Gabriela Sabatini career statistics

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR[a]
Singles Grand Slam 1 2 3 0.33
Summer Olympics 0 1 1 0.00
WTA Finals[b] 2 2 4 0.50
WTA 1000[c] 13 9 22 0.59
WTA 500[d] 7 10 17 0.41
WTA 250[e] 3 1 4 0.75
Virginia Slims 1 3 4 0.25
Total 27 28 55 0.49
Doubles Grand Slam 1 3 4 0.25
Summer Olympics
WTA Finals[b]
WTA 1000[c] 4 6 10 0.40
WTA 500[d] 2 3 5 0.40
WTA 250[e] 1 0 1 1.00
Virginia Slims 6 4 10 0.60
Total 14 16 30 0.47
Total 41 44 85 0.48

This is a list of the main career statistics of Argentine former female professional tennis player Gabriela Sabatini.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Singles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A NH A A SF 3R QF SF SF SF 1R 4R 0 / 8 30–8  – 
French Open A SF 4R SF SF 4R 4R SF SF QF 1R QF A 0 / 11 43–11  – 
Wimbledon A 3R SF QF 4R 2R SF F SF QF 4R QF A 0 / 11 43–11  – 
US Open 3R 1R 4R QF F SF W QF QF QF SF SF 3R 1 / 13 52–12  – 
Win–loss 2–1 7–3 11–3 13–3 14–3 14–4 17–3 19–4 19–4 17–4 13–4 13–4 5–2 1 / 43 168–42  – 
Year-end championship
WTA Finals A A 1R F W SF F SF SF 1R W QF A 2 / 10 21–9  – 
WTA 1000 + former tournaments
Miami Open NMS 4R 4R W QF F F SF QF SF QF 1 / 10 40–9  – 
Italian Open NH/NMS W SF W W F 2R 3R A 3 / 7 23–4  – 
Canadian Open NMS QF W SF SF SF A 3R QF SF 3R 1 / 9 24–8  – 
Pan Pacific Open NMS W A QF NMS A 2R A 1R 1 / 4 6–3  – 
Berlin Open NMS A A F 3R 3R A F 3R 3R A 0 / 6 12–6  – 
Charleston Open NMS SF F A A W W SF 2R 2R 2R 2 / 8 20–6  – 
Zürich Open NMS A NMS A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1  – 
Philadelphia Championships NH/NMS QF SF QF NMS 0 / 3 6–3  – 
Virginia Slims of Florida NMS SF W 3R NMS W QF NH/NMS 2 / 5 16–3  – 
Ameritech Cup NMS NMS QF A A NH/NMS 0 / 1 1–1  – 
Silicon Valley Classic NMS NMS SF A NMS 0 / 1 3–1  – 
Virginia Slims of Washington NMS NMS SF A NH/NMS 0 / 1 3–1  – 
Amelia Island Championships NMS SF F W NMS 1 / 3 12–2  – 
Eastbourne International NMS QF QF A NMS 0 / 2 6–2  – 
Stuttgart Open NMS NMS 1R W NMS 1 / 2 5–1  – 
LA Championships NMS SF F F NMS 0 / 3 11–3  – 
Brighton International NMS W A A NH/NMS 1 / 1 5–0  – 
Virginia Slims of New England NMS SF SF SF NH/NMS 0 / 3 9–3  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 32–8 38–10 38–6 10–4 24–3 17–2 18–6 10–7 10–6 5–5 13 / 70 202-57  – 
Career statistics
Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 5 19 22 19 18 16 16 16 17 18 18 17 10 Career total: 211
Year-end ranking 74 12 9 6 4 3 5 3 3 5 7 7 56 $8,785,850

Doubles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR
Australian Open A A NH A A SF 2R 3R A A A 2R QF 0 / 5
French Open A 1R F F SF F A SF A A 3R 3R A 0 / 8
Wimbledon A 2R A 3R W QF QF A A A 1R SF A 1 / 7
US Open A 1R SF SF SF SF 3R A A A SF 2R SF 0 / 9
Win–loss 1 / 29
Year-end championship
WTA Finals A A A SF SF SF A A A A A QF A 1 / 29
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 128 54 9 5 3 19 29 55 NR NR 14 13 NR

Significant finals

Grand Slams

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1988 US Open Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 1990 US Open Hard Steffi Graf 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1991 Wimbledon Grass Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–3, 6–8

