Stats Corner: Germans Beating World No.1s
Published July 03, 2012 06:05
LONDON, England - Sabine Lisicki's triumph over Maria Sharapova in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday was the 16th time a German upended a reigning World No.1 in rankings history and just the fifth time by someone other than Steffi Graf.
Here is a list of each instance of a German defeating a World No.1:
| Event | German | World No.1 | Score |
| '86 Berlin F | Graf | Navratilova | 62 63 |
| '87 Miami SF | Graf | Navratilova | 63 62 |
| '87 French Open F | Graf | Navratilova | 64 46 86 |
| '91 San Antonio F | Graf | Seles | 64 63 |
| '91 Hamburg F | Graf | Seles | 75 67(4) 63 |
| '92 Wimbledon F | Graf | Seles | 62 61 |
| '95 French Open F | Graf | Sánchez-Vicario | 75 46 60 |
| '95 US Open F | Graf | Seles | 76(6) 06 63 |
| '96 US Open F | Graf | Seles | 75 64 |
| '98 Philadelphia F | Graf | Davenport | 46 63 64 |
| '99 French Open F | Graf | Hingis | 46 75 62 |
| '05 Stanford 2r | Groenefeld | Davenport | 50 ret. |
| '11 Miami 4r | Petkovic | Wozniacki | 75 36 63 |
| '11 Stuttgart F | Goerges | Wozniacki | 76(3) 63 |
| '11 Madrid 3r | Goerges | Wozniacki | 64 16 63 |
| '12 Wimbledon 4r | Lisicki | Sharapova | 64 63 |
Notes: Graf and Seles were co-No.1 for their '95 and '96 US Open finals.
