Sabine Ellerbrock

Sabine Ellerbrock (born 1 November 1975 in Bielefeld) is a former 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
Residence	Bielefeld, Germany
Born	(1975-11-01) 1 November 1975 (age 49) Bielefeld, Germany
Turned pro	2009
Retired	2020
Plays	Right handed
Official website	Sabine Ellerbrock
Singles
Career record	198 - 56 [1]
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1 July 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (2014)
French Open	W (2013)
Wimbledon	F (2017)
US Open	F (2013)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games	Fourth (2012)
Doubles
Career record	117 - 52
Highest ranking	No. 4 (10 June 2013)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2019)
French Open	F (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	F (2018)
US Open	F (2013, 2015, 2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters Doubles	F (2013)
Last updated on: 1 July 2013.

Tennis career

Ellerbrock played tennis for 25 years as a non-disabled tennis player.^[3] She had a foot infection in 2007 after an operation. She 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]

Ellerbrock announced her retirement in May 2020.^[20]

Wheelchair Grand Slam finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Aniek van Koot	1–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win	2013	French Open	Clay	Jiske Griffioen	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	2013	US Open	Hard	Aniek van Koot	6–3, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Yui Kamiji	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2016	French Open	Clay	Marjolein Buis	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2017	French Open	Clay	Yui Kamiji	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2017	Wimbledon	Grass	Diede de Groot	0–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (7 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2012	French Open	Clay	Yui Kamiji	Marjolein Buis Esther Vergeer	0–6, 1–6
Loss	2013	French Open	Clay	Sharon Walraven	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2013	US Open	Hard	Yui Kamiji	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2015	US Open	Hard	Marjolein Buis	Jiske Griffioen Aniek van Koot	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Lucy Shuker	Diede de Groot Yui Kamiji	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Marjolein Buis	Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	7–5, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Loss	2019	US Open	Hard	Kgothatso Montjane	Diede de Groot Aniek van Koot	2–6, 0–6