Women's doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1986 French Open Clay  Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
 Andrea Temesvári
1–6, 2–6
Loss 1987 French Open Clay  Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
 Pam Shriver
2–6, 1–6
Win 1988 Wimbledon Grass  Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
 Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Loss 1989 French Open Clay  Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
 Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 4–6

Olympics

Singles: 1 (1 silver medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Silver 1988 Seoul Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 3–6

WTA Finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1987 Virginia Slims Championships, United States Carpet Steffi Graf 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win 1988 Virginia Slims Championships, United States Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1990 Virginia Slims Championships, United States Carpet Monica Seles 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1994 Virginia Slims Championships, United States Carpet Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 55 (27 titles, 28 runner–ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
Finals (2–2)
Olympic Games (0–1)
WTA 1000 (Tier I) (13–9)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (7–10)
WTA 250 (Tier III / Tier IV / Tier V) (3–1)
Virginia Slims (1–3)
Surfac
Hard (9–7)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (11–13)
Carpet (7–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Apr 1985 Hilton Head Island Virginia Slims Clay Chris Evert-Lloyd 4–6, 2–6
Win 1. Oct 1985 Tokyo Virginia Slims Hard Linda Gates 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2. Nov 1985 Tampa Virginia Slims Hard Stephanie Rehe 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Loss 3. Apr 1986 Indianapolis Virginia Slims Clay Steffi Graf 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 2. Dec 1986 Buenos Aires Category 1 Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–1
Loss 4. May 1987 Rome Category 3 Clay Steffi Graf 5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win 3. Sep 1987 Tokyo Category 4 Carpet Manuela Maleeva 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 4. Oct 1987 Brighton Category 4 Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5. Nov 1987 Virginia Slims Championships Finals Carpet Steffi Graf 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win 5. Nov 1987 Buenos Aires Category 1 Clay Isabel Cueto 6–0, 6–2
Win 6. Mar 1988 Boca Raton Category 5 Hard Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 6. Apr 1988 Hilton Head Island Category 5 Clay Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 7. Apr 1988 Amelia Island Category 5 Clay Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Win 7. May 1988 Rome Category 3 Clay Helen Kelesi 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Loss 8. Aug 1988 Los Angeles Category 5 Hard Chris Evert 6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win 8. Aug 1988 Montreal Category 5 Hard Natasha Zvereva 6–1, 6–2
Loss 9. Aug 1988 US Open Grand Slam Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 10. Sep 1988 Seoul Olympics Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 3–6
Win 9. Nov 1988 Virginia Slims Championships Finals Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Win 10. Mar 1989 Key Biscayne Category 5 Hard Chris Evert 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 11. Apr 1989 Amelia Island Category 5 Clay Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 11. Apr 1989 Tampa Category 3 Clay Conchita Martínez 3–6, 2–6
Win 12. May 1989 Rome Category 5 Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 12. May 1989 Berlin Category 5 Clay Steffi Graf 3–6, 1–6
Loss 13. Aug 1989 Los Angeles Category 5 Hard Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Win 13. Oct 1989 Filderstadt Category 4 Carpet Mary Joe Fernández 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 14. Mar 1990 Boca Raton Tier II Hard Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 7–5
Win 15. Aug 1990 US Open Grand Slam Hard Steffi Graf 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 14. Oct 1990 Zürich Tier II Carpet Steffi Graf 3–6, 2–6
Loss 15. Nov 1990 Worcester Tier II Carpet Steffi Graf 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 16. Nov 1990 Virginia Slims Championships Finals Carpet Monica Seles 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 16. Jan 1991 Tokyo Tier II Carpet Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 17. Mar 1991 Boca Raton Tier I Hard Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 17. Mar 1991 Key Biscayne Tier I Hard Monica Seles 3–6, 5–7
Win 18. Apr 1991 Hilton Head Island Tier I Clay Leila Meskhi 6–1, 6–1
Win 19. Apr 1991 Amelia Island Tier II Clay Steffi Graf 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 20. May 1991 Rome Tier I Clay Monica Seles 6–3, 6–2
Loss 18. Jun 1991 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–3, 6–8
Win 21. Jan 1992 Sydney Tier III Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–1
Win 22. Jan 1992 Tokyo Tier II Carpet Martina Navratilova 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 19. Mar 1992 Key Biscayne Tier I Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 4–6
Win 23. Mar 1992 Hilton Head Island Tier I Clay Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–4
Win 24. Apr 1992 Amelia Island Tier II Clay Steffi Graf 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win 25. May 1992 Rome Tier I Clay Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4
Loss 20. Sep 1992 Tokyo Tier II Carpet Monica Seles 2–6, 0–6
Loss 21. Oct 1992 Filderstadt Tier II Carpet Martina Navratilova 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss 22. Apr 1993 Amelia Island Tier II Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 23. May 1993 Rome Tier I Clay Conchita Martínez 5–7, 1–6
Loss 24. May 1993 Berlin Tier I Clay Steffi Graf 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss 25. Apr 1994 Amelia Island Tier II Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 4–6
Loss 26. May 1994 Strasbourg Tier III Clay Mary Joe Fernández 6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Win 26. Nov 1994 Virginia Slims Championships Finals Carpet Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Win 27. Jan 1995 Sydney Tier II Hard Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4
Loss 27. 3 April 1995 Amelia Island Tier II Clay Conchita Martínez 1–6, 4–6
Loss 28. Oct 1995 Filderstadt Tier II Carpet Iva Majoli 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

