How old is Sabine Appelmans?

Sabine Appelmans is 54 years old, born on April 22, 1972.

Which country is Sabine Appelmans from?

Sabine Appelmans is from Belgium.

How tall is Sabine Appelmans?

Sabine Appelmans is 168 cm / 5'6".

Does Sabine Appelmans use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?

Sabine Appelmans uses a two-handed backhand.

Is Sabine Appelmans left-handed or right-handed?

Sabine Appelmans plays left-handed.

How many Grand Slams has Sabine Appelmans won?

Sabine Appelmans has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Sabine Appelmans won?

Sabine Appelmans has not won a WTA 1000 title.

How many WTA titles has Sabine Appelmans won?

Sabine Appelmans has won 7 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Linz in 1996.

What is Sabine Appelmans' highest WTA ranking?

Sabine Appelmans' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 16, first achieved on November 24, 1997.

What is Sabine Appelmans' career win-loss record?

Sabine Appelmans has a career WTA singles record of 279 wins and 202 losses (58.0%).

How much career prize money has Sabine Appelmans earned?

Sabine Appelmans has earned at least $2,041,247 in career prize money from professional tennis.

When did Sabine Appelmans play professional tennis?

Sabine Appelmans turned professional in 1987 and was active through 2001.

What is Sabine Appelmans' best surface?

Sabine Appelmans' best surface is hard court with a 60.9% win rate (137W-88L).

Who is Sabine Appelmans' biggest rival?

Sabine Appelmans' most frequent opponent is Anke Huber, with a head-to-head record of 2–5 across 7 meetings.

Sabine Appelmans

BEL Age 54 168 cm / 5'6" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 1987–2001

Peak ranking

16 (Nov 24, 1997)

Elo peak

1924 (87.7%ile)

Career record

279–202 (58.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$2,041,247

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
Jan 19, 2001*	Australian Open	Grand Slam	R64	Hard	Denisa Chladkova #53	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2001*	Australian Open	Grand Slam	R128	Hard	Pavlina Nola #79	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2000*	Leipzig	WTA 500	R32	Carpet	Iva Majoli #125	5-7 6-1 3-6	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2000*	Moscow	WTA 1000	R32	Carpet	Ai Sugiyama #36	3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2000*	Linz	WTA 500	R16	Carpet	Chanda Rubin #15	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anke Huber	2	5	7	May 4, 2000	H2H
Irina Spirlea	5	2	7	Sep 23, 1999	H2H
Mary Pierce	0	7	7	Sep 7, 1999	H2H
Dominique Monami	0	7	7	Jun 14, 1999	H2H
Miriam Oremans	4	3	7	Jun 10, 1999	H2H

Titles (7)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1991	19	2	—	—	—	2	—	Brentwood , Scottsdale
1992	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Pattaya
1994	22	2	—	—	1	1	—	Pattaya , Linz
1995	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Zagreb
1996	24	1	—	—	1	—	—	Linz
Total		7	—	—	2	5	—

