Gisela Dulko

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**Gisela Dulko**
Gisela Dulko at the 2007 Acura Classic.
Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth	January 30, 1985 (1985-01-30) (age 23)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5' 7")
Weight	56 kg (123 1/2 lbs.)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	Active
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,530,208
Singles
Career record:	227-158
Career titles:	3 WTA (6 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 26 (November 21, 2005
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (2005, 2006, 2007)
French Open	4r (2006)
Wimbledon	3r (2004, 2006)
US Open	2r (2004, 2005)
Doubles
Career record:	173-114
Career titles:	6 WTA (6 ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 18 (August 21, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: May 5, 2008.

Gisela Dulko (born on January 30, 1985 in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is an Argentine female tennis player. On November 21, 2005 Dulko reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 26.

She has won 6 titles in doubles, including the 2000 US Open Juniors with María Emilia Salerni, the 2002 Australian Open Juniors with Angelique Widjaja, the 2001 Wimbledon Championships with Ashley Harkleroad, and the 2006 Cincinnati Women's Open with Italian Maria Elena Camerin. In singles, she was a runner-up in Hobart in 2005, losing to Zheng Jie (CHN), and a runner-up in Pattaya in 2007, losing to Sybille Bammer (AUT) 7–5, 3–6, 7–5. Gisela Dulko currently dates Chilean tennis player Fernando González, and has previously dated Spanish tennis stars Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo.

On April 29, 2007, Dulko finally won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Sorana Cîrstea of Romania 6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2 in the final of the Tier III event in Budapest. With this win, her ranking was set to rise to No. 34 in the World. On August 25, 2007, Dulko won her second WTA Tour title at the Forest Hills Tier IV event defeating Virginie Razzano 6–2 6–2 in the final. On May 4, 2008, Dulko won her third WTA Tour title at the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Tier IV event defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues76(2) 76(5)in a very dificult final. Gisela Dulko moved to 48th position of the wta tour rankings on May 5.

1 WTA Tour titles
2 External links

[edit] WTA Tour titles

[edit] Singles (9)

Legend (Singles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (1)

Tier IV (2)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 1, 2000	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Geraldine Aizenberg	6–1, 6–2
2.	January 21, 2001	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Jolene Watanabe	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
3.	January 28, 2001	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jane Chi	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
4.	July 29, 2001	Civitanova, Italy	Clay	Eva Fislova	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
5.	August 12, 2001	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Petra Mandula	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
6.	April 21, 2002	Jackson, U.S.	Clay	Evelyn Fauth	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
7.	April 29, 2007	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2
8.	August 25, 2007	Forest Hills, U.S.	Hard	Virginie Razzano	6–2, 6–2
9.	May 5, 2008	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(2), 7–6(5)

[edit] Singles runner-up (2)

2005: Hobart (lost to Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–0)
2007: Pattaya City (lost to Sybille Bammer 7–5, 3–6, 7–5)

[edit] Doubles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 5, 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
2.	October 9, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	Shinobu Asagoe Maria Vento-Kabchi	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
3.	October 9, 2005	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–1, 7–5
4.	October 30, 2005	Linz, Austria	Hard	Květa Peschke	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–2, 6–3
5.	February 26, 2006	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	Ágnes Szávay Jasmin Wöhr	7–6(1), 6–1
6.	July 23, 2006	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza	6–4, 3–6, 6–2