinals in three sets despite leading by a set and a break. Lisicki carried her good form over toMiami where she beat fellow countrywoman Julia Görges, Ana Ivanovic, and Sara Errani to advance to her second Premier Mandatory quarterfinal in a row. She lost to eventual champion Serena Williams in the quarterfinals in three sets.
Lisicki then played for Germany in the semifinals against Russia at theFed Cup where she lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets despite having a match point in the second set. She also played in the doubles with Andrea Petkovic but the pair lost to Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina to give Russia the win and a place in the final.
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Lisicki began on clay inStuttgart and was handed her first career double bagel loss toZarina Diyas in the first round. This followed with another first round exit at theMadrid Open toCoCo Vandeweghe. Lisicki then played at theInternazionali BNL d'Italia and picked up her first clay win by beatingSloane Stephens before losing to Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets. She then played at theNuremberg Cup and lost in the second round toLara Arruabarrena in three sets despite having a match point in the third set. Lisicki then played at theFrench Open as the 20th seed. She beatMonica Puig in the first round in straight sets. In the second round, after winning the first set, her opponentDaria Gavrilova retired, allowing Lisicki to advance to the third round, where she was defeated by eventual finalist, Lucie Šafářová in straight sets.
Lisicki started her grass-court season atBirmingham. In her second-round win overBelinda Bencic, Lisicki broke the record for the most aces in a singles match, hitting a total of 27 aces.[35] She then beat 2009 championMagdaléna Rybáriková and 2013 champion Daniela Hantuchová to advance to the semifinals. She lost to fellow countrywoman and eventual champion Angelique Kerber, in straight sets. Lisicki then played atWimbledon as the 18th seed. She beat Jarmila Gajdošová andChristina McHale to advance to the third round. She lost to Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets ending a streak of making the quarterfinals or better which she had done in her five previous appearances.
Lisicki began her summer hardcourt season atStanford where she lost toKimiko Date-Krumm in the first round in three sets after being up a set and 4–1. Lisicki then played at theRogers Cup, beating last year's finalist, Venus Williams and Barbora Strýcová to advance to the third round where she lost to eventual champion, Belinda Bencic in three sets despite having a match point in the third set. She then played at theWestern & Southern Open and lost in the first round to Caroline Garcia in three sets. Lisicki then played at theUS Open as the 24th seed. She beat qualifierAliaksandra Sasnovich andCamila Giorgi in the first two rounds. In the third round she beat Barbora Strýcová in three tight sets, coming from 1–5 down in the third set to advance to the fourth round for the first time at the tournament since 2011. It was the final singles match ever played on the Grandstand court. She lost to Simona Halep in three sets, in a match that had a combined 105 unforced errors and 17 breaks of serve.
After the completion of the US Open, Lisicki reported that she would not compete for the rest of the season due to a knee injury.[36] Lisicki ended the year at No. 32.
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Lisicki began her 2016 season at theHopman Cup representingGermany withAlexander Zverev. They were eliminated in the group stage with a 1–2 record, with their only victory coming against France. Her next tournament was theSydney International where she lost in the second round to eventual champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova.[37] Seeded 30th at theAustralian Open, she was defeated in the second round by Denisa Allertová.[38]
InDoha, Lisicki lost in the first round to Monica Niculescu.[39] Seeded third at theMalaysian Open, she reached the quarterfinals where she was defeated byNaomi Broady.[40] Seeded 29th atIndian Wells, she lost in the second round toJohanna Larsson. Seeded 29th inMiami, she was defeated in the second round byIrina-Camelia Begu, despite having a 5–0 lead and one match point in the third set.[41]
Seeded 15th at theCharleston Open, which was formerly called the Family Circle Cup, Lisicki lost in the second round toYulia Putintseva.[42] At thePorsche Grand Prix, she was defeated in the first round byTímea Babos.[43] Competing inMadrid, she lost in the second round to eighth seed Carla Suárez Navarro.[44] At theItalian Open, she was ousted in the first round byDaria Gavrilova.[45] At theNuremberg Cup, Lisicki avenged her loss to Lara Arruabarrena the previous year before losing to Varvara Lepchenko in straight sets. At theFrench Open, Lisicki lost to qualifierVerónica Cepede Royg in the first round in straight sets.
Lisicki started her grass season at theMallorca Open. She beat Kristina Mladenovic before losing to Mariana Duque in three sets. Lisicki then played atWimbledon. She easily beat recent French Open quarterfinalistShelby Rogers in straight sets and in the second round she beat 14th seed Sam Stosur in straight sets. She then fell to Yaroslava Shvedova in the third round.
Lisicki started her hardcourt season atWashington, D.C., where she defeatedKristína Kučová before losing to Kristina Mladenovic, also in straight sets. At theCanadian Open qualifying, after receiving a walkover in the first round, she fell to Magda Linette. This loss saw her fall out of the top 100. She couldn't qualify for the2016 Summer Olympics. She played at theCincinnati Open qualifying stage and knocked outAnastasija Sevastova in round one, but was defeated by Zheng Saisai in round two. At theUS Open, Lisicki lost to Yulia Putintseva in the first round, but in doubles, she andAlla Kudryavtseva defeatedVaratchaya Wongteanchai/Yang Zhaoxuan and second seedChan Hao-ching/Chan Yung-jan in the first two rounds, but then fell to 13th seedAndreja Klepač/Katarina Srebotnik.
