Former US Open champion Sam Stosur lost her first-round match at Wimbledon on Monday, beaten 6-3, 6-4 by former US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmeyer.
The loss continued the Australian's poor run at Wimbledon, where she has never advanced past the third round and where she has lost in the first round six times in her 12 appearances at the All England club.
Stosur recently split with her coach, Miles Maclagan, just seven months in their partnership. The 2011 US Open champion hasn't reached the semi-finals in any tournament since Hobart in January and in recent weeks lost on grass in the second round at Birmingham and the first round at Eastbourne.
Wickmeyer was watched by retired star Kim Clijsters, who has been working with the fellow Belgian player.
In another match, Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm lost in the first round beaten 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 by Ekaterina Makarova of Russia.
The 43-year-old Date-Krumm, who reached the semifinals at Wimbledon 18 years ago, was the oldest player entered in the tournament this year. She made her Wimbledon debut in 1989, a year after Makarova was born.
Date-Krumm made 47 unforced errors in the 2 hour, 24-minute match.
Makarova beat Date-Krumm for the third consecutive time and the first time on grass.
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