Giulia Gabba

Giulia Gabba (born 20 February 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Giulia Gabba
Full nameGiulia Gabba
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1987-02-20) 20 February 1987
Casale Monferrato, Italy
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$104,015
Singles
Career record175–148
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 183 (16 July 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2007)
US OpenQ1 (2006)
Doubles
Career record66–53
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (11 June 2007)

Career

Gabba, a right-handed player, was born in the northwest Italian town of Casale Monferrato.[1] Her junior career included a win over Victoria Azarenka, at a tournament in Santa Croce, Italy.[2]

All of her main-draw appearances on the WTA Tour were in doubles, most notably at Palermo in 2006, where she and Alice Canepa made it through to the final. The pair, who were featuring in the draw as qualifiers, were beaten in the final by Janette Husárová and Michaëlla Krajicek.[3] Her regular doubles partner on the WTA Tour was Sara Errani. As a singles player, she had wins over both Barbora Strýcová and Kirsten Flipkens at the $75,000 Ortisei tournament in 2007. Later in the year she defeated Alize Cornet en route to the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Tiro A Volo ITF event, after which she broke into the world's top 200.

She won a total of eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

WTA career finals

Doubles (0-1)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 22 July 2006 Palermo, Italy International Clay Alice Canepa Janette Husárová
Michaëlla Krajicek		 0–6, 0–6

ITF finals
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 October 2005 Biella, Italy Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 24 September 2006 Lecce, Italy Clay Simona Matei 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 21 April 2007 Bari, Italy Clay Angelika Rösch 4–6, 7–6(3), 5–7
Runner-up 4. 25 August 2008 Vlaardingen, Netherlands Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić 7–6(5), 6–7(7), 5–7

Doubles (8–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 27 September 2004 Benevento, Italy Hard Karin Knapp Martina Babáková
Sandra Záhlavová		 6–2, 0–1 ret.
Runner-up 1. 2 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay Valentina Sulpizio Alberta Brianti
Giulia Casoni		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 10 July 2005 Cuneo, Italy Clay Sara Errani Mariya Koryttseva
Galina Voskoboeva		 3–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 20 August 2005 Jesi, Italy Hard Silvia Disderi Leanne Baker
Francesca Lubiani		 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 12 March 2006 Telde, Spain Clay Sara Errani Nina Bratchikova
Alla Kudryavtseva		 1–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 26 January 2007 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i) Sara Errani Mariya Koryttseva
Darya Kustova		 6–4, 7–5
Winner 4. 26 March 2007 Latina, Italy Hard Sara Errani Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Selima Sfar		 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner 5. 27 May 2007 Gorizia, Italy Clay Stefania Chieppa Denise Mascherini
Anja Prislan		 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 27 September 2008 Lecce, Italy Clay Stefania Chieppa Michaela Pochabová
Klaudia Boczová		 4–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 11 September 2010 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Federica di Sarra Federica Grazioso
Vivienne Vierin		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 10 September 2011 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Irina Smirnova Morgane Pons
Alice Tisset		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 8. 15 October 2011 Cagliari, Italy Clay Alice Savoretti Valeria Podda
Jade Schoelink		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 3 September 2012 Trieste, Italy Clay Alice Savoretti Petra Krejsová
Jesika Malečková		 6–7(4), 1–6

References
  1. "Giulia Gabba: "Ci penso spesso a come sarebbe potuta andare"" (in Italian). Spazio Tennis. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Gabba, Giulia (ITA)". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. "Tennis: Krajicek wint in dubbelspel Palermo". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 23 July 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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