Gabriela Sabatini career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of Argentian former 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
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	NH	not Tier I			4R	W	QF	F	F	SF	QF	SF	QF	1 / 9	37–8
Italian Open	not Tier I						SF	W	W	F	2R	3R	A	2 / 6	18–4
Canadian Open	not Tier I						SF	SF	A	3R	QF	SF	3R	0 / 6	14–6
Pan Pacific Open	not Tier I									A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Virginia Slims of Florida	not Tier I				Tier II			W	QF	Tier II			NH	1 / 2	7–1
Charleston Open	not Tier I						A	W	W	SF	2R	2R	2R	2 / 6	13–4
Berlin Open	not Tier I				A	F	3R	3R	A	F	3R	3R	A	0 / 6	13–6
Zürich Open	not Tier I				T IV	T III	Tier II			A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Philadelphia	not held							Tier II		QF	SF	QF	T II	0 / 3	6–3
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	74	12	9	6	4	3	5	3	3	5	7	7	56

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) (5–4)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (10–12)
WTA 250 (Tier III / Tier IV / Tier V) (4–2)
Virginia Slims (4–4)

Surfac
Hard (9–7)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (11–13)
Carpet (7–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	8 April 1985	Hilton Head Island		Clay	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4–6, 2–6
Win	1.	14 October 1985	Tokyo		Hard	Linda Gates	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	4 November 1985	Tampa		Hard	Stephanie Rehe	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7
Loss	3.	28 April 1986	Indianapolis		Clay	Steffi Graf	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Win	2.	1 December 1986	Buenos Aires		Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4.	4 May 1987	Rome		Clay	Steffi Graf	5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win	3.	14 September 1987	Tokyo		Carpet	Manuela Maleeva	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	4.	19 October 1987	Brighton		Carpet	Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–4
Loss	5.	16 November 1987	Virginia Slims Championships		Carpet	Steffi Graf	6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win	5.	30 November 1987	Buenos Aires		Clay	Isabel Cueto	6–0, 6–2
Win	6.	7 March 1988	Boca Raton		Hard	Steffi Graf	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	4 April 1988	Hilton Head Island		Clay	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	7.	11 April 1988	Amelia Island		Clay	Martina Navratilova	0–6, 2–6
Win	7.	2 May 1988	Rome		Clay	Helen Kelesi	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–1
Loss	8.	8 August 1988	Los Angeles		Hard	Chris Evert	6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win	8.	15 August 1988	Montreal		Hard	Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–2
Loss	9.	29 August 1988	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Steffi Graf	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	10.	19 September 1988	Seoul		Hard	Steffi Graf	3–6, 3–6
Win	9.	14 November 1988	Virginia Slims Championships		Carpet	Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Win	10.	20 March 1989	Key Biscayne		Hard	Chris Evert	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win	11.	10 April 1989	Amelia Island		Clay	Steffi Graf	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	11.	17 April 1989	Tampa		Clay	Conchita Martínez	3–6, 2–6
Win	12.	8 May 1989	Rome		Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	12.	15 May 1989	Berlin		Clay	Steffi Graf	3–6, 1–6
Loss	13.	7 August 1989	Los Angeles		Hard	Martina Navratilova	0–6, 2–6
Win	13.	9 October 1989	Filderstadt		Carpet	Mary Joe Fernández	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	14.	5 March 1990	Boca Raton		Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 7–5
Win	15.	27 August 1990	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	14.	8 October 1990	Zürich		Carpet	Steffi Graf	3–6, 2–6
Loss	15.	5 November 1990	Worcester		Carpet	Steffi Graf	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	16.	12 November 1990	Virginia Slims Championships		Carpet	Monica Seles	4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	16.	28 January 1991	Tokyo		Carpet	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	17.	4 March 1991	Boca Raton		Hard	Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	17.	15 March 1991	Key Biscayne		Hard	Monica Seles	3–6, 5–7
Win	18.	1 April 1991	Hilton Head Island		Clay	Leila Meskhi	6–1, 6–1
Win	19.	8 April 1991	Amelia Island		Clay	Steffi Graf	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	20.	6 May 1991	Rome		Clay	Monica Seles	6–3, 6–2
Loss	18.	24 June 1991	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–3, 6–8
Win	21.	6 January 1992	Sydney		Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–1
Win	22.	27 January 1992	Tokyo		Carpet	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	19.	16 March 1992	Key Biscayne		Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 4–6
Win	23.	30 March 1992	Hilton Head Island		Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–1, 6–4
Win	24.	6 April 1992	Amelia Island		Clay	Steffi Graf	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	25.	4 May 1992	Rome		Clay	Monica Seles	7–5, 6–4
Loss	20.	21 September 1992	Tokyo		Carpet	Monica Seles	2–6, 0–6
Loss	21.	12 October 1992	Filderstadt		Carpet	Martina Navratilova	6–7^(1–7), 3–6
Loss	22.	5 April 1993	Amelia Island		Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	23.	3 May 1993	Rome		Clay	Conchita Martínez	5–7, 1–6
Loss	24.	10 May 1993	Berlin		Clay	Steffi Graf	6–7^(3–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss	25.	4 April 1994	Amelia Island		Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 4–6
Loss	26.	16 May 1994	Strasbourg		Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Win	26.	14 November 1994	Virginia Slims Championships		Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Win	27.	9 January 1995	Sydney		Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–4
Loss	27.	3 April 1995	Amelia Island		Clay	Conchita Martínez	1–6, 4–6
Loss	28.	9 October 1995	Filderstadt		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) (3–3)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (1–5)
WTA 250 (Tier III / Tier IV / Tier V) (1–0)
Virginia Slims (8–5)

