Gaia Sanesi

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

Gaia Sanesi

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Florida, United States
Born	(1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 33) Florence, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 93,939
Singles
Career record	241–190
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 294 (14 July 2014)
Doubles
Career record	111–70
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 388 (14 September 2015)

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

Singles: 13 (5–8)

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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	Laura Siegemund	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	8 July 2013	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Tatiana Búa	7–5, 5–7, 7–5
Win	2.	15 July 2013	ITF Knokke, Belgium	Clay	Tess Sugnaux	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2.	8 June 2015	ITF Manzanillo, Mexico	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	21 November 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	1–6, 5–7
Loss	4.	4 December 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Carolina Alves	3–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	20 May 2017	ITF Oeiras, Portugal	Clay	Panna Udvardy	7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6
Win	3.	17 July 2017	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	Clay	Miriam Bulgaru	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6.	13 August 2017	ITF Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Cornelia Lister	4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	12 November 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Marie Benoît	6–3, 6–0
Win	5.	19 November 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Varvara Gracheva	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7.	18 February 2018	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Rebecca Marino	2–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	8 April 2018	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 21 (10–11)

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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	Natalija Kostić	Lee Jin-a Yoo Mi	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	11 March 2013	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Giulia Sussarello	Eugeniya Pashkova Yana Sizikova	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	1.	18 March 2013	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay (i)	Lucía Cervera Vázquez	Tatiana Búa Arabela Fernández Rabener	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3.	20 May 2013	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	Giulia Sussarello	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Lucía Cervera Vázquez	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	4.	17 June 2013	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Bernarda Pera	Kim van der Horst Monique Zuur	3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss	5.	23 September 2013	ITF Seville, Spain	Clay	Cecilia Costa Melgar	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Florencia Molinero	3–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	13 January 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Despina Papamichail	Melis Sezer İpek Soylu	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Win	2.	24 August 2015	ITF Braunschweig, Germany	Clay	Mana Ayukawa	Shaline-Doreen Pipa Anastazja Rosnowska	3–6, 7–6(5), [10–4]
Win	3.	31 August 2015	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	Estrella Cabeza Candela Oleksandra Korashvili	6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	15 January 2016	ITF Fort de France, Martinique	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	Emina Bektas Zoë Gwen Scandalis	7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Loss	7.	22 January 2016	ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe	Hard	Jaqueline Cristian	Rosalie van der Hoek Kelly Versteeg	6–7(5), 1–6
Win	5.	2 May 2016	ITF Pula, Italy	Clay	Federica Arcidiacono	Veronica Napolitano Anna Remondina	6–4, 6–1
Win	6.	4 March 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Natasha Piludu	Dominique Karregat Sandra Zaniewska	6–3, 6–2
Loss	8.	9 April 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Fernanda Brito	Alice Balducci Giorgia Marchetti	6–2, 3–6, [2–10]
Win	7.	20 May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	Clay	Martina Spigarelli	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	6–0, 6–2
Win	8.	9 June 2017	ITF Madrid, Spain	Clay	Michaela Boev	Ángela Fita Boluda Ksenia Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9.	6 August 2017	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	Emily Arbuthnott Emilie Francati	4–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	8 April 2018	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Sanaz Marand Whitney Osuigwe	1–6, 3–6
Win	9.	24 February 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Camilla Scala	Cristina Dinu Irina Fetecău	6–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	10.	23 June 2019	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Leonie Küng Isabella Shinikova	3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss	11.	9 September 2023	ITF Fiano Romano, Italy	Clay	Lara Michel	Enola Chiesa Samira de Stefano	1–6, 4–6

External links

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