Giulia Gabba

Giulia Gabba
Country (sports) 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
WimbledonQ2 (2007)
US OpenQ1 (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.

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    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 22 July 2006 Palermo Ladies Open,
Italy
International Clay Italy Alice Canepa Slovakia Janette Husárová
Netherlands 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 Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 24 September 2006 Lecce, Italy Clay Romania Simona Matei 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 21 April 2007 Bari, Italy Clay Germany Angelika Rösch 4–6, 7–6(3), 5–7
Runner-up 4. 25 August 2008 Vlaardingen, Netherlands Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Italy Karin Knapp Slovakia Martina Babáková
Czech Republic Sandra Záhlavová
6–2, 0–1 ret.
Runner-up 1. 2 May 2005 Catania, Italy Clay Italy Valentina Sulpizio Italy Alberta Brianti
Italy Giulia Casoni
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 10 July 2005 Cuneo, Italy Clay Italy Sara Errani Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
3–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 20 August 2005 Jesi, Italy Hard Italy Silvia Disderi New Zealand Leanne Baker
Italy Francesca Lubiani
6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 12 March 2006 Telde, Spain Clay Italy Sara Errani Russia Nina Bratchikova
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
1–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 26 January 2007 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i) Italy Sara Errani Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Belarus Darya Kustova
6–4, 7–5
Winner 4. 26 March 2007 Latina, Italy Hard Italy Sara Errani France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Tunisia Selima Sfar
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner 5. 27 May 2007 Gorizia, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Chieppa Italy Denise Mascherini
Slovenia Anja Prislan
6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 4. 27 September 2008 Lecce, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Chieppa Slovakia Michaela Pochabová
Slovakia Klaudia Boczová
4–6, 1–6
Winner 6. 11 September 2010 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Italy Federica di Sarra Italy Federica Grazioso
Italy Vivienne Vierin
6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 10 September 2011 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Russia Irina Smirnova France Morgane Pons
France Alice Tisset
6–1, 6–3
Winner 8. 15 October 2011 Cagliari, Italy Clay Italy Alice Savoretti Netherlands Valeria Podda
Netherlands Jade Schoelink
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 3 September 2012 Trieste, Italy Clay Italy Alice Savoretti Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
Czech Republic 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.