Former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki gives birth to daughter Bella

2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki has joined the WTA tour's growing sorority of moms: The 34-year-old German announced the birth of her first child, daughter Bella, within the last week.

Lisicki announced her new addition in an Instagram post on Sept. 8, making her the second WTA player to give birth to a daughter named Bella this year. Belinda Bencic, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, welcomed her daughter of the same name in April.

Posting a photo of her and her fiancé cradling the baby's head, Lisicki wrote: "Our hearts are filled with love and happiness as we are humbled to welcome Bella to our world."

But Lisicki joins not just Bencic, but Petra Kvitova and Alison Riske-Amritraj, in giving birth in 2024. In July, two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova welcomed son Petr just two days after Riske-Amritraj delivered daughter Calen.

Current and former WTA peers including Timea Babos, Ashlyn Krueger, Magdalena Frech, Eva Lys and Shelby Rogers were among those who wished the former world No. 12 well in the comments section.

The oft-injured Lisicki, who reached her best ranking back in 2012 and will turn 35 years old next week, promised "one more comeback" when she announced her pregnancy in March. In 2023, Lisicki won her first title of any kind in nine years when she triumphed at the ITF W60 event in Calgary, Canada in November, a victory which followed her tearing the anterior cruciate ligament ligament in her knee in 2020, as well as a pair of ankle injuries, a shoulder problem, and mononucleosis in her career.

Lisicki's last WTA-level match win came in 2022.