Giulia Gabba

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

Giulia Gabba

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1987-02-20) 20 February 1987 (age 37) Casale Monferrato, Italy
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$104,015
Singles
Career record	175–148
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 183 (16 July 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2007)
US Open	Q1 (2006)
Doubles
Career record	66–53
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 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 $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	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.

External links

• Giulia Gabba at the Women's Tennis Association
• Giulia Gabba at the International Tennis Federation