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.	18 March 1985	São Paulo		Clay	Mercedes Paz	Csilla Bartos Neige Dias	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1.	25 March 1985	Palm Beach Gardens		Clay	Laura Gildemeister	JoAnne Russell Anne Smith	6–1, 1–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	2.	19 August 1985	Monticello		Hard	Mercedes Paz	Andrea Holíková Kateřina Skronská	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	3.	4 November 1985	Tampa		Hard	Carling Bassett	Lisa Bonder Laura Gildemeister	6–0, 6–0
Loss	2.	14 April 1986	Amelia Island		Clay	Catherine Tanvier	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 7–5, 6–7^(7–9)
Win	4.	28 April 1986	Indianapolis		Clay	Steffi Graf	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6–2, 6–0
Loss	3.	26 May 1986	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári	1–6, 2–6
Win	5.	4 August 1986	Montreal		Hard	Zina Garrison	Pam Shriver Helena Suková	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Win	6.	6 October 1986	Zürich		Carpet	Steffi Graf	Lori McNeil Alycia Moulton	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	4.	13 October 1986	Filderstadt		Carpet	Zina Garrison	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	5.	10 November 1986	Chicago		Carpet	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Loss	6.	9 February 1987	San Francisco		Carpet	Zina Garrison	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	7.	13 April 1987	Amelia Island		Clay	Steffi Graf	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	8.	4 May 1987	Rome		Clay	Martina Navratilova	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7.	25 May 1987	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2–6, 1–6
Win	9.	30 November 1987	Buenos Aires		Clay	Mercedes Paz	Jill Hetherington Christiane Jolissaint	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8.	22 February 1988	Washington		Carpet	Helena Suková	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Win	10.	14 March 1988	Key Biscayne		Hard	Steffi Graf	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	9.	4 April 1988	Hilton Head Island		Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Lori McNeil	4–6, 3–6
Win	11.	20 June 1988	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass	Steffi Graf	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Loss	10.	31 October 1988	Worcester		Carpet	Helena Suková	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	11.	29 May 1989	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Steffi Graf	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 4–6
Win	12.	30 July 1990	Montreal		Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Helen Kelesi Raffaella Reggi	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	12.	13 August 1990	Los Angeles		Hard	Mercedes Paz	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	3–6, 5–7
Loss	13.	2 May 1994	Rome		Clay	Brenda Schultz	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 3–6
Loss	14.	7 November 1994	Philadelphia		Carpet	Brenda Schultz	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	13.	6 February 1995	Chicago		Carpet	Brenda Schultz	Marianne Werdel Tami Whitlinger	5–7, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Loss	15.	15 May 1995	Berlin		Clay	Larisa Neiland	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 2–6
Loss	16.	7 August 1995	Los Angeles		Hard	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 5–7
Win	14.	14 August 1995	Toronto		Hard	Brenda Schultz	Martina Hingis Iva Majoli	4–6, 6–0, 6–3

