Sabine Lisicki

Insights

Peak came in a three-year burst

Her best Grand Slam results were tightly clustered from 2011 to 2014: semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2011, quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2012 and 2014, and finalist at Wimbledon in 2013. That stretch produced all four of her deepest runs.

Wimbledon was clearly her strongest major

Across Wimbledon she reached the final once, the semifinals once, and the quarterfinals twice, with additional R32 finishes in 2015 and 2016. No other Slam shows anything close to that concentration of late-round results.

Australian Open was her weakest Slam by deep runs

Her Australian Open record never went beyond the round of 16, which she reached only once in 2012. The rest of her Australian Open appearances ended at R32, R64, or R128.

Her career ended with two straight first-round exits

In 2017 she lost in the opening round at both the US Open and Wimbledon, both at age 27. Those were her final two Grand Slam matches after a 2016 season that still included a Wimbledon R32.

Most of her Slam volume came before age 25

She played 35 Grand Slam tournaments and 24 of them came from 2008 through 2014, before turning 25. That span also contains every one of her quarterfinal-or-better results.