Gaia Sanesi

Gaia Sanesi (born 1 April 1992, in Florence) is an Italian tennis player. Sanesi has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 294 achieved on 14 July 2014. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 388 achieved on 14 September 2015. Sanesi has won five singles titles as well as eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Gaia Sanesi

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Florida, United States
Born	(1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 Florence, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$93,681
Singles
Career record	241–190 (55.9%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 294 (14 July 2014)
Current ranking	No. 457 (16 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record	108–69 (61.0%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 388 (14 September 2015)
Current ranking	No. 464 (16 March 2020)
Last updated on: 18 April 2020.

Sanesi made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Rio Open, in the doubles event partnering Estrella Cabeza Candela as an alternate team.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (5–8)

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Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (5–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 July 2012	Horb, Germany	Clay	Laura Siegemund	3–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	8 July 2013	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Tatiana Búa	7–5, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	2.	15 July 2013	Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Tess Sugnaux	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	8 June 2015	Manzanillo, Mexico	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	21 November 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	4 December 2016	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	20 May 2017	Oeiras, Portugal	Clay	Panna Udvardy	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	17 July 2017	Târgu Jiu, Romania	Clay	Miriam Bulgaru	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	13 August 2017	Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Cornelia Lister	4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	12 November 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Marie Benoît	6–3, 6–0
Winner	5.	19 November 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Varvara Gracheva	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	18 February 2018	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Rebecca Marino	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	8 April 2018	Jackson, United States	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	0–6, 1–6

Doubles (8–10)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 January 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Natalija Kostić	Lee Jin-a Yoo Mi	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	11 March 2013	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Giulia Sussarello	Eugeniya Pashkova Yana Sizikova	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	1.	18 March 2013	Madrid, Spain	Clay (i)	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	Tatiana Búa Arabela Fernández Rabener	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	20 May 2013	Girona, Spain	Clay	Giulia Sussarello	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cervera Vázquez	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Runner-up	4.	17 June 2013	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Bernarda Pera	Kim van der Horst Monique Zuur	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Runner-up	5.	23 September 2013	Seville, Spain	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Florencia Molinero	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	13 January 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Melis Sezer İpek Soylu	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Winner	2.	24 August 2015	Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Mana Ayukawa	Shaline-Doreen Pipa Anastazja Rosnowska	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–4]
Winner	3.	31 August 2015	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov	Estrella Cabeza Candela Oleksandra Korashvili	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	15 January 2016	Fort de France, Martinique	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	Emina Bektas Zoe Gwen Scandalis	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	7.	22 January 2016	Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	Rosalie van der Hoek Kelly Versteeg	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
Winner	5.	2 May 2016	Pula, Italy	Clay	Federica Arcidiacono	Veronica Napolitano Anna Remondina	6–4, 6–1
Winner	6.	4 March 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Natasha Piludu	Dominique Karregat Sandra Zaniewska	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	9 April 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Alice Balducci Giorgia Marchetti	6–2, 3–6, [2–10]
Winner	7.	20 May 2017	Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Martina Spigarelli	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	6–0, 6–2
Winner	8.	9 June 2017	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Michaela Boev	Ángela Fita Boluda Ksenia Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	6 August 2017	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	Emily Arbuthnott Emilie Francati	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	8 April 2018	Jackson, United States	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Sanaz Marand Whitney Osuigwe	1–6, 3–6

External links

• Gaia Sanesi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Gaia Sanesi at the International Tennis Federation