Career Results

Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	15	1	1	2	50.0%	284	283
1988	16	1	3	4	25.0%	284	196
1989	17	2	5	7	28.6%	194	144
1990	18	21	12	33	63.6%	144	22
1991	19	34	14	48	70.8%	23	18
1992	20	26	15	41	63.4%	18	26
1993	21	19	15	34	55.9%	26	36
1994	22	29	16	45	64.4%	36	27
1995	23	24	17	41	58.5%	26	31
1996	24	26	16	42	61.9%	31	21
1997	25	37	26	63	58.7%	19	16
1998	26	13	18	31	41.9%	17	48
1999	27	25	21	46	54.4%	48	30
2000	28	20	22	42	47.6%	30	49
2001	29	1	1	2	50.0%	49	94
Career		279	202	481	58.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	15	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1988	16	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1989	17	2	2	4	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1990	18	15	6	21	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	21	12	33	63.6%
1991	19	26	8	34	76.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	34	14	48	70.8%
1992	20	15	6	21	71.4%	5	3	8	62.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	26	15	41	63.4%
1993	21	7	8	15	46.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	3	10	70.0%	19	15	34	55.9%
1994	22	19	9	28	67.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	29	16	45	64.4%
1995	23	10	8	18	55.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	24	17	41	58.5%
1996	24	7	6	13	53.8%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	2	6	66.7%	12	4	16	75.0%	26	16	42	61.9%
1997	25	12	10	22	54.5%	11	5	16	68.8%	5	2	7	71.4%	9	9	18	50.0%	37	26	63	58.7%
1998	26	1	4	5	20.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	13	18	31	41.9%
1999	27	11	8	19	57.9%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	25	21	46	54.3%
2000	28	11	11	22	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	20	22	42	47.6%
2001	29	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	137	88	225	60.9%	51	48	99	51.5%	22	17	39	56.4%	69	49	118	58.5%	279	202	481	58.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	16	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1989	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%
1990	18	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	10	1	11	90.9%	15	10	25	60.0%
1991	19	0	6	6	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	14	3	17	82.4%	12	2	14	85.7%	28	13	41	68.3%
1992	20	1	5	6	16.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	13	2	15	86.7%	20	13	33	60.6%
1993	21	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	7	5	12	58.3%	7	1	8	87.5%	18	10	28	64.3%
1994	22	2	2	4	50.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	9	7	16	56.2%	12	1	13	92.3%	23	16	39	59.0%
1995	23	0	3	3	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	9	5	14	64.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	20	15	35	57.1%
1996	24	2	5	7	28.6%	4	1	5	80.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	21	15	36	58.3%
1997	25	2	12	14	14.3%	7	9	16	43.8%	22	4	26	84.6%	3	1	4	75.0%	34	26	60	56.7%
1998	26	1	0	1	100.0%	2	10	12	16.7%	7	8	15	46.7%	3	0	3	100.0%	13	18	31	41.9%
1999	27	2	4	6	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%	11	9	20	55.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	22	20	42	52.4%
2000	28	0	6	6	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	12	6	18	66.7%	5	3	8	62.5%	19	22	41	46.3%
2001	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		10	49	59	16.9%	30	53	83	36.1%	111	63	174	63.8%	85	20	105	81.0%	236	185	421	56.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 421/481 (87.5%) of Sabine Appelmans's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
1987	15	1502	42	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.17	18	0	—	0	0	—
1988	16	1498	42	—	40	—	30.0%	-1.46	77	0	—	0	1	—
1989	17	1468	16	39	11	—	31.3%	-0.69	14	20	—	0	2	—
1990	18	1679	80	80	31	—	59.2%	+0.84	45	42	70	1	4	20
1991	19	1874	95	94	61	—	69.9%	+1.46	73	44	56	1	0	—
1992	20	1876	93	93	76	—	59.8%	+0.58	76	31	70	2	3	40
1993	21	1828	91	91	77	63	53.1%	+0.42	58	20	62	2	5	29
1994	22	1822	90	92	74	—	58.0%	+0.76	64	44	83	5	4	56
1995	23	1810	91	91	87	—	57.6%	+0.44	74	28	50	4	1	80
1996	24	1844	90	88	84	68	63.4%	+1.06	72	29	36	3	4	43
1997	25	1856	92	85	88	81	58.7%	+0.69	84	35	39	4	7	36
1998	26	1721	83	85	78	84	47.1%	-0.12	79	17	10	3	3	50
1999	27	1778	89	88	78	78	56.3%	+0.57	65	29	38	7	9	44
2000	28	1693	84	86	73	83	47.4%	-0.28	83	9	54	7	6	54
2001	29	1685	84	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	30	0	—	1	0	—
Career		1785	86	88	74	72	57.0%	+0.49	70	28	51	40	49	45

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1988	16	—	R64	—	—
1990	18	R32	R128	—	R32
1991	19	R16	R16	R128	R128
1992	20	R128	R64	R64	R16
1993	21	R128	R64	R32	R64
1994	22	R32	R64	R128	R128
1995	23	R32	R32	R128	R32
1996	24	R16	R32	R16	R128
1997	25	QF	R128	R16	R128
1998	26	R128	R128	R32	—
1999	27	R32	R128	R64	R16
2000	28	R32	R128	R16	R128
2001	29	R64	—	—	—

WTA 1000

Season	Age	IW	MAD	MIA	ROM	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	KRE	MON	MOS	ZUR
1992	20	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	23	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R64	—	—	—	—
1996	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF
1997	25	—	—	—	R16	QF	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	QF
1998	26	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—
1999	27	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—
2000	28	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16

