Julia Grabher

Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 13 July 2016, she peaked at No. 369 in the doubles rankings.

Grabher has won two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 16 singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Austria Fed Cup team, Grabher has a win–loss record of 6–14 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–23), as of November 2024.

Career overview 2019–22: WTA Tour debut, first Challenger title Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets.

In September 2022, she won her first WTA 125 title when she defeated Nuria Brancaccio in the final of the Bari Open, in straight sets. As a result, she reached the top 100, at No. 97 on 12 September 2022.

2023: Maiden WTA Tour final & major debut Grabher made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open, losing to 16th seed Anett Kontaveit in the first round.

She then qualified to make her WTA 1000 debut at the Dubai Championships but again lost in the first round, this time to Leylah Fernandez.

At the WTA 500 Charleston Open, Grabher reached the third round, defeating 10th seed Zhang Shuai, her first top-30 win, and qualifier Sachia Vickery, before losing to seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Entering as a lucky loser at the 2023 Madrid Open, she won her first WTA 1000-level match, defeating another lucky loser, Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, but lost in the second round to top seed Iga Świątek. At the Italian Open, she went one step further to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard Nuria Brancaccio and upsetting 26th seed Jil Teichmann, before losing to eighth seed Daria Kasatkina. As a result, she moved 15 positions up in the rankings, to a new career high of world No. 74, on 22 May.

Grabher reached her maiden WTA Tour final at the Morocco Open in Rabat, after a three-set win over Julia Riera in the semifinals. However, she lost the final to Lucia Bronzetti, also in three sets. She won her first match at the French Open defeating Arantxa Rus, before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.

In July, Grabher made her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, but lost to Danielle Collins. Seeded fifth at the Hamburg European Open, she reached the second round with a three-set win over Miriam Bulgaru, before losing to Diana Shnaider. In August, Grabher became the first Austrian to win a title at a $100k tournament, at the ITF Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain, defeating Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in the final and climbing to world No. 54 as a result.

A win over qualifier Wang Xiyu saw her reach the second round at the 2023 Tennis in the Land in Cleveland, where she lost to Zhu Lin. Grabher suffered a wrist injury shortly before the US Open and was forced to end her season early.

2024–26: Comeback from injury Six months after having surgery on her wrist, Grabher made her comeback to competitive action at the 2024 Antalya Challenger in March 2024, losing in the first round to Noma Noha Akugue in three sets. Using her protected ranking, she entered the 2024 US Open, but lost in the first round to qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

In October 2025, Grabher won her second WTA 125 title, claiming the trophy at the Florianópolis Open in Brazil, defeating Carole Monnet in the final. As a result, she returned to the top 100, for the first time since November 2023, on 29 October 2025 at world No. 93. and the French Open where she retired due to illness, after losing the first set against sixth seed Amanda Anisimova.

In July 2026, Grabher finished runner-up at the WTA 125 Kitzbühel Ladies Open, losing to fellow Austrian player Sinja Kraus in the final.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2025 US Open.

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay Lucia Bronzetti 4–6, 7–5, 5–7

WTA 125 finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 32 (16 titles, 16 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60/75 tournaments (5–3)W25/35 tournaments (6–5)W10/15 tournaments (4–7)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (15–15)

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend W25/35 tournaments (1–3) W10/15 tournaments (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (8–4)