Julia Grabher

Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player.^[1] On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 387 in the doubles rankings.

Julia Grabher

Grabher at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28) Dornbirn, Austria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach	Matthew Hair
Prize money	US$1,247,557
Singles
Career record	382–244
Career titles	1 WTA 125, 16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 54 (26 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 159 (26 May 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2023, 2025)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	1R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	70–48
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 387 (29 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 793 (26 May 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2025)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–23
Last updated on: 26 May 2025.

Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 16 singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Austria Fed Cup team, Grabher has a win–loss record of 6–14 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–23), as of November 2024.

Professional career

2019–22: WTA Tour debut, first Challenger title

Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets.^[2]

In September 2022, she won her first title at a WTA 125 event when she defeated Nuria Brancaccio in the final of the Bari Open, in straight sets.^[3] As a result, she reached the top 100, at No. 97 on 12 September 2022.^{[citation needed]} Three weeks later, as the top seed, she would beat Aliona Bolsova and win the final of the $60k Open de San Sebastián, her third ITF Circuit title in 2022.^{[citation needed]}

2023: Maiden WTA Tour final, Grand Slam tournament debut

Grabher made her Grand Slam tournament debut, at the Australian Open,^[4] losing to 16th seed Anett Kontaveit in the first round.^[5] She then qualified to make her WTA 1000 debut at the Dubai Championships but again lost in the first round, this time to Leylah Fernandez.^[6]

At the WTA 500 Charleston Open, Grabher reached the third round, defeating 10th seed Zhang Shuai, her first top-30 win,^[7] and qualifier Sachia Vickery,^[8] before losing to seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.^[9]

Entering as a lucky loser at the Madrid Open, she won her first WTA 1000-level match, defeating another lucky loser, Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova,^[10] but lost in the second round to top seed Iga Świątek.^[11]

At the Italian Open, she went one step further to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard Nuria Brancaccio^[12] and upsetting 26th seed Jil Teichmann,^[13][14] before losing to eighth seed Daria Kasatkina.^[15] As a result, she moved 15 positions up in the rankings, to a new career high of world No. 74, on 22 May.^[16]

Grabher reached her maiden WTA Tour final at the Morocco Open in Rabat, after a three set win over Julia Riera in the semifinals.^[17] However, she lost the final to Lucia Bronzetti, also in three sets.^[18]

She won her first match at the French Open defeating Arantxa Rus,^[19] before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.^[20]

Making her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, Grabher lost to Danielle Collins in the first round.^[21]

Seeded fifth, she reached the second round at the Hamburg European Open with a three-set win over Miriam Bulgaru,^[22] before losing to Diana Shnaider.^[23]

In August, Grabher became the first Austrian to win a title at a $100k tournament, at the ITF Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain, defeating Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in the final and climbing to world No.54 as a result.^[24]

A win over qualifier Wang Xiyu^[25] saw her reach the second round at the Tennis in the Land event where she lost to Zhu Lin.^[26]

Grabher suffered a wrist injury shortly before the US Open and was forced to end her season early.^[27]

2024: Comeback from injury

Six months after having surgery on her wrist, Grabher made her comeback to competitive action at the Antalya Challenger, losing in the first round to Noma Noha Akugue in three sets.^[28] Using her protected ranking, she entered the US Open, but lost in the first round to qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse.^[29]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[1][30]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cleveland Open.

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q3	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	Q3	Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	NH	Q2	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0 / 3	1–3	25%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a]	Z1	POZ2	Z1	Z1	POZ2	Z1[b]		PO	QR	0 / 0	6–11	35%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH							Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–4	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Career statistics
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	0[d]	0[d]	0[d]	0[d]	1	1	3	2	16	Career total: 23
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	Career total: 1
Overall win-loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	6–4	13–18	0 / 23	22–34	39%
Year–end ranking[e]	572	308	261	247	231	226	192	84		$904,392

