Gabriela Dabrowski

Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (/dəˈbraʊski/; Polish: Dąbrowska, [dɔmˈbrɔfska]; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Polish origin. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 164 on November 3, 2014 and her highest doubles ranking of No. 7 on March 19, 2018. She won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles title with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a senior Grand Slam title. With Mate Pavić, she also won the 2018 Australian Open mixed doubles title.

She played in her first provincial tournament when she was 8. Her first big victory was at the provincial 10-and-under Future Stars at 9 years old. Gabriela was a finalist at the Ontario 14-and-under Provincial Championships and finished in the top 8 at the 14-and-under National Championships.

2006–12: Early years

At the beginning of 2006, she became the first Canadian to win Les Petits As, one of the most prestigious 14 and under tournaments in the world. In December 2006, Dabrowski reached the doubles final of the 16 and under Orange Bowl in Miami. Gabriela also won the Junior Orange Bowl in December 2009 where she defeated top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic. She was the first Canadian to capture the title since Carling Bassett-Seguso did it as a 15-year-old in 1982.At the junior event of the Australian Open in January 2010, Dabrowski was a runner-up in doubles with partner Tímea Babos. In November 2011, she made it to her first professional singles final at the ITF $50,000 tournament in Toronto, but lost to qualifier Amra Sadiković. Dabrowski reached, in November 2012, the semifinals of the ITF $75,000 Challenger in Phoenix.

2013: First WTA doubles final

At the end of May, Dabrowski reached the first WTA final of her career, with partner Shahar Pe'er, at the Premier tournament in Brussels. They were defeated by Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke in the final. At the beginning of July at the ITF $50,000 in Waterloo, Dabrowski made it to the second professional singles final of her career. She was defeated by Julia Glushko. At the Rogers Cup in August, Dabrowski reached the semifinals in doubles with compatriot Sharon Fichman after upsetting first seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci the round before. They lost to Jelena Janković and Katarina Srebotnik. In October, Dabrowski (with partner Alicja Rosolska) reached her second WTA doubles final at the International tournament in Linz. They were eliminated by twin sisters Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková in the final. Dabrowski reached the third singles final of her career at the inaugural ITF 50K SSIR Women's Pro Classic in November, but lost to Mandy Minella.

2014: Career-high ranking in singles and first WTA doubles title

At her first tournament of the season, the ITF $25,000 in Vero Beach, Dabrowski reached the fourth singles final of her career but was defeated by Laura Siegemund. At the French Open in May, she made it to the second round of the doubles event with Alicja Rosolska. In July at the Swedish Open, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA main draw and upset world No. 39 Camila Giorgi in the opening round, her first Top 50 win. She was eliminated in three sets by Mona Barthel in the next round. At the beginning of August at the Citi Open, Dabrowski won the first WTA doubles title of her career. She defeated, with partner Shuko Aoyama, Hiroko Kuwata and Kurumi Nara in straight sets in the final. In late August at the US Open, she reached the third round in doubles with Rosolska. In November, Dabrowski made it to the final of the ITF 50K Tevlin Women's Challenger where she won her first professional singles title over Maria Sanchez.

2015: Pan American Games champion in doubles

At the Australian Open, Dabrowski and partner Alicja Rosolska reached the third round of the doubles event with an upset over second seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Sania Mirza. They were eliminated by Michaëlla Krajicek and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in three sets. In February at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA Premier main draw with a win over world No. 69 Julia Görges. She lost to Çağla Büyükakçay in three sets in the opening round. In March at the Monterrey Open, Dabrowski won her second WTA doubles title where she defeated, along partner Alicja Rosolska, the Rodionova sisters. In May, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Premier 5 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. At her next tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she qualified for her third WTA main draw but lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round. At the Pan American Games in July, Dabrowski won a gold medal in doubles with Carol Zhao and a silver medal in mixed doubles with Philip Bester. In August at the Rogers Cup, she was awarded a wildcard for the singles main draw but was eliminated in the first round by world No. 26 Flavia Pennetta.

2016: First Olympic experience

In February, Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez reached the semifinals of the WTA Premier 5 in Doha. In June, she reached the doubles final of the WTA International in Nottingham with Yang Zhaoxuan. The next week at the inaugural Mallorca Open, she won her third WTA doubles title, this time with partner María José Martínez Sánchez. At Wimbledon, Dabrowski continued her partnership with the Spaniard. In the opening round, she triumphed against fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and her partner Sabine Lisicki in straight sets, to reach the second round for the first time. In the next round, against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja, the duo failed to close out the match and squandered a 6–4, 5–2 lead, and ended up losing in three sets. At the Olympics in August, she advanced to the second round with compatriot Bouchard. In October, Dabrowski and partner Martínez Sánchez reached the semifinals at the Premier Mandatory in Beijing. She won the second singles title of her career in November at the ITF 25K in Nashville, where she defeated Jennifer Elie in straight sets.

2017: First Grand Slam title in mixed doubles

In January at the Hobart International, Dabrowski reached the final in doubles with Yang Zhaoxuan. In April, she won her first Premier Mandatory doubles title in Miami after defeating, with partner Xu Yifan, the 3rd seeds Sania Mirza and Barbora Strýcová in the final. In May, she qualified for the tournament in Rabat, achieving this feat for the fourth time of her career and the first since 2015. She defeated Lina Qostal in her opener for her second WTA main-draw win but lost to Francesca Schiavone in the second round. At the French Open, Dabrowski reached the third round in doubles and won the title in mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a Grand Slam title. In August at the WTA Premier in New Haven, she captured her second doubles title of the season, also her second with partner Xu Yifan. At the US Open, she advanced to the quarterfinals in both doubles and mixed doubles. In September at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she qualified for her second WTA main-draw of the season where she lost to defending champion Océane Dodin in the first round in three sets. In October, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA Finals with Xu Yifan, but lost in the quarterfinals to defending champions Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

2018: Top 10 debut in doubles

In January, Dabrowski won her sixth WTA doubles title and her third with partner Xu Yifan at the Premier event in Sydney. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals in women's doubles with Xu Yifan and won the mixed doubles event with Mate Pavić, her second Grand Slam title. In February, she won the second biggest WTA doubles title of her career to date with a victory at the Premier 5 in Doha with Jeļena Ostapenko. With this win, she became only the fourth Canadian female player to reach the top-10 in singles or doubles, with a debut at No. 8. At the French Open, Dabrowski reached the final in mixed doubles for the second straight year, this time with Pavić, but was not able to defend her title with a loss to Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig. She also made it to the third round in doubles with Xu.

2019: Continued Success in Doubles

In May, Dabrowski and Xu were runners-up in the 2019 Madrid Open, which they followed up by winning the Nuremberg Cup. In June they reached the quarterfinal of the French Open. In July they reached the final of Wimbledon, losing to Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová. In August they reached the semifinal of the Rogers Cup, and two weeks later reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. Their performance during the year earned them a place in the WTA Finals, but they went out at the round robin stage. Dabrowski and Pavić reached the final of the French Open for the second successive year, but were again beaten by Chan and Dodig.

2020

In January, Dabrowski reached the finals of the Premier event in Adelaide playing with Darija Jurak. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals in women's doubles with Jelena Ostapenko and the semifinals of mixed doubles with Henri Kontinen.

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Doubles

This table is current through the 2019 US Open.

Notes

• The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. Since 2015, the two tournaments alternate between Premier 5 and Premier status every year.
• In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Mixed doubles

This table is current through the 2020 Australian Open.

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 20 (12 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Record against top-100 players

Dabrowski's win-loss record (9–32, 22%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:

* statistics as of May 4, 2018