Sybille Bammer
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Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis
player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007.
She is one of three mothers on the WTA Tour (Kim Clijsters
and Rossana de los Ríos
are the others), having taken time off at age 21 to have her daughter Tina before returning to the tour. When she won the 2007 Pattaya Women's Open
, it was the first time in eighteen years that a mother won on tour, after Laura Arraya in 1989. Her daughter Tina is a frequent regular in the crowd. Bammer said of her daughter, "She is always telling other people to be quiet because Mummy is concentrating."
event. She lost to German player Andrea Glass
at this event. She failed to qualify for Wimbledon
, US Open and her home tournament in Linz
.
During 2001 she took a break from tennis to give birth to her daughter Tina. Her boyfriend Christophe Gsthwendtner took a break from his engineering career to take care of Tina. Given that she was still to break into the top 200 at the time, this was a courageous decision for the young couple. It wasn't until two years later that she would break into the top 150.
Upon her post-pregnancy comeback in 2002 she cruised to win her career-first singles title at the $10k event in Grenoble
. She won another two in the same year at Mostar
and Innsbruck
, both $25k events on the ITF Tour. During 2003, she picked up another four $25k singles titles. She also made her debut for Austria in their Fed Cup team
.
In 2005, Bammer made her career breakthrough, soaring into the top 100 on the rankings, including making her Grand Slam main draw debut at the US Open, where she fell in the first round to Martina Suchá
as a qualifier. At the Tier III in Kolkatta, Bammer reached her first ever WTA Tour quarterfinal event, and then reaching her second at the Tier II event in Linz as a wildcard, defeating Virginie Razzano
and Vera Dushevina
. She was the first Austrian since Barbara Schett
in 2000 to make it to the quarterfinals there. After her impressive run in Linz, she reached a new career high of No.77.
At the start of 2006, she got her best ever Grand Slam performance in only her second ever Grand Slam main draw, making the third round. Two weeks after, she reached her first career first Tour semifinal at Pattaya City, falling to the eventual champion Shahar Pe'er
. She reached the third round in Indian Wells
before losing to 19th seed Martina Hingis
, and the second round in Charleston losing to top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne
. During the Fed Cup, she fell 0–3 in Austria's 5–0 defeat to Spain.
She made her top 50 debut at No.42 following a third round appearance at Berlin, losing to No.6 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
. In her first Wimbledon main draw showing, she reached the third round, notching her best career win thus far over Nathalie Dechy
, then ranked No.23. This was followed by a poor US hardcourt season, falling first round at four events and reaching the second round in three, including the US Open. She then reached her third career quarterfinal in Bangkok
, once again beating Nathalie Dechy before falling to Tamarine Tanasugarn
, the eventual runner-up. She finished the season ranked No.53, her best year-ending ranking thus far.
to eventual runner-up Martina Hingis
6–0 6–2, the next week at Hobart, a Tier IV event, she rose several eyebrows by defeating eight-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams
in the quarterfinals, who was playing her first tournament since the US Open. With this victory, she became one of the players who have a winning head-to-head record over Williams. She lost in the semifinals to Vasilisa Bardina
easily, 3–6, 1–6. She then lost 6–4 7–5 in the first round of the Australian Open to Anna Chakvetadze
after leading 5–2 in the second set.
In February 2007 she finally won her first WTA Tour title ten years after turning pro, beating Vasilisa Bardina
in the first round to avenge her semifinal loss to her at Hobart, Anastassia Rodionova
, Martina Suchá
, Shuai Peng and topping it off with a victory over Gisela Dulko
in the final, saving three match points en route to victory.
At Indian Wells
, she became the No.33 seed after Elena Dementieva
withdrew. She made the most of her luck, stunning everyone by making the semifinals of the Tier I event, her first ever semifinal at this level. In the fourth round, she stunned No. 10 seed Ana Ivanović
and No.13 seed Tatiana Golovin
in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, her fairytale came to an end in the semifinals losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova
, the second seed, with a result of 7–6, 4–6, 1–6. Due to this amazing run, she rose to a new career high of No.30.
She lost early in Miami
to tricky French left-hander Émilie Loit
, and then moved onto the green clay of Amelia Island
. She had another brilliant run here, beating Daniela Hantuchová
in the quarterfinals but then lost to the eventual runner-up Nadia Petrova
in the semifinals. This meant that she once again reached another career high, moving up to No.26 in the world. She reached the third round of Charleston
, losing to surprise quarterfinalist Michaëlla Krajicek
, but nevertheless made her top 25 debut at #25.
