2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki announced this week that she recently gave birth to a daughter named Bella.
Our hearts are filled with love and happiness as we are humbled to welcome Bella to our world. Sabine Lisicki
“Our hearts are filled with love and happiness as we are humbled to welcome Bella to our world,” the 34-year-old German wrote on Instagram on 8 September alongside a photo of her and her fiancé cradling the baby’s head.
Lisicki joins a growing list of WTA player mothers, and is the second to give birth to a daughter named Bella this year after Belinda Bencic, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, welcomed her daughter of the same name in April.
Petra Kvitova and Alison Riske-Amritraj have also given birth in 2024, with two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova welcoming her son Petr in July, and, just two days, Riske-Amritraj delivered a daughter, Calen.
When she announced her pregnancy in March, Lisicki promised fans ‘one more comeback’, a nod to the many times in her career that the soon-to-be 35-year-old was sidelined with injuries, such as ankle problems, a torn ACL, and even a bout of mononucleosis.
In 2023, the German won her first title of any kind in 9 years with a victory at an ITF W60 in Calgary, Canada, a win that she called ‘surreal’ following 18 months out after injuring her knee in 2020.
She last played a professional-level match in December of last year.
In addition to her runner-up finish to Marion Bartoli at the All England Club 11 years ago, Lisicki reached the quarter-finals or better at Wimbledon 4 other times, including the semi-finals as a wild-card in 2011.
The former World No 12, who reached her career-high ranking in 2012, boasts 4 career WTA singles titles, 4 more in doubles, and was also a doubles finalist at Wimbledon in 2011.
“Our hearts are filled with love and happiness as we are humbled to welcome Bella to our world,” 34-year-old Sabine Lisicki posted on Instagram
