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Gabriela Lee

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

Gabriela Lee
Lee at the 2022 French Open
Full nameGabriela Talabă Lee
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29)
Galați, Romania[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeTexas Tech University
Prize moneyUS$407,732
Singles
Career record267–220
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 136 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 333 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2021, 2022, 2023)
French OpenQ2 (2021)
WimbledonQ1 (2021, 2022)
US OpenQ2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record153–132
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 229 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 702 (28 October 2024)
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

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.

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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 WTA 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

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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

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Current through the 2023 Morocco Open.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 Q1 0–0
French Open Q1 Q2 Q1 A 0–0
Wimbledon NH Q1 Q1 A 0–0
US Open A Q1 Q2 A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
WTA 1000
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 A 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 3 1 5
Overall win-loss 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–5

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W75 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W10/15 tournaments (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 ITF Bucharest, Romania W10 Clay   Cristina Stancu 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2016 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania W10 Clay   Jaqueline Cristian 6–7(5), 3–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2017 ITF Bucharest, Romania W15 Clay   Victoria Bosio 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–2 Sep 2018 ITF Marbella, Spain W15 Clay   Aleksandrina Naydenova 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–2 Oct 2018 ITF Charleston Pro, United States W25 Clay   Elizabeth Halbauer 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Win 4–2 Sep 2019 ITF Redding, United States W25 Hard   Alycia Parks 6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–3 Sep 2020 ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic W25 Clay   Zheng Qinwen 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Win 5–3 May 2022 ITF Bonita Springs, United States W100 Clay   Katarzyna Kawa 6–1, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Jan 2024 Vero Beach Open, United States W75+H Clay   María Lourdes Carlé 4–6, 6–7(4)

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (4–3)
W10/15 tournaments (6–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2013 ITF Balș, Romania W10 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Jaqueline Cristian
  Raluca Elena Platon 		6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey W10 Clay   Patricia Maria Țig   Irina Bara
  Conny Perrin 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey W10 Clay   Patricia Maria Țig   Li Yihong
  Zhu Lin 		2–6, ret.
Loss 0–4 Jul 2014 ITF Iași, Romania W10 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Raluca Elena Platon
  Cristina Stancu 		6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 1–4 Jun 2015 ITF Galați, Romania W10 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Daniela Ciobanu
  Camelia Hristea 		4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 2–4 Jul 2016 ITF Focșani, Romania W10 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Daniela Ciobanu
  Kassandra Davesne 		5–7, 6–1, [10–6]
Win 3–4 Aug 2016 ITF Galați, Romania W10 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Karola Patricia Bejenaru
  Georgia Crăciun 		5–7, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 4–4 Aug 2017 ITF Bucharest, Romania W15 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Elena Bogdan
  Elena-Teodora Cadar 		6–3, 0–6, [12–10]
Loss 4–5 Jun 2018 ITF Baton Rouge, United States W25 Hard   Astra Sharma   Hayley Carter
  Ena Shibahara 		3–6, 4–6
Win 5–5 Jul 2018 ITF Horb, Germany W25 Hard   Oana Georgeta Simion   Jana Jablonovská
  Vivien Juhászová 		6–3, 6–0
Win 6–5 Sep 2018 ITF Marbella, Spain W15 Clay   Claudia Hoste Ferrer   Ana Lantigua de la Nuez
  Ángeles Moreno Barranquero 		6–2, 6–2
Win 7–5 Sep 2018 ITF Varna, Bulgaria W15 Clay   Aymet Uzcátegui   İpek Öz
  Melis Sezer 		3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss 7–6 Oct 2018 ITF Charleston Pro, United States W25 Clay   Hsu Chieh-yu   Sophie Chang
  Alexandra Mueller 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–7 Apr 2019 ITF Pelham, United States W25 Clay   Oana Georgeta Simion   Usue Maitane Arconada
  Caroline Dolehide 		3–6, 0–6
Win 8–7 Aug 2019 ITF Fort Worth, United States W25 Hard   Hsu Chieh-yu   Elysia Bolton
  Jada Hart 		7–6(8), 7–5
Win 9–7 Aug 2019 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador W25 Clay   Katerina Stewart   Yuliana Lizarazo
  Camila Osorio 		6–7(1), 7–6(6), [10–7]
Loss 9–8 Sep 2019 ITF Templeton Pro, United States W60 Hard   Marcela Zacarías   Vladica Babić
  Caitlin Whoriskey 		4–6, 2–6
Win 10–8 Nov 2019 ITF Naples, United States W25 Clay   María Portillo Ramírez   Lea Bošković
  Seone Mendez 		7–5, 6–2

References

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