Gabriela Niculescu

Gabriela Niculescu
Full nameGabriela Niculescu
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1986-06-07) 7 June 1986
Socialist Republic of Romania
Turned pro2002
Retired2008
PlaysRight Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize moneyUS$32,208
Singles
Career record91–67
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 376 (4 July 2005)
Doubles
Career record157–43
Career titles0 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 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 4 July 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 376; her best doubles ranking was 199 on 20 February 2006.

In 2008 playing for the University of Southern California in doubles, teamed up with American player 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
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 18 July 2004 Bucharest, Romania Clay Petra Novotníková 5–7, 6–7
Loss 2. 28 November 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Yuliya Ustyuzhanina 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. 8 May 2005 Antalya, Turkey Clay Aurélie Védy 5–7, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles (25-11)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 18 August 2002 Bucharest, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Radoslava Topalova
Virginia Trifonova 		4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2. 26 August 2002 Bucharest, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Iveta Gerlová
Nina Nittinger 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 3. 16 March 2003 Makarska, Croatia Clay Monica Niculescu Stefanie Haidner
Daniela Klemenschits 		6–3, 6–7(7), 4–6
Win 4. 31 March 2003 Makarska, Croatia Clay Monica Niculescu Darija Jurak
Maria Jedlicková 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 5. 20 April 2003 Dubrovnik, Croatia Clay Monica Niculescu Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Darija Jurak 		2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 6. 17 August 2003 Bucharest, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Anna Bastrikova
Elena Vesnina 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 31 August 2003 Timișoara, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Julia Ács
Vasilisa Davydova 		4–6, 3–6
Win 8. 23 May 2004 Bucharest, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Lenore Lazaroiu
Andra Savu 		6–4, 6–2
Win 9. 6 June 2004 Constanța, Romania Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Bianca Bonifate
Diana Gae 		6–4, 6–3
Win 10. 13 June 2004 Pitești, Romania Clay Mihaela Buzărnescu Andrea Benítez
Estefanía Craciún 		6–4, 6–4
Win 11. 15 August 2004 Târgu Mureș, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Simona Matei
Barbara Pócza 		7–5, 6–1
Win 12. 22 August 2004 Iași, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Nadine Schlotterer
Eva Valková 		7–5, 6–1
Win 13. 29 August 2004 Timişoara, Romania Clay Sorana Cîrstea Lenore Lazaroiu
Raluca Olaru 		6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Win 14. 5 September 2004 Arad, Romania Clay Sorana Cîrstea Yevgenia Savransky
Sandra Záhlavová 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 15. 19 September 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Sandra Záhlavová Kyra Nagy
Virág Németh 		6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Win 16. 6 February 2005 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard Mădălina Gojnea Irina Buryachok
Olga Panova 		6–3, 6–4
Win 17. 20 March 2005 Cairo, Egypt Clay Monica Niculescu Hanna Andreyeva
Valeria Bondarenko 		6–2, 6–3
Win 18. 27 March 2005 Ain Sokhna, Egypt Clay Monica Niculescu Laura-Ramona Husaru
Sarah Raab 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 19. 17 April 2005 Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Monica Niculescu Lucie Hradecká
Sandra Záhlavová 		4–6, 3–6
Win 20. 8 May 2005 Antalya, Turkey Clay Monica Niculescu Irina Buryachok
Olga Panova 		6–3, 6–4
Win 21. 15 May 2005 Antalya, Turkey Clay Monica Niculescu Renata Kucerková
Kathrin Wörle 		6–7, 6–0, 6–0
Win 22. 21 May 2005 Pitești, Romania Clay Mădălina Gojnea Vojislava Lukić
Andrea Popović 		6–4, 6–3
Win 23. 28 May 2005 Balș, Romania Clay Bianca Bonifate Lenka Dlhopolcová
Alexandra Iacob 		6–2, 7–5
Win 24. 25 June 2005 Bucharest, Romania Clay Corina Corduneanu Elena Chalova
Ekaterina Lopes 		6–2, 6–4
Win 25. 3 July 2005 Galați, Romania Clay Corina Corduneanu Vasilisa Davydova
Olga Panova 		6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Win 26. 23 July 2005 Bucharest, Romania Clay Mădălina Gojnea Ágnes Szatmári
Oksana Teplyakova 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 27. 23 October 2005 Sevilla, Spain Clay Monica Niculescu Sara Errani
María José Martínez Sánchez 		2–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 28. 9 April 2006 Athens, Greece Clay Monica Niculescu Olga Brózda
Margit Rüütel 		6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win 29. 7 May 2006 Bucharest, Romania Clay Sorana Cîrstea Simona Matei
Raluca Olaru 		6–4, 0–6, 7–6(3)
Win 30. 14 May 2006 Bucharest, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Sorana Cîrstea
Diana Buzean 		6–3, 6–0
Win 31. 25 June 2006 Bucharest, Romania Clay Monica Niculescu Raluca Ciulei
Neda Kozić 		6–2, 6–1
Win 32. 30 July 2006 Arad, Romania Clay Laura Ioana Paar Karolina Jovanović
Neda Kozić 		6–2, 6–3
Win 33. 6 August 2006 Bucharest, Romania Clay Laura Ioana Paar Maria Luiza Crăciun
Ágnes Szatmári 		6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 34. 24 June 2007 Bucharest, Romania Clay Maria Luiza Crăciun Kateryna Herth
Oksana Uzhylovska 		5–7, 3–6
Win 35. 19 August 2007 Constanța, Romania Clay Diana Gae Alexandra Damaschin
Lenore Lazaroiu 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 36. 11 July 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay Mihaela Bunea Irina-Camelia Begu
Ioana Gașpar 		6–4, 3–6, [3–10]

References

  1. ^ "AMANDA FINK; Tennis - 2015". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ "Monica Niculescu biography". tennis.com.


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