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Gabriela Niculescu

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Gabriela Niculescu
Full nameGabriela Niculescu
Country (sports) Romania
Born (1986-06-07) 7 June 1986 (age 38)
Socialist Republic of Romania
Turned pro2002
Retired2008
PlaysRight Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money$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

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She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu.[2]

ITF finals

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Singles (1–2)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 18 July 2004 Bucharest, Romania Clay Czech Republic Petra Novotníková 5–7, 6–7
Loss 2. 28 November 2004 Cairo, Egypt Clay Ukraine Yuliya Ustyuzhanina 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. 8 May 2005 Antalya, Turkey Clay France Aurélie Védy 5–7, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles (25-11)

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

References

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