#3. Before 2017, she had not won a single match at the Australian Open since 1998
Lucic-Baroni’s first round win over Chinese Wang Qiang ended a losing streak at the Australian that had begun from 1999. She defeated Rennae Stubbs (who interviewed her after her quarter-final win today) in the first round of the 1998 Australian Open following which, she was beaten by compatriot and then fourth seed Iva Majoli in the second round.Ever since that defeat, Lucic-Baroni never won a match until this year. In between, she played in a total of seven Australian Opens in 1999, 2000, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. In six out of seven tournaments, she was beaten in straight sets. The closest she came to winning was in 2016 where she was up against Kirsten Flipkens. Lucic-Baroni took the first set 7-5 before Flipkens rebounded well by taking the next two sets by the scoreline of 6-2, 7-5.
