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
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

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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

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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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

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

Singles (0–4)

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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)

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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

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  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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