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Gabriela
Sabatini

ARG
5'9" (1.75 m)

Career Stats

Highest Singles Rank
3
27 Feb 89
Singles Titles
27
Won / Lost
632 / 189
Prize Money
$8,785,850
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  • Parents are Osvaldo and Beatriz Garofalo Sabatini; father was an executive in General Motors... Brother, Osvaldo, is an actor and producer... In 1983, age 13, she became youngest player ever to win the Orange Bowl... Captured girls' singles at 1984 Roland Garros and the US Open girls' doubles with fellow Argentinian Mercedes Paz... Rose to world No. 1 in the junior rankings in 1984... Won 1990 US Open, defeating Stefanie Graf in final – only Argentine woman to date to win a Grand Slam singles title. Reached SF on Roland Garros debut, aged 15 years, 3 weeks – was youngest to do so at time... Played at WTA Finals in singles 10 times (won title in 1988, 1994), including four years competing in both singles and doubles competition... Played in first five-set women’s match since 1901 in 1990 WTA Finals championship match (l. Seles). Won Olympic singles silver medal in 1988; carried Argentine flag in opening ceremony... Inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006... In 2019, received the ITF's highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, for her achievements both during her tennis career and post-retirement charity work, specifically her work involving UNICEF, UNESCO and the Special Olympics... Continues to promote a line of fragrances that made debut in 1989, in partnership with German perfume company Mülhens.

Plays

Right-Handed

Career High

3

Height

5'9" (1.75 m)

Birthday

May 16, 1970 May 16, 1970

Birthplace

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (27): 1995 - Sydney; 1994 - Virginia Slims Championships; 1992 - Sydney, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Rome; 1991 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Boca Raton, Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Rome; 1990 - US Open, Boca Raton; 1989 - Miami, Amelia Island, Rome, Filderstadt; 1988 - Virginia Slims Championships, Boca Raton, Rome, Montreal; 1987 - Brighton, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Buenos Aires; 1986 - Buenos Aires; 1985 - Tokyo [Japan Open].
Finalist (28): 1995 - Amelia Island, Filderstadt; 1994 - Amelia Island, Strasbourg; 1993 - Amelia Island, Rome, Berlin; 1992 - Miami, Tokyo [Nichirei], Filderstadt; 1991 - Miami, Wimbledon; 1990 - Zurich, Worcester, Tour Championships; 1989 - Tampa, Berlin, Los Angeles; 1988 - Hilton Head, Amelia Island, Los Angeles, US Open, Olympics; 1987 - Rome, Tour Championships; 1986 - Indianapolis; 1985 - Hilton Head, Tampa.
DOUBLES
Winner (14): 1995 - Chicago, Toronto (both w/Schultz-McCarthy); 1990 - Montreal (w/Nagelsen); 1988 - Wimbledon, Miami (both w/Graf); 1987 - Rome (w/Navratilova), Amelia Island (w/Graf), Buenos Aires (w/Paz); 1986 - Indianapolis, Zurich (both w/Graf), Montreal (w/Garrison); 1985 - Tampa (w/Bassett Seguso), Buenos Aires, Monticello (both w/Paz).
Finalist (16): 1995 - Berlin, Los Angeles (both w/Neiland); 1994 - Rome, Philadelphia (both w/Schultz-McCarthy); 1990 - Los Angeles (w/Paz); 1989 - Roland Garros (w/Graf); 1988 - Washington DC, Worcester (both w/Sukova), Hilton Head (w/Kohde-Kilsch); 1987 - San Francisco (w/Garrison), Roland Garros (w/Graf); 1986 - Roland Garros, Chicago (both w/Graf), Amelia Island (w/Tanvier), Filderstadt (w/Garrison); 1985 - Palm Beach Gardens (w/Arraya).

ADDITIONAL
Argentine Fed Cup Team 1985-87, 95. Argentine Olympic Team 1988, 1996.