WTA 500

Season	Age	ADE	ANT	BRI	HAM	PAR	SDG	TKY	FIL	GOL	HAN	LEI	LIN	MOS	NEW	SIN	STR	SYD
1988	16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1990	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—
1991	19	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16
1992	20	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32
1993	21	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16
1994	22	—	—	R64	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	SF	—	—	QF	R16
1995	23	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	QF	R32
1996	24	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R32
1997	25	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16
1998	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32
1999	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—
2000	28	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	QF	R16	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32

WTA 250

Season	Age	ATL	AUC	BAD	DLB	EAS	HAM	HER	MTP	TKY	AME	ARC	ATH	BAY	BEL	BIR	BRA	BRE	BRI	BRU	BUD	CAI	CAR	CES	CHI	ESS	FIL	HAN	HOP	IST	JAK	KNO	KNO	KRE	LEI	LIE	LUX	MAN	MAR	MIL	OKL	OSL	PAL	PAT	PHI	ROS	SAN	SCO	SOP	TAI	WAR	WAR	WEL	ZAG	ZUR
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—
1990	18	—	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32
1991	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	R16	R32	R32	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—
1993	21	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—
1996	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—
1999	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA Finals

Season	Age	WTA
1997	25	R16

Data coverage note: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 24, 1997

First top 100

Feb 5, 1990

First top 50

Apr 23, 1990

First top 20

Nov 4, 1991

First top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	284	277	283
1988	16	282	281	278	214	218	172	202	216	210	218	215	196
1989	17	197	206	213	208	152	178	175	147	152	148	149	144
1990	18	142	79	77	46	40	43	38	40	38	25	22	22
1991	19	22	27	25	24	27	24	25	27	28	23	18	18
1992	20	20	22	22	18	17	21	20	21	18	22	26	26
1993	21	27	27	31	47	56	55	54	51	60	42	36	36
1994	22	30	23	21	19	17	19	20	21	19	26	27	27
1995	23	26	30	33	50	37	30	28	34	32	31	31	31
1996	24	26	28	21	24	27	28	26	23	24	22	21	21
1997	25	18	19	20	20	17	19	19	19	17	18	16	16
1998	26	22	21	20	22	25	25	27	30	31	35	49	48
1999	27	46	76	92	95	78	80	80	58	42	37	30	30
2000	28	29	28	27	25	24	27	22	28	33	44	50	49
2001	29	61	60	71	87	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Lisa Raymond	USA	15	1,945	4	597	325	272	54.4%	1989-2007	Match log
Judith Wiesner	AUT	12	1,979	5	479	302	177	63.0%	1985-1997	Match log
Sandra Cecchini	ITA	15	1,937	11	514	299	215	58.2%	1981-1998	Match log
Nathalie Dechy	FRA	11	1,917	1	561	291	270	51.9%	1995-2009	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sabine Appelmans?: Sabine Appelmans is 54 years old, born on April 22, 1972.
Which country is Sabine Appelmans from?: Sabine Appelmans is from Belgium.
How tall is Sabine Appelmans?: Sabine Appelmans is 168 cm / 5'6".
Does Sabine Appelmans use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Sabine Appelmans uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Sabine Appelmans left-handed or right-handed?: Sabine Appelmans plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Sabine Appelmans won?: Sabine Appelmans has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sabine Appelmans won?: Sabine Appelmans has not won a WTA 1000 title.
How many WTA titles has Sabine Appelmans won?: Sabine Appelmans has won 7 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Linz in 1996.
What is Sabine Appelmans' highest WTA ranking?: Sabine Appelmans' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 16, first achieved on November 24, 1997.
What is Sabine Appelmans' career win-loss record?: Sabine Appelmans has a career WTA singles record of 279 wins and 202 losses (58.0%).
How much career prize money has Sabine Appelmans earned?: Sabine Appelmans has earned at least $2,041,247 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did Sabine Appelmans play professional tennis?: Sabine Appelmans turned professional in 1987 and was active through 2001.
What is Sabine Appelmans' best surface?: Sabine Appelmans' best surface is hard court with a 60.9% win rate (137W-88L).
Who is Sabine Appelmans' biggest rival?: Sabine Appelmans' most frequent opponent is Anke Huber, with a head-to-head record of 2–5 across 7 meetings.