Tathiana Garbin

Tathiana Garbin (; born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player. She was Gold Medalist at the 1997 Mediterranean Games and the team captain who led the Italian national team (comprising Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani, Martina Trevisan, Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucia Bronzetti) to the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup final and to victory in the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup and 2025 Billie Jean King Cup.

She was best known for her upset of the defending champion and the reigning world No. 1 Justine Henin in the second round of the 2004 French Open. The winner of one singles and 11 doubles WTA Tour titles, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking of No. 25 on 27 August 2001. Other high–ranked players whom she defeated include Jelena Dokić, Chanda Rubin, Flavia Pennetta, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli, and Samantha Stosur.

WTA career finals Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Legend Tier I Tier II Tier III (0–1) Tier IV & V (1–3)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Feb 2000 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Patricia Wartusch 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Win 1. Apr 2000 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Kristie Boogert 6–2, 7–6(4)Loss 2. Jul 2005 Internazionali di Modena, Italy Clay Anna Smashnova 6–6 ret.Loss 3. Jul 2006 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 4–6Loss 4. Feb 2007 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Roberta Vinci 7–6(5), 4–6, 3–0 ret.

Doubles: 18 (11 title, 7 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 14 May 2000 Warsaw Cup, Poland Clay Janette Husárová Iroda Tulyaganova Anna Zaporozhanova 6–3, 6–1Win 2. 25 February 2001 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Janette Husárová Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez 6–4, 2–6, 6–4Win 3. 22 April 2001 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Janette Husárová Zsófia Gubacsi Dragana Zarić 6–1, 6–3Win 4. 15 July 2001 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay Janette Husárová Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez 4–6, 6–2, 6–4Win 5. 12 January 2002 Hobart International, Australia Hard Rita Grande Catherine Barclay Christina Wheeler 6–2, 7–6(3)Win 6. 5 May 2002 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Angelique Widjaja Elena Bovina Henrieta Nagyová 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Loss 1. 14 July 2002 French Community Championships, Belgium Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr 2–6, 6–0, 4–6Loss 2. 24 August 2002 Pilot Pen Tennis, United States Hard Janette Husárová Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 6–1, 5–7Win 7. 11 January 2003 Canberra Women's Classic, Australia Hard Émilie Loit Dája Bedáňová Dinara Safina 6–3, 3–6, 6–4Win 8. 16 January 2005 Canberra Women's Classic, Australia Hard Tina Križan Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková 7–5, 1–6, 6–4Loss 3. 13 May 2007 German Open Clay Roberta Vinci Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 3–6, 4–6Loss 4. 20 May 2007 Italian Open Clay Roberta Vinci Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo 4–6, 1–6Loss 5. 15 January 2010 Sydney International, Australia Hard Nadia Petrova Cara Black Liezel Huber 1–6, 6–3, [3–10]Loss 6. 17 April 2010 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Timea Bacsinszky Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 1–6, 6–3, [2–10]Win 9. 11 July 2010 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Timea Bacsinszky Sorana Cîrstea Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3Win 10. 18 July 2010 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Timea Bacsinszky Monica Niculescu Ágnes Szávay 7–5, 7–6(4)Loss 7. 25 July 2010 Gastein Ladies, Austria Clay Timea Bacsinszky Lucie Hradecká Anabel Medina Garrigues 7–6(2), 1–6, [5–10]Win 11. 24 October 2010 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Timea Bacsinszky Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–4, 6–4

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Singles: 17 (10–7) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 11 August 1996 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Sabina Da Ponte 6–3, 4–6, 7–5Winner 2. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay Dragana Zarić 6–4, 6–1Winner 3. 5 December 1998 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Amanda Hopmans 6–3, 6–2Winner 4. 11 July 1999 ITF Civitanova, Italy Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–4, 4–6, 6–1Winner 5. 13 December 1999 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Wynne Prakusya 6–7, 6–0, 6–2Runner-up 6. 13 December 1999 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Katalin Marosi 2–6, 1–1 ret.Runner-up 7. 9 April 2000 Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE Hard Adriana Gerši 4–6, 3–6Winner 8. 29 April 2001 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay María José Martínez Sánchez 3–6, 7–6, 6–2Winner 9. 10 August 2003 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay Lubomira Bacheva 6–3, 6–1Runner-up 10. 5 June 2005 ITF Prostejov, Czech Republic Clay Lucie Šafářová 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Runner-up 11. 23 April 2006 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Alizé Cornet 2–6, 6–3, 2–6Runner-up 12. 19 June 2006 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Kira Nagy 6–7, 6–3, 6–7Runner-up 13. 1 October 2006 ITF Biella, Italy Clay Stéphanie Foretz 5–7, 1–3 ret.Winner 14. 19 June 2006 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Ekaterina Lopes 6–3, 7–5Winner 15. 8 June 2008 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Yvonne Meusburger 6–4, 4–6, 7–6Winner 16. 6 July 2008 International Cuneo, Italy Clay Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–1Runner-up 17. 20 September 2009 Allianz Cup, Bulgaria Clay Alexandra Dulgheru 7–6(4), 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (11–6) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 5 August 1996 ITF Catania, Italy Clay Francesca Guardigli Debby Haak Franke Joosten 6–2, 7–5Runner-up 2. 13 January 1997 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard (i) Sara Ventura Alicia Ortuño Sofia Prazeres 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Winner 3. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Clay Francesca Guardigli Teodora Nedeva Dragana Zarić 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 4. 26 May 1997 ITF Salzburg, Austria Clay (i) Laura dell'Angelo Caroline Schneider Patricia Wartusch 6–1, 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 5. 26 January 1998 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Oana Elena Golimbioschi Camille Pin Aurélie Védy w/oWinner 6. 6 April 1998 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Alice Canepa Alice Pirsu Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 5–7, 6–2, 6–4Winner 7. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Melissa Mazzotta Fabiola Zuluaga 6–2, 6–3Runner-up 8. 19 September 1999 ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Alice Canepa Debby Haak Andrea van den Hurk 1–6, 1–6Winner 9. 11 October 1999 ITF Rhodes, Greece Clay Amanda Hopmans Lenka Cenková Alicia Ortuño 4–6, 6–0, 7–6(3)Runner-up 10. 13 December 1998 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Nirupama Sanjeev Rika Hiraki Lorna Woodroffe 2–5 ret.Winner 11. 3 April 2000 Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE Hard Katalin Marosi Angelika Bachmann Tina Križan 7–6(5), 6–3Winner 12. 12 June 2009 Open de Marseille, France Clay María Emilia Salerni Elena Bovina Timea Bacsinszky 6–7(4), 6–3, [10–7]Winner 13. 18 September 2009 Allianz Cup, Bulgaria Clay Timea Bacsinszky Petra Martić Polona Hercog 6–2, 7–6(4)Winner 14. 27 September 2009 L'Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay Timea Bacsinszky Andreja Klepač Aurélie Védy 6–3, ret.Runner-up 15. 4 October 2009 ITF Athens, Greece Hard Timea Bacsinszky Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wöhr 2–6, 7–5, [4–10] Winner 16. 31 October 2009 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Timea Bacsinszky Galina Voskoboeva Barbora Strýcová 6–2, 6–2 Winner 17 17 October 2010 ITF Torhout, Belgium Hard Timea Bacsinszky Michaëlla Krajicek Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2

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