Gaia Sanesi

Gaia Sanesi
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceFlorida, United States
Born (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32)
Florence, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 93,939
Singles
Career record241–190
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 294 (14 July 2014)
Doubles
Career record111–70
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 388 (14 September 2015)

Gaia Sanesi (born 1 April 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 294 in singles, achieved on 14 July 2014, and 388 in doubles, reached on 14 September 2015. Sanesi won five singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Rio Open in the doubles tournament, partnering Estrella Cabeza Candela.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 13 (5–8)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 23 July 2012 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Germany Laura Siegemund 3–6, 0–6
Win 1. 8 July 2013 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Argentina Tatiana Búa 7–5, 5–7, 7–5
Win 2. 15 July 2013 ITF Knokke, Belgium Clay Switzerland Tess Sugnaux 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2. 8 June 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico Hard Mexico Giuliana Olmos 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 21 November 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Germany Katharina Hobgarski 1–6, 5–7
Loss 4. 4 December 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Brazil Carolina Alves 3–6, 0–6
Loss 5. 20 May 2017 ITF Oeiras, Portugal Clay Hungary Panna Udvardy 7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6
Win 3. 17 July 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania Clay Romania Miriam Bulgaru 6–1, 6–2
Loss 6. 13 August 2017 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 12 November 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Belgium Marie Benoît 6–3, 6–0
Win 5. 19 November 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Russia Varvara Gracheva 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7. 18 February 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 2–6, 1–6
Loss 8. 8 April 2018 ITF Jackson, United States Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 21 (10–11)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (9–9)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 January 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Serbia Natalija Kostić South Korea Lee Jin-a
South Korea Yoo Mi
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 11 March 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Italy Giulia Sussarello Russia Eugeniya Pashkova
Russia Yana Sizikova
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1. 18 March 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay (i) Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez Argentina Tatiana Búa
Spain Arabela Fernández Rabener
7–5, 6–3
Loss 3. 20 May 2013 ITF Girona, Spain Clay Italy Giulia Sussarello Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Spain Lucía Cervera Vázquez
6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 4. 17 June 2013 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay United States Bernarda Pera Netherlands Kim van der Horst
Netherlands Monique Zuur
3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 5. 23 September 2013 ITF Seville, Spain Clay Chile Cecilia Costa Melgar Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Argentina Florencia Molinero
3–6, 5–7
Loss 6. 13 January 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh,
Egypt
Hard Greece Despina Papamichail Turkey Melis Sezer
Turkey İpek Soylu
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Win 2. 24 August 2015 ITF Braunschweig,
Germany
Clay Japan Mana Ayukawa Germany Shaline-Doreen Pipa
Germany Anastazja Rosnowska
3–6, 7–6(5), [10–4]
Win 3. 31 August 2015 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili
6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 15 January 2016 ITF Fort de France,
Martinique
Hard Romania Jaqueline Cristian United States Emina Bektas
United States Zoë Gwen Scandalis
7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Loss 7. 22 January 2016 ITF Petit-Bourg,
Guadeloupe
Hard Romania Jaqueline Cristian Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
Netherlands Kelly Versteeg
6–7(5), 1–6
Win 5. 2 May 2016 ITF Pula, Italy Clay Italy Federica Arcidiacono Italy Veronica Napolitano
Italy Anna Remondina
6–4, 6–1
Win 6. 4 March 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Italy Natasha Piludu Netherlands Dominique Karregat
Poland Sandra Zaniewska
6–3, 6–2
Loss 8. 9 April 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Chile Fernanda Brito Italy Alice Balducci
Italy Giorgia Marchetti
6–2, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 7. 20 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Italy Martina Spigarelli United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls
6–0, 6–2
Win 8. 9 June 2017 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay Belgium Michaela Boev Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
Russia Ksenia Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
Loss 9. 6 August 2017 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Italy Lucrezia Stefanini United Kingdom Emily Arbuthnott
Denmark Emilie Francati
4–6, 3–6
Loss 10. 8 April 2018 ITF Jackson, United States Clay South Africa Chanel Simmonds United States Sanaz Marand
United States Whitney Osuigwe
1–6, 3–6
Win 9. 24 February 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Italy Camilla Scala Romania Cristina Dinu
Romania Irina Fetecău
6–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 10. 23 June 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Lisa Sabino Switzerland Leonie Küng
Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova
3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss 11. 9 September 2023 ITF Fiano Romano, Italy Clay Switzerland Lara Michel Italy Enola Chiesa
Italy Samira de Stefano
1–6, 4–6
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