WTA Tour career earnings

Career	1	27	27	8,785,850
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	3
1992	0	5	5	1,207,565	4
1993	0	0	0	957,680	5
1994	0	1	1	874,470	6
1995	0	1	1	718,978	6
1996	0	0	0	178,050	37

Record against other top players

Sabatini's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

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	No. 39	2–6, 6–7	No. 3
1	Miami Open, United States	Category 5	20 March 1989	Hard	1R	Elly Hakami	No. 75	6–0, 6–3	No. 3
2					2R	Catherine Suire	No. 149	6–0, 6–0
3					3R	Belinda Cordwell (23)	No. 36	6–2, 6–1
4					4R	Ann Grossman	No. 54	6–4, 7–6
5					QF	Isabelle Demongeot (25)	No. 38	6–1, 7–5
6					SF	Helena Suková (3)	No. 5	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
7					F	Chris Evert (2)	No. 4	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
–	Amelia Island Championships, United States	Category 5	10 April 1989	Clay	1R	bye			No. 3
8					2R	Mercedes Paz	No. 47	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
9					3R	Jana Pospíšilová	No. 52	6–3, 6–3
10					QF	Angeliki Kanellopoulou	No. 72	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
11					SF	Martina Navratilova (2)	No. 2	6–3, 6–2
12					F	Steffi Graf (1)	No. 1	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
13	Eckerd Open, United States	Category 3	17 April 1989	Clay	1R	Bettina Fulco	No. 30	7–5, 6–2	No. 3
14					2R	Isabel Cueto	No. 32	6–1, 6–1
15					QF	Linda Ferrando	No. 62	6–2, 6–3
16					SF	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)	No. 18	6–4, 6–4
–					F	Conchita Martínez (8)	No. 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)	No. 1	3–6, 5–7	No. 4
–	Family Circle Cup, United States	Tier I	1 April 1991	Hard	1R	bye			No. 4
1					2R	Linda Harvey-Wild	No. 94	6–0, 6–0
2					3R	Helen Kelesi (10)	No. 19	6–3, 6–2
3					QF	Helena Suková (7)	No. 13	6–0, 6–1
4					SF	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	No. 7	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5					F	Leila Meskhi (9)	No. 17	6–1, 6–1
–	Amelia Island Championships, United States	Tier II	8 April 1991	Clay	1R	bye			No. 4
6					2R	Federica Bonsignori	No. 40	6–1, 6–0
7					3R	Luanne Spadea (Q)	No. 243	6–0, 6–1
8					QF	Helena Suková (5)	No. 13	6–2, 6–1
9					SF	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	No. 5	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
10					F	Steffi Graf (1)	No. 2	7–5, 7–6
–	Italian Open, Italy	Tier I	6 May 1991	Clay	1R	bye			No. 3
11					2R	Amanda Coetzer	No. 103	6–2, 6–2
12					3R	Nathalie Tauziat (9)	No. 15	6–0, 6–1
13					QF	Jennifer Capriati (7)	No. 12	6–0, 6–2
14					SF	Conchita Martínez (5)	No. 8	6–1, 6–0
15					F	Monica Seles (1)	No. 1	6–3, 6–2
–	German Open, Germany	Tier I	13 May 1991	Clay	1R	bye			No. 3
16					2R	Naoko Sawamatsu	No. 57	6–1, 6–0
–					3R	Anke Huber (14)	No. 22	5–7, 3–6

Notes

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

References

External links

Gabriela Sabatini at the Women's Tennis Association
Gabriela Sabatini at the International Tennis Federation
Gabriela Sabatini at the Billie Jean King Cup
Gabriela Sabatini at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

[WR_note-1] Winning rate

[WTAFinals_note1-2] Formerly known as:
Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)

WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)

[3] Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)

[4] WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)

[WTA1000_note1-3] Formerly known as:
Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)

Tier I (until 2009)

WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)

[6] Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)

[7] Tier I (until 2009)

[8] WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)

[WTA500_note1-4] Formerly known as:
Category 3 (until 1990)

Tier II (until 2009)

WTA Premier (until 2021)

[10] Category 3 (until 1990)

[11] Tier II (until 2009)

[12] WTA Premier (until 2021)

[WTA250_note1-5] Formerly known as:
Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)

Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)

WTA International (until 2021)

[14] Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)

[15] Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)

[16] WTA International (until 2021)

[Earnings-6] Includes singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]