30 Facts About Sybille Bammer

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Sybille Bammer's career-high ranking is No 19, which she achieved on 17 December 2007.

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Sybille Bammer was one of three mothers on the WTA Tour, having taken time off at age 21 to have her daughter Tina before returning to the tour.

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Sybille Bammer failed to qualify for Wimbledon, the US Open and her home tournament in Linz.

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Sybille Bammer stayed in the Austrian village of Ottensheim for a year to care for her daughter.

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Sybille Bammer won another two in the same year at Mostar and Innsbruck, both $25k events on the ITF Circuit.

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Sybille Bammer made her debut for Austria in their Fed Cup team.

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Sybille Bammer's daughter, Tina, was a frequent regular in the crowd.

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In 2005, Sybille Bammer made her career breakthrough, soaring into the top 100 in the rankings, including making her Grand Slam main draw debut at the US Open, where she fell in the first round to Martina Sucha as a qualifier.

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At the Tier-III event in Kolkata, Sybille Bammer reached her first-ever WTA quarterfinal event, and then reached her second at the Tier-II event in Linz as a wildcard, defeating Virginie Razzano and Vera Dushevina.

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Sybille Bammer was the first Austrian since Barbara Schett in 2000 to make it to the quarterfinals there.

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Sybille Bammer reached the third round in Indian Wells before losing to 19th seed Martina Hingis, and the second round in Charleston, losing to top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne.

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Sybille Bammer made her top-50 debut at No 42 following a third-round appearance at Berlin, losing to sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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Sybille Bammer then reached her third career quarterfinal in Bangkok, beating Nathalie Dechy before falling to Tamarine Tanasugarn, the eventual runner-up.

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Sybille Bammer finished the season ranked No 53, her best year-ending ranking thus far.

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Sybille Bammer made the most of her luck, stunning everyone by making the semifinals of the Tier I event, her first-ever semifinal at this level.

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Sybille Bammer lost early in Miami to tricky French left-hander Emilie Loit, and then moved onto the green clay of Amelia Island.

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Sybille Bammer had another brilliant run here, beating Daniela Hantuchova in the quarterfinals but then lost to the eventual runner-up Nadia Petrova in the semifinals.

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Sybille Bammer reached the third round of Charleston, losing to surprise quarterfinalist Michaella Krajicek, but nevertheless made her top 25 debut at No 25.

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Sybille Bammer beat Roberta Vinci, Olga Savchuk and 16th seed Li Na to record her best performance at a Grand Slam to date.

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Nonetheless, it capped a breakthrough Grand Slam for Sybille Bammer, and resulted in a new career high of world No 22 for her.

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Since her daughter was starting school in Austria in September 2007, Sybille Bammer decided to plan her season so that she would never be away from home for more than a month at any one time.

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At the 2007 US Open, Sybille Bammer made it all the way to the fourth round, equaling her best Grand Slam performance to date.

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Sybille Bammer finished 2007 at No 19 in the world and as the highest ranked Austrian woman.

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Sybille Bammer started the season by competing in the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in the Gold Coast.

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Sybille Bammer lost in the first round of the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp to Yaroslava Shvedova.

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At the Qatar Open, Sybille Bammer made her first ever Tier-I quarterfinal and scored the biggest win of her career over world No 2, Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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Sybille Bammer followed it up by reaching the second round in Dubai, losing to Francesca Schiavone.

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Sybille Bammer struggled with unforced errors in a loss to No 2, Jelena Jankovic, in the quarterfinals.

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Sybille Bammer reached semifinals at Kuala Lumpur but lost to top seed Elena Dementieva.

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Sybille Bammer retired, after playing at the 2011 Gastein Ladies, her last professional tournament.