She played for Austria in the Fed Cup
against Australia at the end of April. She ended with a 2–0 record after winning both of her singles matches against Samantha Stosur
and Alicia Molik
as Austria won 4–1. Her first tournament of May was the German Open, where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
in the second round. She then went to the second round of the Rome Masters
, losing to Hantuchová 6–1 6–2.
At the time of the French Open, she was ranked 25 in the world and entered the tournament as the 20th Seed. She beat Roberta Vinci
(6–4 6–4), Olga Savchuk
(6–0 6–3) and 16th Seed Li Na
(6–4 6–3) to record her best performance at a Grand Slam to date. Unfortunately, she was defeated by top seed, world number one and eventual champion Justine Henin 6–2 6–4 in the French open fourth round. Nonetheless, it capped a breakthrough Grand Slam for Sybille, and resulted in a new career high of #22 in the world for her.
In her first grass court tournament (the International Women's Open in Eastbourne
, England), she won through to the 3rd round, only to be beaten in 3 tight sets by Nadia Petrova
. At the third Grand Slam of the year at Wimbledon, Bammer lost in the second round to Laura Granville
6–1, 6–4.
Since her daughter will start school in Austria in September 2007, Bammer will plan her season so that she is never away from home for more than a month at any one time.
In the Stanford Classic, she was defeated in three sets by unseeded Sania Mirza
in the semifinals.
In the final staging of the Acura Classic, she made it to round 2 before losing to Ai Sugiyama
. Nevertheless, she made her top 20 debut at #20 afterwards.
At the 2007 US Open, Bammer made it all the way to the 4th round, equaling her best Grand Slam performance to date. Along the way she defeated 2004 finalist Elena Dementieva
handily 6–1 6–2, before losing to Jelena Janković in three tight sets 4–6 6–4 1–6.
Bammer finished 2007 at #19 in the world and as the highest ranked Austrian woman.
in a close match, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. She then got her first win over Nadia Petrova
in the first round of the Medibank International in Sydney in straight sets, 7–5, 6–3, before losing to Katarina Srebotnik
.
Sybille was the 19th seed at the Australian Open
. She defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn
6–7, 6–4, 6–2 in the first round, before losing easily to Su-Wei Hsieh 6–2, 6–0. She lost in the first round of Antwerp
to Yaroslava Shvedova
.
At the Qatar Total Open
, Bammer made her first ever Tier I quarterfinal and scored the biggest win of her career over world number two Svetlana Kuznetsova
. It was also her first ever top ten win. Her run was ended by eventual runner-up Vera Zvonareva
2–6, 6–2, 6–0. She followed it up by reaching the second round in Dubai
, losing to Francesca Schiavone
.
At the Bangalore Open
, she lost in the second round to Anastasia Rodionova 7–6(5), 6–2, after holding a 5–2 lead in the first set.
Bammer reached the quarterfinals at the Beijing Olympics, where she lost in three sets to ninth seed Vera Zvonareva
6–3, 3–6, 6–3.
At the US Open, Bammer was seeded 29th. She defeated #12 Marion Bartoli
, 7–6, 0–6, 6–4 in the 4th round. She struggled with unforced errors in a loss to #2 Jelena Janković
in the quarterfinals.
At French Open Was 28th seed. d Nathalie Dechy 1st Round 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 then lost 2nd Round to M Czink 6–4, 3–6, 8–10. Partnering L Kubot of Poland, they won 2 matches and made it through to the Quarterfinals of the Mixed Doubles.
At Wimbledon was 29th Seed but lost 1st Round to Melanie Oudin 6–7, 0–6.
At Cincinnati defeat No.13 seed A.Radwańska 6–0 7–5 and No.2 seed S.Williams en route 7–5 6–4, falling to No.5 seed and eventual champion Janković; now 2–0 lifetime against S.Williams;
At the US Open was 28th seed and lost 1st round to Maria Martinez Sanchez 2–6, 6–4, 1–6.
Reached semi-final at Kuala Lumper lost to No.1 seed Elena Dementieva.
.
Tennis
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player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007.
She is one of three mothers on the WTA Tour (Kim Clijsters
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
and Rossana de los Ríos
Rossana de los Rios
Rossana de los Ríos born September 16, 1975 is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...
are the others), having taken time off at age 21 to have her daughter Tina before returning to the tour. When she won the 2007 Pattaya Women's Open
2007 Pattaya Women's Open
The 2007 Pattaya Women's Open was a WTA Tour Tier IV event held on February 3-11. It was Sybille Bammer's first win on the main WTA Tour and the first time a mother had won on tour since Laura Arraya in 1989.-Seeds:...