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2023	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Lucia Bronzetti	4–6, 7–5, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2022	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Nuria Brancaccio	6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Legend W100 tournaments (1–1) W60/75 tournaments (5–1) W25/35 tournaments (6–5) W10/15 tournaments (4–7)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (15–13)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Dalma Gálfi	3–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2015	ITF Vienna, Austria	10,000	Clay	Katharina Gerlach	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Aug 2015	ITF Graz, Austria	10,000	Clay	Barbara Haas	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Aug 2015	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Marie Bouzková	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	2–3	Nov 2015	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	10,000	Clay	Corinna Dentoni	6–7(0–7), 3–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Vanda Lukács	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Elena Gabriela Ruse	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–6	Aug 2016	ITF Leipzig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Olesya Pervushina	6–7(4–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss	3–7	Jan 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–7	Feb 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–8	Mar 2017	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Olga Danilović	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–8	May 2017	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Tereza Mrdeža	7–5, 6–0
Loss	5–9	Oct 2017	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Jessica Pieri	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5–10	Jan 2018	ITF Orlando, United States	25,000	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	6–10	Mar 2018	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	25,000	Clay	Tamara Zidanšek	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	6–11	Aug 2018	ITF Leipzig, Germany	25,000	Clay	Varvara Flink	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–12	Mar 2019	ITF Campinas, Brazil	W25	Clay	Danka Kovinić	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	7–12	Jun 2019	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Nathaly Kurata	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–13	Sep 2019	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	W60	Clay	Olga Danilović	2–6, 3–6
Win	8–13	Apr 2021	Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland	W60	Clay	Lucia Bronzetti	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–13	Feb 2022	Porto Indoor, Portugal	W25	Hard (i)	Maja Chwalińska	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
Win	10–13	Aug 2022	ITF Maspalomas, Spain	W60	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	6–4, 6–3
Win	11–13	Oct 2022	Open de San Sebastián, Spain	W60	Clay	Aliona Bolsova	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	12–13	Aug 2023	ITF Maspalomas, Spain	W100	Clay	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	6–4, 6–4
Win	13–13	Sep 2024	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Leonie Küng	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	14–13	Mar 2025	ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	W35	Clay	Jessica Pieri	7–5, 6–0
Win	15–13	Apr 2025	Koper Open, Slovenia	W75	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	6–2, 6–2
Win	16–13	Apr 2025	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	W75	Clay	Katarina Zavatska	6–2, 6–1
Loss	16–14	Apr 2025	Wiesbaden Tennis Open, Germany	W100	Clay	Anna Bondár	2–6, 4–6
Loss	16–15	May 2025	Internazionali Femminili di Brescia, Italy	W75	Clay	Kaja Juvan	6–7(1), 5–7

Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (1–3) W10/15 tournaments (7–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (8–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2015	ITF Pörtschach, Austria	10,000	Clay	Mira Antonitsch	Iva Primorac Janina Toljan	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–0	Dec 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Ana Bianca Mihăilă	Anna Morgina Patrycja Polańska	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jan 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Anna Slováková	Nastja Kolar Jasmina Tinjić	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Win	3–1	Jan 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Ágnes Bukta	Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia	1–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win	4–1	Feb 2016	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Ágnes Bukta	Daiana Negreanu Kyra Shroff	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–1	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova	7–5, 6–0
Win	6–1	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Naomi Totka	Lina Gjorcheska Isabella Shinikova	7–5, 1–6, [13–11]
Win	7–1	Mar 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	10,000	Clay	Isabelle Wallace	Claudia Giovine Snehadevi Reddy	6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–2	Jan 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Joséphine Boualem	Chloé Paquet María Teresa Torró Flor	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–3	Sep 2017	ITF Bagnatica, Italy	25,000	Clay	Melanie Stokke	Deborah Chiesa Martina Colmegna	3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win	8–3	May 2019	ITF Caserta, Italy	W25	Clay	Lizette Cabrera	Elena Bogdan Vivien Juhaszová	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–4	Sep 2024	ITF Reus, Spain	W35	Clay	Caroline Werner	Ylena In-Albon María Portillo Ramírez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	8–5	Dec 2024	ITF Tauranga, New Zealand	W35	Hard	Elyse Tse	Hiromi Abe Shiho Akita	2–6, 2–6

Notes

1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
2. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
3. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
4. During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
5. 2014: WTA ranking–952.