Gioia Barbieri
Gioia Barbieri is an Italian retired professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Barbieri was born in Forlimpopoli. She trained at the San Marino Tennis Academy, and was coached by Claudio Pistolesi. Her father is Andrea, her mother is Marcella and she has one sister called Maria Sole.Barbieri won eight singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 15 September 2014, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 170, whilst her best doubles ranking was 165, which she achieved on 13 April 2015, having reached the final of the 2015 Katowice Open.
İn June 2016, Barbieri announced her retirement from professional tennis, via her Facebook account, to start working on the family estate.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 12 April 2015 | Katowice Open, Poland | Hard | Karin Knapp | Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs | 5–7, 6–4, |
ITF finals
Singles: 10 (8–2)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 18 July 2010 | Imola, Italy | Carpet | Verdiana Verardi | 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 14 February 2011 | Leimen, Germany | Hard | Korina Perkovic | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 27 February 2012 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | Ana Savić | 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 23 July 2012 | Viserba, Italy | Clay | Yuliana Lizarazo | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 19 August 2013 | Pörtschach, Austria | Clay | Nastja Kolar | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 1 September 2013 | Bagnatica, Italy | Clay | Anne Schäfer | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 6. | 27 October 2013 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Nina Bratchikova | 3–6, 6–3, 3–0 ret. |
Winner | 7. | 1 June 2014 | Grado, Italy | Clay | Kateryna Kozlova | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 28 March 2015 | Solarino, Italy | Hard | Federica Bilardo | 7–6, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 13 March 2016 | Amiens, France | Clay | Laura Schaeder | 6–1, 3–6, 3–6 |