Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Sabine Lisicki's serve is what stays with me. Standing 178 cm, the German generated some of the most ferocious deliveries the women's game has seen, and on grass she looked like she belonged. She turned pro in 2006, then announced herself with a 2009 Wimbledon quarterfinal run and her first WTA title at the Family Circle Cup. Her career had its swings, but that explosive ceiling was singular. What I find most human is the contrast between her shotmaking boldness and the fragility that sometimes crept in. I valued her not just for results but for the all-or-nothing flair she brought to every match.
Overview
Sabine Katharina Lisicki (German pronunciation: [zaˈbiːnə lɪˈzɪki]; born 22 September 1989) is a German inactive professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships, and also won her first title on the WTA Tour, at the Family Circle Cup.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sabine Lisicki
- Name (Japanese)
- ザビーネ・リシキ
- Reading
- ざびーね・りしき
- Born
- September 22, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Snake
- Origin
- Troisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- tennis player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.