Gioia Barbieri

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

Gioia Barbieri

Barbieri, 2015
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Cervia
Born	(1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 34) Forlimpopoli
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	2016
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$136,192
Singles
Career record	262–179
Career titles	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	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 165 (13 April 2015)

Tennis career

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

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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)	Karin Knapp	Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs	5–7, 6–4, [6–10]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (8–2)

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

Doubles: 19 (15–4)

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