Sabine Ellerbrock

Sabine Ellerbrock (born 1 November 1975 in Bielefeld) is a German wheelchair tennis player.[2] Ellerbrock is the 2013 French Grand Slam champion in Wheelchair Women's Singles.

Sabine Ellerbrock
Ellerbrock playing during the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceBielefeld, Germany
Born (1975-11-01) 1 November 1975
Bielefeld, Germany
PlaysRight handed
Official websiteSabine Ellerbrock
Singles
Career record198 - 56 [1]
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1 July 2013)
Current rankingNo. 4 (9 July 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenW (2014)
French OpenW (2013)
WimbledonF (2017)
US OpenF (2013)
Other tournaments
Paralympic GamesFourth (2012)
Doubles
Career record117 - 52
Highest rankingNo. 4 (10 June 2013)
Current rankingNo. 7 (9 July 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French OpenF (2013)
US OpenF (2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesF (2013)
Last updated on: 1 July 2013.

Tennis career

Ellerbrock played tennis for 25 years as an able-bodied tennis player.[3] She suffered from a foot infection in 2007 after an operation. started playing wheel chair tennis in 2009.[3]

2013–Present

During the course of the 2013 season Ellerbrock won titles in Queensland,[4] Adelaide,[5] Nottingham,[6] Salzburg,[7] Gross-Sieghartz,[8] Turin and Sardinia.[9][10] Ellerbrock was a losing finalist in Paris and Jambes.[11][12] Ellerbrock reached her first Grand Slam final in Melbourne and despite saving seven match points and coming back from 2–5 in the final set it was all in vain as she lost 5–7 in the third set.[13][14] However Ellerbrock won her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.[15] Ellerbrock was also the runner up in New York.[16] During the season Ellerbrock ascended to World Number One after the French Open where she lost in the final but with Aniek van Koot losing in the semi finals this allowed Sabine to take the top spot on 1 July.[17] She relinquished the position to van Koot after losing to the Dutch player in the US Open final in New York.[16]

In doubles competition Ellerbrock was the runner up in Jambes with Montjane.[12] Ellerbrock was victorious in Salzburg and Sardinia with Marianna Lauro.[7][10] Runner up in Roland Garros with Sharon Walraven and New York with Yui Kamiji.[15][18]

Ellerbrock began the 2014 season by winning the Australian Open and as a result of van Koot being injured she returned to the World Number One position.[19]

Wheelchair Grand Slam finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2013 Australian Open Hard Aniek van Koot 1–6, 6–1, 5–7
Winner 2013 French Open Clay Jiske Griffioen 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 2013 US Open Hard Aniek van Koot 6–3, 2–6, 63–77
Winner 2014 Australian Open Hard Yui Kamiji 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2016 French Open Clay Marjolein Buis 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2017 French Open Clay Yui Kamiji 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 2017 Wimbledon Grass Diede de Groot 0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (5 runners-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 2012 French Open Clay Yui Kamiji Marjolein Buis
Esther Vergeer		 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2013 French Open Clay Sharon Walraven Jiske Griffioen
Aniek van Koot		 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2013 US Open Hard Yui Kamiji Jiske Griffioen
Aniek van Koot		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2015 US Open Hard Marjolein Buis Jiske Griffioen
Aniek van Koot		 63–77, 1–6
Runner-up 2018 Wimbledon Grass Lucy Shuker Diede de Groot
Yui Kamiji		 1–6, 1–6

References
  1. "ITF Tennis Sabine Ellerbrock". Itftennis.com. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  2. Roland garros official site Archived August 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Paralympic.org". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  4. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Legner and Ellerbrock lift Queensland Open titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  5. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Reid and Ellerbrock win Adelaide titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  6. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Victories for Ellerbrock and Sithole in Nottingham". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  7. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Gerard, Ellerbrock, Hunter win Salzburg titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  8. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Peifer, Ellerbrock, Raffaele clinch Austrian titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  9. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Gerard and Ellerbrock clinch Turin titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  10. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Houdet, Ellerbrock and Kramer win Sardinia titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  11. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Kunieda, Kamiji, Wagner win Paris titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  12. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Fernandez, Wagner, van Koot claim Belgian Open titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  13. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Van Koot fends off Buis to reach final". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  14. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Kunieda, van Koot, Wagner claim Melbourne titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  15. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Houdet, Ellerbrock win Roland Garros titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  16. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Houdet, van Koot, Sithole triumph at US Open". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  17. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Ellerbrock takes over No. 1 ranking". ITF Tennis. 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  18. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Wagner, Sithole reach quad singles final". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  19. "WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Kunieda, Ellerbrock, Wagner win Australian Open titles". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 2014-05-20.


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