Giulia Gabba (born 20 February 1987) is a former professional

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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

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, at a tournament in Santa Croce, Italy. All of her main-draw appearances on the

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were in doubles, most notably at Palermo in 2006, where she and

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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

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. Her regular doubles partner on the WTA Tour was

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. As a singles player, she had wins over both

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and

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at the $75,000 Ortisei tournament in 2007. Later in the year she defeated Alize Cornet en route to the quarterfinals of the $100,000 Tiro A Volo ITF event, after which she broke into the world's top 200. She won a total of eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

WTA career finals

Doubles (0-1)

ITF finals

Singles (0–4)

Doubles (8–5)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabba, Giulia 1987 births Living people Italian female tennis players People from Casale Monferrato Sportspeople from the Province of Alessandria 21st-century Italian women