Gioia Barbieri (; born 9 July 1991) is a retired
Italian
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tennis player.
Tennis career
Barbieri was born in
Forlimpopoli
Forlimpopoli (; rgn, Frampùl) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Forlì-Cesena, north-eastern Italy. It is located on the Via Emilia between Cesena and Forlì.
History
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. She trained at the San Marino Tennis Academy, and was coached by Claudio Pistolesi. Her father is Andrea, her mother is Marcella and she has one sister called Maria Sole.
Barbieri won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
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in her career. On 15 September 2014, she reached her highest
WTA singles ranking of 170, whilst her best doubles ranking was 165, which she achieved on 13 April 2015, having reached the final of the 2015
Katowice Open.
İn June 2016, Barbieri announced via her Facebook account her retirement from professional tennis, to start working on the family estate.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF finals
Singles: 10 (8–2)
Doubles: 19 (15–4)
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1991 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
21st-century Italian women