Gabriela Sabatini
Sabatini at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, January 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | Argentina | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1970 Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $8,785,850 | ||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2006 (member page) | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 632–189 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (27 February 1989) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (1989, 1992, 1993, 1994) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1991) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (1990) | ||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | W (1988, 1994) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | F (1988) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 252–96 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (6 November 1988) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (1989) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | F (1986, 1987, 1989) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1988) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996) | ||||||||||||||
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Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (Spanish pronunciation: [gaˈβɾjela saβaˈtini]; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 titles across both disciplines.
In singles, Sabatini won the 1990 US Open, the WTA Finals in 1988 and 1994, and was runner-up at Wimbledon 1991, the 1988 US Open, and the silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics. In doubles, she won Wimbledon in 1988 partnering Steffi Graf, and reached three French Open finals. Among Open Era players who did not reach the world No. 1 ranking, Sabatini has the most wins over reigning No. 1 players. In 2006, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and in 2018 Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 20th-greatest female player of the preceding 50 years.