Sabine Krein-Auer (born 2 October 1966) is a German former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player. She played under her maiden name Sabine Auer.

Biography

Born in

Radolfzell Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance approximately 18 km northwest of Konstanz. It is the third largest town, after Constance and Singen, in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg. Rado ...

, Auer competed on the professional tour in the 1980 and 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 125 in the world. Auer's best performance on the WTA Tour was making the fourth round of the

1988 Lipton International Players Championships The 1988 Lipton International Players Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the 1988 Nabisco Grand Prix and of the Category 6 tier of the 1988 WTA Tour. ...

. Playing in the main draw as a qualifier, she defeated

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and world number seven

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, before being eliminated by

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. In her upset win over Mandlíková she saved five match points in the second set. She featured in the women's singles main draws at the

1988 French Open The 1988 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 92nd staging of the French Open, and the second Gran ...

and

1989 Australian Open The 1989 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 77th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1989. Seniors Men's ...

. Now living in

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and t ...

, Auer still plays tennis competitively on the ITF senior's circuit. She was the ITF Over 40s World Champion in 2009.

ITF finals

Singles (2–1)

Doubles (1–2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Auer, Sabine 1966 births Living people West German female tennis players German female tennis players People from Radolfzell Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg