Gioia Barbieri

Gioia Barbieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɔːja bar'bjeːri]; born 9 July 1991) is an Italian retired professional tennis player.[1][2]

Gioia Barbieri

Barbieri, 2015
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Cervia
Born	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 Forlimpopoli
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$136,192
Singles
Career record	262–179
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 170 (15 September 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	116–80
Career titles	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 165 (13 April 2015)

Tennis career

Barbieri was born in Forlimpopoli. 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 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.[3]

İn June 2016, Barbieri announced her retirement from professional tennis, via her Facebook account, to start working on the family estate.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 April 2015	Katowice Open, Poland	Hard (i)	Karin Knapp	Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs	5–7, 6–4, [6–10]

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (8–2)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	18 July 2010	Imola, Italy	Carpet	Verdiana Verardi	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	14 February 2011	Leimen, Germany	Hard (i)	Korina Perkovic	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	27 February 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ana Savić	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	23 July 2012	Viserba, Italy	Clay	Yuliana Lizarazo	6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	19 August 2013	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Nastja Kolar	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	1 September 2013	Bagnatica, Italy	Clay	Anne Schäfer	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	6.	27 October 2013	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Nina Bratchikova	3–6, 6–3, 3–0 ret.
Winner	7.	1 June 2014	Grado, Italy	Clay	Kateryna Kozlova	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	28 March 2015	Solarino, Italy	Hard	Federica Bilardo	7–6^(7–5), 6–0
Runner-up	2.	13 March 2016	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Laura Schaeder	6–1, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (15–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	11 October 2009	Foggia, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Alice Moroni Anna Remondina	6–4, 4–6, [10–2]
Winner	2.	16 April 2010	San Severo, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Karina Pimkina Marina Shamayko	4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Runner-up	1.	18 July 2010	Imola, Italy	Carpet	María-Belén Corbalán	Nicole Clerico Maria Masini	4–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	30 July 2010	Gardone Val Trompia, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Julia Stamatova Stéphanie Vongsouthi	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	27 March 2011	Gonesse, France	Clay (i)	Anastasia Grymalska	Lena-Marie Hofmann Scarlett Werner	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1 August 2011	Monteroni, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Kiki Bertens Nicole Rottmann	0–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	12 December 2011	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Giulia Pasini	Başak Eraydın Ilona Kremen	7–6, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	3.	15 January 2012	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Nadejda Guskova	Darya Kustova Raluca Olaru	3–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	23 January 2012	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Claudia Giovine Sanaz Marand	6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Winner	7.	7 May 2012	Florence, Italy	Clay	Andreea Văideanu	Anaïs Laurendon Nicole Clerico	6–2, 6–7, [10–8]
Winner	8.	11 June 2012	Padova, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Federica Grazioso Lisa Sabino	6–2, 6–1
Winner	9.	25 February 2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Anne Schäfer	Lenka Juríková Chantal Škamlová	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winner	10.	4 March2013	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Ágnes Bukta Vivian Juhászová	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	4.	19 August 2013	Pörtschach, Austria	Clay	Giulia Sussarello	Nastja Kolar Polona Rebersak	0–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Winner	11.	26 October 2013	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 6–4 [10–8]
Winner	12.	17 March 2014	Innisbrook, United States	Clay	Julia Cohen	Allie Kiick Sachia Vickery	7–6^(7–5), 6–0
Winner	13.	9 June 2014	Padova, Italy	Clay	Sofia Shapatava	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Florencia Molinero	6–4, 0–6, [14–12]
Winner	14.	1 February 2015	Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Jeļena Ostapenko	Lesley Kerkhove Ana Vrljić	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–3]
Winner	15.	13 March 2016	Amiens, France	Clay (i)	Giorgia Marchetti	Alice Bacquié Kimberley Zimmermann	6–3, 6–4

References

1. "I nostri giocatori di tennis a San Marino". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. "Gioia Barbieri". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
3. "Gioia Barbieri's Biography". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2016-03-07.

External links

• Gioia Barbieri at the Women's Tennis Association
• Gioia Barbieri at the International Tennis Federation