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

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–3)
WTA 1000 (Tier I) (4–6)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (2–3)
WTA 250 (Tier III / Tier IV / Tier V) (1–0)
Virginia Slims (6–4)
Surface
Hard (6–2)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (5–8)
Carpet (2–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Mar 1985 São Paulo Virginia Slims Clay Mercedes Paz Csilla Bartos
Neige Dias
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1. Mar 1985 Palm Beach Gardens Virginia Slims Clay Laura Gildemeister JoAnne Russell
Anne Smith
6–1, 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 2. Aug 1985 Monticello Virginia Slims Hard Mercedes Paz Andrea Holíková
Kateřina Skronská
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 3. Nov 1985 Tampa Virginia Slims Hard Carling Bassett Lisa Bonder
Laura Gildemeister
6–0, 6–0
Loss 2. Apr 1986 Amelia Island Virginia Slims Clay Catherine Tanvier Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(7–9)
Win 4. Apr 1986 Indianapolis Virginia Slims Clay Steffi Graf Gigi Fernández
Robin White
6–2, 6–0
Loss 3. May 1986 French Open Grand Slam Clay Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
Andrea Temesvári
1–6, 2–6
Win 5. Aug 1986 Montreal Virginia Slims Hard Zina Garrison Pam Shriver
Helena Suková
7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Win 6. Oct 1986 Zürich Virginia Slims Carpet Steffi Graf Lori McNeil
Alycia Moulton
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. Oct 1986 Filderstadt Virginia Slims Carpet Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 5. Nov 1986 Chicago Virginia Slims Carpet Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 6. Feb 1987 San Francisco Category 3 Carpet Zina Garrison Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 7. Apr 1987 Amelia Island Category 4 Clay Steffi Graf Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 8. May 1987 Rome Category 3 Clay Martina Navratilova Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
6–4, 6–1
Loss 7. May 1987 French Open Grand Slam Clay Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
2–6, 1–6
Win 9. Nov 1987 Buenos Aires Category 1 Clay Mercedes Paz Jill Hetherington
Christiane Jolissaint
6–2, 6–2
Loss 8. Feb 1988 Washington Category 5 Carpet Helena Suková Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Win 10. Mar 1988 Key Biscayne Category 6 Hard Steffi Graf Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 9. Apr 1988 Hilton Head Island Category 5 Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Lori McNeil
4–6, 3–6
Win 11. Jun 1988 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Loss 10. Oct 1988 Worcester Category 5 Carpet Helena Suková Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 11. May 1989 French Open Grand Slam Clay Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 4–6
Win 12. Jul 1990 Montreal Tier I Hard Betsy Nagelsen Helen Kelesi
Raffaella Reggi
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 12. Aug 1990 Los Angeles Tier II Hard Mercedes Paz Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná
3–6, 5–7
Loss 13. May 1994 Rome Tier I Clay Brenda Schultz Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
1–6, 3–6
Loss 14. Nov 1994 Philadelphia Tier I Carpet Brenda Schultz Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win 13. Feb 1995 Chicago Tier II Carpet Brenda Schultz Marianne Werdel
Tami Whitlinger
5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 15. May 1995 Berlin Tier I Clay Larisa Neiland Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 16. Aug 1995 Los Angeles Tier II Hard Larisa Neiland Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
5–7, 7–6(7–2), 5–7
Win 14. Aug 1995 Toronto Tier I Hard Brenda Schultz Martina Hingis
Iva Majoli
4–6, 6–0, 6–3

