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)

OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.12 April 2015Katowice Open, PolandHard Karin Knapp Ysaline Bonaventure
Demi Schuurs
5–7, 6–4,

ITF finals

Singles: 10 (8–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.18 July 2010Imola, ItalyCarpet Verdiana Verardi6–1, 6–1
Winner2.14 February 2011Leimen, GermanyHard Korina Perkovic6–4, 6–2
Runner-up1.27 February 2012Antalya, TurkeyClay Ana Savić3–6, 4–6
Winner3.23 July 2012Viserba, ItalyClay Yuliana Lizarazo6–4, 6–4
Winner4.19 August 2013Pörtschach, AustriaClay Nastja Kolar6–2, 6–3
Winner5.1 September 2013Bagnatica, ItalyClay Anne Schäfer6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner6.27 October 2013Lagos, NigeriaHard Nina Bratchikova3–6, 6–3, 3–0 ret.
Winner7.1 June 2014Grado, ItalyClay Kateryna Kozlova6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner8.28 March 2015Solarino, ItalyHard Federica Bilardo7–6, 6–0
Runner-up2.13 March 2016Amiens, FranceClay Laura Schaeder6–1, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 19 (15–4)