At theJapan Open, Lisicki lost to Johanna Larsson. Then at theGuangzhou Open, she safely reached the quarterfinals by beating Kwan Yau Ng and Peng Shuai, but finally lost to Jelena Janković. At theWuhan Open, Lisicki was defeated by Ekaterina Makarova and at theChina Open, Lisicki beat Lučić-Baroni but lost to Svitolina. She received a wildcard in both the Wuhan Open and China Open and after this, Lisicki was back in the top 100 again.
At theLuxembourg Open, she beatViktorija Golubic but lost to second seed Caroline Wozniacki. Lisicki next played at theHawaii Open and beatJulia Boserup and Verónica Cepede Royg, but retired injured in the third set of her quarterfinal againstJacqueline Cako. Lisicki ended the year at No. 93.
Lisicki was supposed to participate at theKooyong Classic; however, she withdrew due to a shoulder injury, which also kept her out of theAustralian Open.[46]
Lisicki returned to the courts in June at theMallorca Open.[47] She reached the quarterfinals beating fifth seedKiki Bertens andShelby Rogers. She ended up losing to eventual finalist Julia Görges.[48] AtWimbledon, she was defeated in the first round by 27th seedAna Konjuh.[49]
Lisicki made it to the quarterfinals at theWashington Open eliminating qualifierValentini Grammatikopoulou andAryna Sabalenka. She ended up losing to fifth seedOcéane Dodin.[50] At theUS Open, she was defeated in the first round by 27th seedZhang Shuai.[51]
In October, Lisicki competed at theLuxembourg Open. She lost in the second round to lucky loser Naomi Broady.[52] Her final tournament of the year was at theOpen de Limoges. She reached the semifinal where she retired during the second set againstAntonia Lottner.
Lisicki ended the year ranked 268.
Skipping the Australian Open, Lisicki played at theTaiwan Open, which was her first tournament after a break caused by a knee injury. She reached her first semifinal since 2015, losing toKateryna Kozlova.[53] InDoha, she was defeated in the first round of qualifying byMarkéta Vondroušová. At theHungarian Open, she lost her second-round match to lucky loserViktória Kužmová. She was defeated in the first round of qualifying atIndian Wells andMiami bySofia Kenin and Andrea Petkovic.
In her firstAustralian Open appearance since 2016, Lisicki lost in the first qualifying round toIsabelle Wallace. That was her third straight first-round qualifying loss at a major event. She next lost in the first round ofHua Hin toGarbiñe Muguruza. She lost in the first qualifying round toZarina Diyas atDubai, and lost in the first round ofCharleston toSofia Kenin. She lost in the first round ofBogotá to the eventual championAmanda Anisimova, and lost in the first qualifying round atStuttgart toIsabella Shinikova. She then lost in the first qualifying round ofRabat toBibiane Schoofs, and lost in the first round ofNuremberg toAjla Tomljanović.
She failed to qualify for the ITF tournament inSurbiton, and also failed to qualify for the tournament inRosmalen, losing in the first qualifying round toGreet Minnen. She next lost in the second qualifying round ofMallorca toKaja Juvan, despite defeating compatriot Mona Barthel in the first qualifying round. She received a wildcard for theWimbledon qualifying, where she lost in the final round toLesley Pattinama Kerkhove, after defeating Tímea Babos andAnkita Raina. Despite failing to qualify for the main draw, this was her best showing since her first-round finish at the2017 US Open. Her final event of the year was the WTA 125Karlsruhe Open, where she was defeated in the first round byJasmine Paolini. She ended the year ranked No. 335.
Her first event of the year was the WTA 125Prague Open, where she reached the fourth round, defeatingSamantha Murray Sharan,Stephanie Wagner, andChihiro Muramatsu, before losing toFrancesca Jones. Lisicki participated in her first WTA event of the year atLinz, where she defeatedBibiane Schoofs in the first qualifying round before falling toTereza Martincová. In doubles, at the same event withJodie Burrage, she retired from her first-round match againstUlrikke Eikeri andYana Sizikova, whilst the pair led 6–5 in the first set. Lisicki fell on court, and tore heranterior cruciate ligament, and announced later that she had received surgery for the injury.[54] She ended the year ranked No. 622.[citation needed]
In May, 18 months after surgery, Lisicki made her return to professional tennis in the qualifying draw of theFineMark Pro Championship, a $100k event played on clay courts. She won her first match againstEna Shibahara, a top ten ranked doubles player. In the final round of qualifying, she lost toGabriela Lee, who went on to win the tournament.[citation needed] Lisicki then played a $25k clay tournament inSarasota. She beat Anastasia Nefedova in the first round, and then beat fourth seedSofia Shapatava in the second. In the quarterfinal, she played seventh seedAshlyn Krueger but withdrew from the match when trailing by a set.[citation needed]
Lisicki began her grass-court season at theSurbiton Trophy. To qualify, she beatNaiktha Bains andMarcela Zacarías both in straight sets. In the main draw, she lost toKateryna Baindl. She then received wildcards to compete in theGerman Open in Berlin. In thesingles draw, she beatAsia Muhammad in the first round of qualifying, before losing toDaria Saville in the final round. In thedoubles draw, she partneredBianca Andreescu as a wildcard pair. They beatYang Zhaoxuan andXu Yifan in the first round and the third seeds Muhammad and Shibahara in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they lost to the top seeds,Storm Sanders andKateřina Siniaková.