WTA Tour career earnings

Year Grand Slam
titles[f]
WTA
titles[f]
Total
titles[f]
Earnings ($) Money list rank
1984–85 0 1 1 398,784 n/a
1986 0 1 1 264,139 8
1987 0 3 3 465,933 6
1988 0 4 4 995,399 3
1989 0 4 4 580,801 3
1990 1 2 2 975,490 4
1991 0 5 5 1,168,561 Archived 3 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 3
1992 0 5 5 1,207,565 4
1993 0 0 0 957,680 Archived 3 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine 5
1994 0 1 1 874,470 6
1995 0 1 1 718,978 6
1996 0 0 0 178,050 37
Career 1 27 27 8,785,850

Record against other top players

Top 10 wins

Longest winning streaks

First 16–match singles winning streak (1989)

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score GSR
Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Category 5 13 March 1989 Hard 3R Terry Phelps 39 2–6, 6–7 3
1 Miami Open, United States Category 5 20 March 1989 Hard 1R Elly Hakami 75 6–0, 6–3 3
2 2R Catherine Suire 149 6–0, 6–0
3 3R Belinda Cordwell (23) 36 6–2, 6–1
4 4R Ann Grossman 54 6–4, 7–6
5 QF Isabelle Demongeot (25) 38 6–1, 7–5
6 SF Helena Suková (3) 5 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
7 F Chris Evert (2) 4 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Amelia Island Championships, United States Category 5 10 April 1989 Clay 1R bye 3
8 2R Mercedes Paz 47 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
9 3R Jana Pospíšilová 52 6–3, 6–3
10 QF Angeliki Kanellopoulou 72 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
11 SF Martina Navratilova (2) 2 6–3, 6–2
12 F Steffi Graf (1) 1 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
13 Eckerd Open, United States Category 3 17 April 1989 Clay 1R Bettina Fulco 30 7–5, 6–2 3
14 2R Isabel Cueto 32 6–1, 6–1
15 QF Linda Ferrando 62 6–2, 6–3
16 SF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) 18 6–4, 6–4
F Conchita Martínez (8) 25 3–6, 2–6

Second 16–match singles winning streak (1991)

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score GSR
Miami Open, United States Tier I 18 March 1991 Hard F Monica Seles (2) 1 3–6, 5–7 4
Family Circle Cup, United States Tier I 1 April 1991 Hard 1R bye 4
1 2R Linda Harvey-Wild 94 6–0, 6–0
2 3R Helen Kelesi (10) 19 6–3, 6–2
3 QF Helena Suková (7) 13 6–0, 6–1
4 SF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) 7 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5 F Leila Meskhi (9) 17 6–1, 6–1
Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II 8 April 1991 Clay 1R bye 4
6 2R Federica Bonsignori 40 6–1, 6–0
7 3R Luanne Spadea (Q) 243 6–0, 6–1
8 QF Helena Suková (5) 13 6–2, 6–1
9 SF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) 5 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
10 F Steffi Graf (1) 2 7–5, 7–6
Italian Open, Italy Tier I 6 May 1991 Clay 1R bye 3
11 2R Amanda Coetzer 103 6–2, 6–2
12 3R Nathalie Tauziat (9) 15 6–0, 6–1
13 QF Jennifer Capriati (7) 12 6–0, 6–2
14 SF Conchita Martínez (5) 8 6–1, 6–0
15 F Monica Seles (1) 1 6–3, 6–2
German Open, Germany Tier I 13 May 1991 Clay 1R bye 3
16 2R Naoko Sawamatsu 57 6–1, 6–0
3R Anke Huber (14) 22 5–7, 3–6

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Winning rate
  2. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)
    • WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)
  3. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)
    • Tier I (until 2009)
    • WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)
  4. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Category 3 (until 1990)
    • Tier II (until 2009)
    • WTA Premier (until 2021)
  5. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)
    • Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)
    • WTA International (until 2021)
  6. ^ a b c Includes singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.

References