Bartoli Wins Wimbledon

Written by: Staff on 6th July 2013

Bartoli Wins Wimbledon

epa03778142 Marion Bartoli of France celebrates with the trophy after her victory over Sabine Lisicki of Germany in the women's final for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 06 July 2013. EPA/POOL |

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wimbledon, Great Britain

June 24-July 6, 2013

$16,775,934/Grand Slam

Grass/Outdoors

Results – Saturday, July 6, 2013

Singles – Final

(15) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (23) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 61 64

Doubles – Final

(8) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) d. (12) Barty/Dellacqua (AUS/AUS) 76(1) 61

Final Facts

– Bartoli wins her first Grand Slam title; her best previous performance was a runner-up finish to V.Williams at Wimbledon in 2007.

– Bartoli’s win-loss record in WTA finals now stands at 8-11; 14 her previous title came 21 months ago in Osaka.

– Bartoli is the third Frenchwoman to win the title, after Lenglen (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1925) and Mauresmo (2006).

– Bartoli is the sixth player in the Open Era to win the title without dropping a set; Navratilova (1983, 1984, 1986, 1990), S.Williams (2002, 2010), V.Williams (2008), Davenport (1999) and Evert (1981) also achieved the feat.

– Bartoli is the 42nd different player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era and the 18th at Wimbledon.

– Lisicki was appearing in her first Grand Slam final; she falls to 3-5 in WTA finals.

– Bartoli and Lisicki were meeting for the fourth time; Lisicki now leads the head-to-head record 3-2.

– Bartoli and Lisicki will rise to No.7 and No.18, respectively, when the new rankings are released on Monday.

– Hsieh and Peng win their first Grand Slam doubles title together; they have now won six WTA titles as a team.

– Hsieh is the first player from Chinese Taipei to win a Grand Slam; Peng is the third Chinese player to pick up a Grand Slam doubles title (Yan/Zheng won 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Wimbledon).

Final Quotes

Marion Bartoli: “Honestly I still can’t believe it. I’ve dreamed about this moment for so long. For me, winning Wimbledon is beyond my wildest dreams, let alone with an ace – but I’ve been practicing my serve for so long, I guess I saved it for the best moment! I’m so happy to be holding this trophy. This has been my dream since I was six years old.”

Sabine Lisicki: “I’ve played my best tennis here. I took out the champion and runner-up from last year. That’s pretty big. This tournament definitely made me a better player. It was hard today but the experience will help me in the future. I still believe I can be champion one day.”

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