, it was the first time in eighteen years that a mother won on tour, after Laura Arraya in 1989. Her daughter Tina is a frequent regular in the crowd. Bammer said of her daughter, "She is always telling other people to be quiet because Mummy is concentrating."
Tennis career
Bammer made her WTA Tour main draw debut as a wildcard in 2000 at the KlagenfurtKlagenfurt
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event. She lost to German player Andrea Glass
Andrea Glass
Andrea Glass is a professional German tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 53rd, which she reached on 1 February 1999, the year in which she reached the third round of the Australian Open, where Anna Kournikova beat her 4-6 6-2 6-3...
at this event. She failed to qualify for Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
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, US Open and her home tournament in Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
.
During 2001 she took a break from tennis to give birth to her daughter Tina. Her boyfriend Christophe Gsthwendtner took a break from his engineering career to take care of Tina. Given that she was still to break into the top 200 at the time, this was a courageous decision for the young couple. It wasn't until two years later that she would break into the top 150.
Upon her post-pregnancy comeback in 2002 she cruised to win her career-first singles title at the $10k event in Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
. She won another two in the same year at Mostar
Mostar
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and Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, both $25k events on the ITF Tour. During 2003, she picked up another four $25k singles titles. She also made her debut for Austria in their Fed Cup team
Austria Fed Cup team
The Austria Fed Cup team represents Austria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Osterreichischer Tennisverband. They currently compete in the World Group II.-History:...
.
In 2005, Bammer made her career breakthrough, soaring into the top 100 on the rankings, including making her Grand Slam main draw debut at the US Open, where she fell in the first round to Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá is a retired female tennis player from Slovakia.With a height of 1.70 m and a weight of 57 kg , she is right-handed, and plays with a two-handed backhand....
as a qualifier. At the Tier III in Kolkatta, Bammer reached her first ever WTA Tour quarterfinal event, and then reaching her second at the Tier II event in Linz as a wildcard, defeating Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano , is a French professional tennis player and the current French No. 4. Razzano, who was born in Dijon, has won two WTA singles titles, both in 2007 in Guangzhou and Tokyo. Razzano reached her career high ranking of World No. 16 on September 14, 2009. As of May 2011, she is ranked...
and Vera Dushevina
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina is a Russian professional female tennis player. She was born in Moscow but now resides in Khimki, Russia. In 2006, she privately amended the presentation of her surname so as to be more English language friendly, adopting Dushevina in place of Douchevina which is a...
. She was the first Austrian since Barbara Schett
Barbara Schett
Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30...
in 2000 to make it to the quarterfinals there. After her impressive run in Linz, she reached a new career high of No.77.
At the start of 2006, she got her best ever Grand Slam performance in only her second ever Grand Slam main draw, making the third round. Two weeks after, she reached her first career first Tour semifinal at Pattaya City, falling to the eventual champion Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 11, which she achieved on January 31, 2011 ....
. She reached the third round in Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
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before losing to 19th seed Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
, and the second round in Charleston losing to top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Justine Henin , formerly known as Justine Henin-Hardenne , is a retired professional Belgian tennis player and former World No. 1....
. During the Fed Cup, she fell 0–3 in Austria's 5–0 defeat to Spain.
She made her top 50 debut at No.42 following a third round appearance at Berlin, losing to No.6 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
. In her first Wimbledon main draw showing, she reached the third round, notching her best career win thus far over Nathalie Dechy
Nathalie Dechy
Nathalie Dechy is a French former professional tour tennis player.Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara...
, then ranked No.23. This was followed by a poor US hardcourt season, falling first round at four events and reaching the second round in three, including the US Open. She then reached her third career quarterfinal in Bangkok
Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
, once again beating Nathalie Dechy before falling to Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles....
, the eventual runner-up. She finished the season ranked No.53, her best year-ending ranking thus far.
2007
After losing in the first round of Gold CoastGold Coast, Queensland
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to eventual runner-up Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
6–0 6–2, the next week at Hobart, a Tier IV event, she rose several eyebrows by defeating eight-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...
in the quarterfinals, who was playing her first tournament since the US Open. With this victory, she became one of the players who have a winning head-to-head record over Williams. She lost in the semifinals to Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian professional tennis player.As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007...
easily, 3–6, 1–6. She then lost 6–4 7–5 in the first round of the Australian Open to Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambulilovna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis player . On September 10, 2007, she reached her career-high professional singles ranking of World No. 5. She has won eight WTA Singles Titles and appeared in the 2007 US Open semifinals. As of July 4, 2011, Chakvetadze is ranked World...
after leading 5–2 in the second set.
