Sabine Appelmans
This page provides a comprehensive overview of Sabine Appelmans’s Grand Slam career. It combines key background information and career-level statistics with a complete, filterable list of her tournament results, showing how far she progressed in each Grand Slam event across her career.
Insights
Best Slam run came at the 1997 Australian Open
Her only quarterfinal appearance is listed at the 1997 Australian Open, when she was 24. That stands out as her deepest result across 44 Grand Slam tournaments and 102 matches.
1991-1997 was her peak stretch
From 1991 through 1997, she reached at least the round of 16 in seven different Slam appearances, including four straight years from 1991 to 1994 with multiple second-week or near-second-week results. The sequence culminated in the 1997 quarterfinal.
Wimbledon was her strongest major by repeated second-week runs
Wimbledon produced four round-of-16-or-better results: R16 in 1996 and 1997, plus R32 in 1993 and 1998. No other Slam shows as many deep finishes in the supplied results.
Her best age band was 23-28
All of her listed round-of-16, quarterfinal, and round-of-32 results occur between ages 23 and 28. Earlier entries at 16-22 are mostly R64, R128, or R32, showing a clear upward shift in her mid-20s.
She finished with a late-career dip after a strong 2000
In 2000 she reached the Wimbledon round of 16 and the Australian Open round of 32, but her final listed Slam in 2001 dropped to R64 at the Australian Open. That marks a clear step down from her 2000 level.
Basics
| Born | 22 April 1972 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nation | Belgium |
| Era | Open Era |
| Grand Slam careerCareer | 1988, 1990-2001 |
Grand Slam statistics
| Tournaments | 44 |
| Best results | 1 x quarterfinalist 8 x R16 11 x R32 |
| Total matches | 102 |
| W/L-record | 58-44 (57% won) |
Compared with other women
| In the Open Era | #241 of 1961 |
| With overlapping career | #83 of 555 |
| From Belgium | #7 of 24 |
| Born in 1972 | #4 of 34 |
| Year | Tournament | Result | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Australian Open | R64 | 28 |
| 2000 | US Open | R128 | 28 |
| 2000 | Wimbledon | R16 | 28 |
| 2000 | French Open | R128 | 28 |
| 2000 | Australian Open | R32 | 27 |
| 1999 | US Open | R16 | 27 |
| 1999 | Wimbledon | R64 | 27 |
| 1999 | French Open | R128 | 27 |
| 1999 | Australian Open | R32 | 26 |
| 1998 | Wimbledon | R32 | 26 |
| 1998 | French Open | R128 | 26 |
| 1998 | Australian Open | R128 | 25 |
| 1997 | US Open | R128 | 25 |
| 1997 | Wimbledon | R16 | 25 |
| 1997 | French Open | R128 | 25 |
| 1997 | Australian Open | Q | 24 |
| 1996 | US Open | R128 | 24 |
| 1996 | Wimbledon | R16 | 24 |
| 1996 | French Open | R32 | 24 |
| 1996 | Australian Open | R16 | 23 |
| 1995 | US Open | R32 | 23 |
| 1995 | Wimbledon | R128 | 23 |
| 1995 | French Open | R32 | 23 |
| 1995 | Australian Open | R32 | 22 |
| 1994 | US Open | R128 | 22 |
| 1994 | Wimbledon | R128 | 22 |
| 1994 | French Open | R64 | 22 |
| 1994 | Australian Open | R32 | 21 |
| 1993 | US Open | R64 | 21 |
| 1993 | Wimbledon | R32 | 21 |
| 1993 | French Open | R64 | 21 |
| 1993 | Australian Open | R128 | 20 |
| 1992 | US Open | R16 | 20 |
| 1992 | Wimbledon | R64 | 20 |
| 1992 | French Open | R64 | 20 |
| 1992 | Australian Open | R128 | 19 |
| 1991 | US Open | R128 | 19 |
| 1991 | Wimbledon | R128 | 19 |
| 1991 | French Open | R16 | 19 |
| 1991 | Australian Open | R16 | 18 |
| 1990 | US Open | R32 | 18 |
| 1990 | French Open | R128 | 18 |
| 1990 | Australian Open | R32 | 17 |
| 1988 | French Open | R64 | 16 |
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