Gioia Barbieri

Gioia Barbieri
Barbieri, 2015
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceCervia
Born (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33)
Forlimpopoli
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2009
Retired2016
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$136,192
Singles
Career record262–179
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 170 (15 September 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2015)
US OpenQ2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record116–80
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 165 (13 April 2015)

Gioia Barbieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɔːja barˈbjɛːri, -ˈbjeː-];[1][2] born 9 July 1991) is an Italian former tennis player.

Tennis career

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Barbieri was born in Forlimpopoli, Italy. 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, Maria Sole.

In her career, Barbieri won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 15, 2014, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 170, whilst her best doubles ranking is 165, which she achieved on April 13, 2015, having reached the final of the 2015 Katowice Open.[3]

In June 2016, Barbieri announced via social media her retirement from tennis to start working on the family estate.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)
Result Date Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 12 April 2015 Katowice Open,
Poland
Hard (i) Italy Karin Knapp Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
Netherlands Demi Schuurs
5–7, 6–4, [6–10]

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (8–2)

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

Doubles: 19 (15–4)

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

References

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  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "gioia". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "barbieri". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. ^ "Gioia Barbieri's Biography". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
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