Gabriela Niculescu
Full name | Gabriela Niculescu |
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Country (sports) | Romania |
Born | Socialist Republic of Romania | 7 June 1986
Turned pro | 2002 |
Retired | 2008 |
Plays | Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand) |
Prize money | $32,208 |
Singles | |
Career record | 91–67 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 376 (4 July 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 157–43 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 25 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 199 (20 February 2006) |
Gabriela Niculescu (born 7 June 1986) is a retired professional tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On July 4, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 376, and her best doubles ranking was 199 on February 20, 2006.
In 2008 playing for the University of Southern California in doubles, teamed up with Amanda Fink, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.[1]
She became a national platform tennis champion after retiring from professional tennis. She won titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
Personal life[]
She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu.[2]
ITF finals[]
Singles (1–2)[]
Legend |
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$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 18 July 2004 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | 5-7, 6-7 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 28 November 2004 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | 4-6, 4-6 | |
Winner | 3. | 8 May 2005 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Aurélie Védy | 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 |
Doubles (25-11)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 18 August 2002 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Radoslava Topalova |
4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 26 August 2002 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Iveta Gerlová Nina Nittinger |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 16 March 2003 | Makarska, Croatia | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Stefanie Haidner Daniela Klemenschits |
6–3, 6–7(7), 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 31 March 2003 | Makarska, Croatia | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Darija Jurak |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 20 April 2003 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak |
2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 17 August 2003 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Anna Bastrikova Elena Vesnina |
4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 31 August 2003 | Timișoara, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Vasilisa Davydova |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 8. | 23 May 2004 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 9. | 6 June 2004 | Constanţa, Romania | Clay | Mihaela Buzărnescu | |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 10. | 13 June 2004 | Piteşti, Romania | Clay | Mihaela Buzărnescu | Andrea Benítez Estefania Craciún |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 11. | 15 August 2004 | Târgu Mureș, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Simona Matei Barbara Pócza |
7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 22 August 2004 | Iași, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | |
7–5, 6–1 |
Winner | 13. | 29 August 2004 | Timişoara, Romania | Clay | Sorana Cîrstea | Raluca Olaru |
6–1, 2–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 5 September 2004 | Arad, Romania | Clay | Sorana Cîrstea | Yevgenia Savransky Sandra Záhlavová |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 15. | 19 September 2004 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Sandra Záhlavová | Kyra Nagy Virág Németh |
6–2, 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 16. | 6 February 2005 | Vale do Lobo, Portugal | Hard | Mădălina Gojnea | Irina Buryachok Olga Panova |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | 20 March 2005 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Valeria Bondarenko |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 18. | 27 March 2005 | Ain Sokhna, Egypt | Clay | Monica Niculescu | |
6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 19. | 17 April 2005 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 20. | 8 May 2005 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Irina Buryachok Olga Panova |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 21. | 15 May 2005 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Kathrin Woerle |
6–7, 6–0, 6–0 |
Winner | 22. | 21 May 2005 | Pitești, Romania | Clay | Mădălina Gojnea | Vojislava Lukić |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 23. | 28 May 2005 | Balș, Romania | Clay | Lenka Dlhopolcová |
6–2, 7–5 | |
Winner | 24. | 25 June 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Corina Corduneanu | Elena Chalova Ekaterina Lopes |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 25. | 3 July 2005 | Galați, Romania | Clay | Corina Corduneanu | Vasilisa Davydova Olga Panova |
6-4, 5-7, 6-1 |
Winner | 26. | 23 July 2005 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Mădălina Gojnea | Ágnes Szatmári |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 27. | 23 October 2005 | Sevilla, Spain | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez |
2–6, 6–7(5) |
Runner-up | 28. | 9 April 2006 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Olga Brózda Margit Rüütel |
6–2, 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 29. | 7 May 2006 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Sorana Cîrstea | Simona Matei Raluca Olaru |
6–4, 0–6, 7–6(3) |
Winner | 30. | 14 May 2006 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Sorana Cîrstea Diana Buzean |
6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 31. | 25 June 2006 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Monica Niculescu | Neda Kozić |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 32. | 30 July 2006 | Arad, Romania | Clay | Laura Ioana Paar | Karolina Jovanović Neda Kozić |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 33. | 6 August 2006 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Laura Ioana Paar | Ágnes Szatmári |
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 34. | 24 June 2007 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | |
5-7, 3-6 | |
Winner | 35. | 19 August 2007 | Constanţa, Romania | Clay | |
6–3, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 36. | 11 July 2008 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Irina-Camelia Begu Ioana Gașpar |
6–4, 3–6, [3–10] |
References[]
- ^ "AMANDA FINK; Tennis - 2015". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Monica Niculescu biography". tennis.com.
External links[]
- Gabriela Niculescu at the Women's Tennis Association
- Gabriela Niculescu at the International Tennis Federation
- Gabriela Niculescu at the Billie Jean King Cup
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Romanian female tennis players
- Romanian tennis biography stubs