Giulia Gabba

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. Her junior career included a win over Victoria Azarenka, at a tournament in Santa Croce, Italy.

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. 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) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 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) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. Biella, Italy Clay Yuliya Beygelzimer 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 2. 24 September 2006 Lecce, Italy Clay Simona Matei 3–6, 6–4, 3–6Runner-up 3. 21 April 2007 Bari, Italy Clay Angelika Rösch 4–6, 7–6(3), 5–7Runner-up 4. 25 August 2008 Vlaardingen, Netherlands Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić 7–6(5), 6–7(7), 5–7

Doubles (8–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 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, 3–6Runner-up 2. 10 July 2005 Cuneo, Italy Clay Sara Errani Mariya Koryttseva Galina Voskoboeva 3–6, 5–7Winner 2. 20 August 2005 Jesi, Italy Hard Silvia Disderi Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani 6–2, 2–6, 6–4Runner-up 3. 12 March 2006 Telde, Spain Clay Sara Errani Nina Bratchikova Alla Kudryavtseva 1–6, 1–6Winner 3. 26 January 2007 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i) Sara Errani Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova 6–4, 7–5Winner 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, 6–0Runner-up 4. 27 September 2008 Lecce, Italy Clay Stefania Chieppa Michaela Pochabová Klaudia Boczová 4–6, 1–6Winner 6. 11 September 2010 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Federica di Sarra Federica Grazioso Vivienne Vierin 6–2, 6–2Winner 7. 10 September 2011 Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay Irina Smirnova Morgane Pons Alice Tisset 6–1, 6–3Winner 8. 15 October 2011 Cagliari, Italy Clay Alice Savoretti Valeria Podda Jade Schoelink 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 5. 3 September 2012 Trieste, Italy Clay Alice Savoretti Petra Krejsová Jesika Malečková 6–7(4), 1–6