In February 2007 she finally won her first WTA Tour title ten years after turning pro, beating Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Bardina
Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian professional tennis player.As of August 10, 2007, her highest ranking was World Number 48, achieved in early 2007...
in the first round to avenge her semifinal loss to her at Hobart, Anastassia Rodionova
Anastassia Rodionova
Anastasia Rodionova is an Australian professional female tennis player, and the current Australian No. 1 in doubles. She achieved her career high rank of #62 on 16 August 2010...
, Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá is a retired female tennis player from Slovakia.With a height of 1.70 m and a weight of 57 kg , she is right-handed, and plays with a two-handed backhand....
, Shuai Peng and topping it off with a victory over Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko
Gisela Dulko is an Argentine female tennis player, who will, as of 4 July 2011, be ranked World No. 51 in singles and No. 4 in doubles. Although she enjoyed a modest success in singles, reaching No. 26 on November 21, 2005, and winning four WTA Tour titles, her speciality has been doubles, where...
in the final, saving three match points en route to victory.
At Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....
, she became the No.33 seed after Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
withdrew. She made the most of her luck, stunning everyone by making the semifinals of the Tier I event, her first ever semifinal at this level. In the fourth round, she stunned No. 10 seed Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
and No.13 seed Tatiana Golovin
Tatiana Golovin
Tatiana Golovin is an inactive French professional tennis player. She is best known for her explosive forehand, which was said to be one of the best at the time. She notably won the 2004 French Open mixed doubles event with Richard Gasquet, and reached the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 U.S....
in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, her fairytale came to an end in the semifinals losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
, the second seed, with a result of 7–6, 4–6, 1–6. Due to this amazing run, she rose to a new career high of No.30.
She lost early in Miami
Miami Masters
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to tricky French left-hander Émilie Loit
Emilie Loit
Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career...
, and then moved onto the green clay of Amelia Island
Amelia Island
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. She had another brilliant run here, beating Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
in the quarterfinals but then lost to the eventual runner-up Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
in the semifinals. This meant that she once again reached another career high, moving up to No.26 in the world. She reached the third round of Charleston
Family Circle Cup
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, losing to surprise quarterfinalist Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA ranking was number 30 on 11 February 2008. She currently is the second best ranked player from the Netherlands behind Arantxa Rus.-Personal life:...
, but nevertheless made her top 25 debut at #25.
She played for Austria in the Fed Cup
Fed Cup
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against Australia at the end of April. She ended with a 2–0 record after winning both of her singles matches against Samantha Stosur
Samantha Stosur
Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...
and Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik
Alicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the...
as Austria won 4–1. Her first tournament of May was the German Open, where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
in the second round. She then went to the second round of the Rome Masters
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
, losing to Hantuchová 6–1 6–2.
At the time of the French Open, she was ranked 25 in the world and entered the tournament as the 20th Seed. She beat Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci is an Italian tennis player. As of 29 August 2011, Vinci is ranked World No. 20, on the WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won thirteen WTA Tour titles, six in singles and seven in doubles....
(6–4 6–4), Olga Savchuk
Olga Savchuk
Olga Savchuk is a female tennis player. Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third round of the 2006 Australian Open. Her career high ranking was #79, achieved on May 19, 2008....
(6–0 6–3) and 16th Seed Li Na
Li Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
(6–4 6–3) to record her best performance at a Grand Slam to date. Unfortunately, she was defeated by top seed, world number one and eventual champion Justine Henin 6–2 6–4 in the French open fourth round. Nonetheless, it capped a breakthrough Grand Slam for Sybille, and resulted in a new career high of #22 in the world for her.
In her first grass court tournament (the International Women's Open in Eastbourne
Eastbourne
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, England), she won through to the 3rd round, only to be beaten in 3 tight sets by Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
. At the third Grand Slam of the year at Wimbledon, Bammer lost in the second round to Laura Granville
Laura Granville
Laura Granville is an American professional tennis player. During the two years she spent at Stanford University, she set the record for most consecutive singles victories with 58. As of November 17, 2008, she is ranked World No...
6–1, 6–4.
Since her daughter will start school in Austria in September 2007, Bammer will plan her season so that she is never away from home for more than a month at any one time.
In the Stanford Classic, she was defeated in three sets by unseeded Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...
in the semifinals.
In the final staging of the Acura Classic, she made it to round 2 before losing to Ai Sugiyama
Ai Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
. Nevertheless, she made her top 20 debut at #20 afterwards.
