Gabriela_Talabă

Gabriela Lee

Gabriela Lee

Romanian tennis player

Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player.

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Talabă has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 229, set on the same date. She has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Gabriela played collegiate tennis at Texas Tech University. She helped the Lady Raiders to four straight NCAA tournament berths, four straight Sweet 16 appearances, two Elite Eight appearances and the highest ranking in program history (No. 5). [2]

She made her WTA Tour doubles main-draw debut at the Lexington Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Caitlin Whoriskey. In September 2020, she entered the qualifying round of the French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament ever played. However, she lost her first match against Clara Tauson from Denmark.[3]

She qualified for the 2021 Charleston Open main draw making her WTA Tour and WTA 500 singles debuts. She lost to eventual runner-up Danka Kovinić in the first round.[4][5][6]

She recorded her first tour match win at the 2021 Poland Open as a lucky loser over Cypriot qualifier Raluca Serban.[7]

In 2022, Lee qualified into the main draw of the Charleston Open for a second year in a row but lost to Jasmine Paolini.[8]

Ranked No. 313, she also qualified for the singles main draw at the 2024 Charleston Open but lost to Ashlyn Krueger. Despite the loss she returned to the top 300.[9]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Morocco Open.

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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References

  1. [1]
    "About Gabriela Talaba". www.gabrielatalaba.com.
  2. [2]
    "2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster - Gabriela Talaba".
  3. [3]
    "Gabriela Talaba".
  4. [4]
    https://twitter.com/tennisromania/status/1378763173738774532
  5. [5]
    "Talaba Qualifies for Volvo Car Open". 5 April 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Welcome to the Tour: All of 2021's WTA debutantes". 9 November 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Warsaw: With 1HBH, Lee defeats Cypriot Serban for 1st WTA victory".
  8. [8]
    "Charleston: Paolini off the mark with straight-sets win over Lee".
  9. [9]
    https://twitter.com/WTARomania/status/1774500940688642164
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