Lisicki won her first main draw match on the WTA Tour since 2018 as a wildcard at theBad Homburg Open, defeating her compatriotTamara Korpatsch.[55][56][57] She then beat BelgianGreet Minnen in the second round,[58] before losing to the eventual championCaroline Garcia in the quarterfinals.[59] With this result, she re-entered the top 500 in the WTA world rankings.[citation needed]
Lisicki's next tournament was theHamburg Open, where she received a wildcard to play in the qualifying tournament. In the qualifying draw, she defeated 12th seedStefanie Vögele and first seedKateryna Baindl. In the first round of the main draw, she lost toAleksandra Krunić.[citation needed]
Lisicki did not play again until November, when she was awarded a wildcard into the main draw of theCalgary Challenger. In the first two rounds, she beat qualifiersCarmen Corley and Martyna Ostrzygalo in straight sets, respectively. In the quarterfinals, she lost to eventual championRobin Montgomery in two tiebreak sets.[60] She then accepted a wildcard into theAndorra Open, where she defeated sixth seedSara Errani[61] andAlina Charaeva,[62] but lost toAlycia Parks in the quarter-finals.[63]
Lisicki won her first title in nine years at theCalgary Challenger, a W60 tournament.[64][65]
"Lisicki is a big, strong, hard-hitting player who reminds me of a boxer throwing punches from every single direction. The problem is some of the punches land in the right spot and some don't. But she's got great power, a strong serve, she works very hard and has a big-match mentality you can't always teach."
A baseliner, Lisicki hits "heavy balls" with topspin and pace.[67] She has a strong forehand and backhand, hitting balls with power, depth and angles.[68] She is nicknamed "Boom Boom" for her "huge serve and thumping groundstrokes".[5][69][70]Germany Fed Cup team CaptainBarbara Rittner has compared her toSteffi Graf, saying that she can "impose her game" and "plays with the same force" as Graf.[4]
Lisicki's serve is among the most powerful on the WTA Tour, having been described variously as a "cannon" and a "howitzer".[71] She is known to hit serves at speeds of over 120 mph,[72][73] and at the2014 Bank of the West Classic she broke the WTA fastest serve record with a speed of 131 mph, a record previously held byVenus Williams at 129 mph.[2]
Her serve is often regarded as her main weapon and with it, for the year up to November 2013, she was ranked fifth in the WTA for first service points won, 70.7%, and fifth for service games won, 73.7%.[74] She was ranked second in the aces count in 2013, only behind Serena Williams, and was ranked fifth in 2014. Lisicki also held the record for themost aces in a singles match. She broke the record of 24, held jointly bySerena Williams andKaia Kanepi, by hitting 27 aces during her second-round encounter againstBelinda Bencic at the2015 Aegon Classic on 17 June 2015.[35][75]
Lisicki, however, can be hindered by her weak and inconsistent second serve, which is usually only around 70 to 80 mph, and an occasionally high double-fault counts.[76]
Lisicki's favourite surface is grass and she has had the most success on that surface. She used to "hate" playing on grass because she is allergic to it and had a five-match losing streak on grass in 2009. She is now on medication for her allergy and "loves" playing on it.[11][77]
Lisicki lives inBradenton, Florida, USA, and owns a Yorkshire Terrier named Happy. She is fluent in German, English and Polish. Her off-court interests include reading, music, and athletics. She is a fan of theGermany national football team and ofBundesliga clubBayern Munich.[78] She isgluten-intolerant.[79]
Lisicki was previously in a relationship with German comedianOliver Pocher, whom she dated for almost three years. The couple split in 2016.[80]
On 8 March 2024, Lisicki announced on Instagram that she and her fiancé were expecting a baby.[81] On 8 September 2024, she announced that she had given birth to a daughter.[82][83]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Australian Open | 3R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 9–8 | 53% |
| French Open | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | QF | A | SF | QF | F | QF | 3R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | Q3 | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 9 | 27–9 | 75% |
| US Open | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 10 | 12–10 | 55% |
| Win–loss | 4–4 | 6–4 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 10–4 | 8–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 35 | 55–35 | 61% |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2013 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Marion Bartoli | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2011 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Samantha Stosur |  Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 3–6, 1–6 |
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| Preceded by | WTA Comeback Player of the Year 2011 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Fastest serve world record holder 29 July 2014 – 19 February 2018 | Succeeded by |