At the 2007 US Open, Bammer made it all the way to the 4th round, equaling her best Grand Slam performance to date. Along the way she defeated 2004 finalist Elena Dementieva
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Dementieva is most notable for winning the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She won 16 WTA singles titles and reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open. Dementieva achieved a...
handily 6–1 6–2, before losing to Jelena Janković in three tight sets 4–6 6–4 1–6.
Bammer finished 2007 at #19 in the world and as the highest ranked Austrian woman.
2008
Bammer started 2008 by competing in the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in the Gold Coast. She was the seventh seed but lost to eventual champion Na LiLi Na (tennis)
Li Na , goes first before the equivalent of a first name in some other nations. Her name off court in China is Li Na. When listed on the , she is known as Na Li. However, in the match, the commentators call her Li Na, and when her full name is listed in text on court, it is also written as Li Na.;...
in a close match, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. She then got her first win over Nadia Petrova
Nadia Petrova
Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player.Overall, she has won 28 WTA Titles, ten in singles and eighteen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005...
in the first round of the Medibank International in Sydney in straight sets, 7–5, 6–3, before losing to Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
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Sybille was the 19th seed at the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
. She defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn is a professional Thai tennis player. She was born in Los Angeles, United States, and turned professional in 1994. She has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles....
6–7, 6–4, 6–2 in the first round, before losing easily to Su-Wei Hsieh 6–2, 6–0. She lost in the first round of Antwerp
Proximus Diamond Games
The Proximus Diamond Games was a professional tennis tournament held in Antwerp, Belgium. Held since 2002, the tournament takes place in the Sportpaleis, and was played at the beginning of February...
to Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Shvedova
Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player of Russian descent. She has achieved a career high ranking of No. 29 as of 21 June 2010. She has won 1 WTA singles title, 3 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and 3 doubles titles, including the 2010 Wimbledon and US...
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At the Qatar Total Open
Qatar Total Open
The Qatar Ladies Open , known as the Qatar Total Open for sponsorship reasons, is tennis tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Held since 2001, this WTA Tour event was a Tier I-tournament in 2008, and was played on outdoor hardcourts. Total S.A. was the main tournament sponsor...
, Bammer made her first ever Tier I quarterfinal and scored the biggest win of her career over world number two Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
. It was also her first ever top ten win. Her run was ended by eventual runner-up Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
2–6, 6–2, 6–0. She followed it up by reaching the second round in Dubai
Dubai Tennis Championships
The Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab...
, losing to Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian tennis player who turned professional in 1998. She won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She was also runner-up at the 2011 French Open. As of 24 October 2011, Schiavone's ranking is World...
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At the Bangalore Open
Bangalore Open
The Bangalore Open was a tennis tournament held in Bangalore, India. The tournament began in Hyderabad in 2003, and moved to Bangalore in 2006. This WTA Tour event was played on outdoor hardcourts. It as a Premier Mandatory event with a prize Money of US$175,000...
, she lost in the second round to Anastasia Rodionova 7–6(5), 6–2, after holding a 5–2 lead in the first set.
Bammer reached the quarterfinals at the Beijing Olympics, where she lost in three sets to ninth seed Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Zvonareva is a professional tennis player from Russia. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career high is World No. 2 by the WTA, and she is currently ranked as the World No. 7. Zvonarёva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles and reached the...
6–3, 3–6, 6–3.
At the US Open, Bammer was seeded 29th. She defeated #12 Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
, 7–6, 0–6, 6–4 in the 4th round. She struggled with unforced errors in a loss to #2 Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
in the quarterfinals.
2009
Was seeded at the Australian Open but lost 1st Round.At French Open Was 28th seed. d Nathalie Dechy 1st Round 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 then lost 2nd Round to M Czink 6–4, 3–6, 8–10. Partnering L Kubot of Poland, they won 2 matches and made it through to the Quarterfinals of the Mixed Doubles.
At Wimbledon was 29th Seed but lost 1st Round to Melanie Oudin 6–7, 0–6.
At Cincinnati defeat No.13 seed A.Radwańska 6–0 7–5 and No.2 seed S.Williams en route 7–5 6–4, falling to No.5 seed and eventual champion Janković; now 2–0 lifetime against S.Williams;
At the US Open was 28th seed and lost 1st round to Maria Martinez Sanchez 2–6, 6–4, 1–6.
2010
Reached 2nd round at the Australian Open – lost to V. Williams 6–2 7–5Reached semi-final at Kuala Lumper lost to No.1 seed Elena Dementieva.
2011
Bammer retired in 2011, after playing her last professional tournament, the 2011 Gastein Ladies2011 Gastein Ladies
The 2011 Gastein Ladies was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour...
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Singles (11)
Grand Slam performance timetable
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