Giulia Gabba

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Giulia Gabba
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1987-02-20) 20 February 1987 (age 37)
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
Wimbledon Q2 (2007)
US Open Q1 (2006)
Doubles
Career record66–53
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (11 June 2007)

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

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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 $75k Ortisei tournament in 2007. Later in the year she defeated Alizé Cornet en route to the quarterfinals of the $100k Tiro A Volo ITF event, after which she broke into the top 200 in the WTA rankings.

She won a total of eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss22 July 2006 Palermo Ladies Open,
Italy
InternationalClay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Canepa Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michaëlla Krajicek
0–6, 0–6

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.2 October 2005 Biella, ItalyClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya Beygelzimer 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.24 September 2006 Lecce, ItalyClay Flag of Romania.svg Simona Matei 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up3.21 April 2007 Bari, ItalyClay Flag of Germany.svg Angelika Rösch 4–6, 7–6(3), 5–7
Runner-up4.25 August 2008 Vlaardingen, NetherlandsClay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mervana Jugić-Salkić 7–6(5), 6–7(7), 5–7

Doubles (8–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.27 September 2004 Benevento, ItalyHard Flag of Italy.svg Karin Knapp Flag of Slovakia.svg Martina Babáková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sandra Záhlavová
6–2, 0–1 ret.
Runner-up1.2 May 2005 Catania, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Sulpizio Flag of Italy.svg Alberta Brianti
Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Casoni
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.10 July 2005 Cuneo, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Koryttseva
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Galina Voskoboeva
3–6, 5–7
Winner2.20 August 2005 Jesi, ItalyHard Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Disderi Flag of New Zealand.svg Leanne Baker
Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Lubiani
6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up3.12 March 2006 Telde, SpainClay Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani Flag of Russia.svg Nina Bratchikova
Flag of Russia.svg Alla Kudryavtseva
1–6, 1–6
Winner3.26 January 2007Capriolo, ItalyCarpet (i) Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Koryttseva
Flag of Belarus.svg Darya Kustova
6–4, 7–5
Winner4.26 March 2007 Latina, ItalyHard Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Flag of Tunisia.svg Selima Sfar
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner5.27 May 2007 Gorizia, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Stefania Chieppa Flag of Italy.svg Denise Mascherini
Flag of Slovenia.svg Anja Prislan
6–3, 6–0
Runner-up4.27 September 2008 Lecce, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Stefania Chieppa Flag of Slovakia.svg Michaela Pochabová
Flag of Slovakia.svg Klaudia Boczová
4–6, 1–6
Winner6.11 September 2010 Casale Monferrato, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Federica di Sarra Flag of Italy.svg Federica Grazioso
Flag of Italy.svg Vivienne Vierin
6–2, 6–2
Winner7.10 September 2011Casale Monferrato, ItalyClay Flag of Russia.svg Irina Smirnova Flag of France.svg Morgane Pons
Flag of France.svg Alice Tisset
6–1, 6–3
Winner8.15 October 2011 Cagliari, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of the Netherlands.svg Valeria Podda
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jade Schoelink
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up5.3 September 2012 Trieste, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Alice Savoretti Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Krejsová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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.