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Julia Grabher

Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player.[1] On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 387 in the doubles rankings. She is the current No. 1 Austrian female player.

Julia Grabher
Grabher at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28)
Dornbirn, Austria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachMatthew Hair
Prize moneyUS$1,008,689
Singles
Career record339–226
Career titles1 WTA 125, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 869 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open1R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record64–43
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 387 (29 August 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–22
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Austria Fed Cup team, Grabher has a win–loss record of 6–13 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–22), as of May 2024.

Professional career

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2019–20: WTA Tour debut

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In October, Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz. She lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets.[2]

Grabher failed in qualifying for the main draw of the 2020 Australian Open.[3]

2022: WTA Challenger title and top 100 debut

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In September, Grabher won her maiden title at a WTA 125 event when she defeated Italian player Nuria Brancaccio in the final of the Bari Open, in straight sets.[4] As a result, she reached the top 100, at No. 97 on 12 September 2022. Only three weeks later, as the top seed, she would beat Aliona Bolsova and win the final of the $60k Open de San Sebastián, her third ITF Circuit title for 2022.

2023: Major, WTA 1000 & first wins, maiden WTA Tour final, top 60

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Grabher made her Grand Slam debut, at the 2023 Australian Open.[5] She then made her WTA 1000 debut at the Dubai Championships after qualifying. Also on her debut, she entered the WTA 1000 2023 Miami Open main draw as a lucky loser directly into the second round replacing top seed Iga Świątek.

She also entered the main draw at the WTA 500 Charleston Open, replacing Jeļena Ostapenko, and reached the third round defeating tenth seed Zhang Shuai, her first top-30 win, and qualifier Sachia Vickery. As a result, she moved to a new career-high ranking into the top 80 in the singles rankings. At the Madrid Open, she won her first WTA 1000-level match as a lucky loser, defeating another lucky loser, Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova. At the Italian Open, she went one step further to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard Nuria Brancaccio and upsetting 26th seed Jil Teichmann.[6][7] As a result, she moved 15 positions up in the rankings, to a new career high of world No. 74, on 22 May 2023.[8]

She reached her maiden WTA Tour final at the Morocco Open in Rabat, after a retirement from top seed Martina Trevisan in the quarterfinals and a three set win over Julia Riera in the semifinals.[9] However, she lost the final to Lucia Bronzetti, in three sets.[10] She won her first match at the French Open defeating Arantxa Rus,[11] before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.[12] In August, Grabher became the first Austrian to win a title at a $100k tournament, at the ITF Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain.[13]

2024

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Using her protected ranking, Grabher entered the US Open, but lost in the first round to qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse.[14]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[1][15]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Cleveland Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q3 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A Q2 A Q2 Q3 Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A A A A NH Q2 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0 / 3 1–3 25%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] Z1 POZ2 Z1 Z1 POZ2 Z1[b] PO QR 0 / 0 6–11 35%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canadian Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Career statistics
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0[d] 0[d] 0[d] 0[d] 1 1 3 2 16 Career total: 23
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 6–4 13–18 0 / 23 22–34 39%
Year–end ranking[e] 572 308 261 247 231 226 192 84 $904,392

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay   Lucia Bronzetti 4–6, 7–5, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2022 Bari Open, Italy Clay   Nuria Brancaccio 6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (12–12)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard   Dalma Gálfi 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2015 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay   Katharina Gerlach 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Aug 2015 ITF Graz, Austria 10,000 Clay   Barbara Haas 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2015 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 10,000 Clay   Marie Bouzková 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 2–3 Nov 2015 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 10,000 Clay   Corinna Dentoni 6–7(0–7), 3–6
Win 3–3 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Vanda Lukács 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Isabella Shinikova 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Elena Gabriela Ruse 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Aug 2016 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay   Olesya Pervushina 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss 3–7 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   María Teresa Torró Flor 2–6, 2–6
Win 4–7 Feb 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Laura Pigossi 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–8 Mar 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay   Olga Danilović 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–8 May 2017 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay   Tereza Mrdeža 7–5, 6–0
Loss 5–9 Oct 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Jessica Pieri 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5–10 Jan 2018 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Clay   Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 6–10 Mar 2018 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Tamara Zidanšek 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 6–11 Aug 2018 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay   Varvara Flink 3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–12 Mar 2019 ITF Campinas, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Danka Kovinić 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 7–12 Jun 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay   Nathaly Kurata 6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–13 Sep 2019 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay   Olga Danilović 2–6, 3–6
Win 8–13 Apr 2021 Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay   Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–13 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal 25,000 Hard (i)   Maja Chwalińska 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
Win 10–13 Aug 2022 ITF Maspalomas, Spain 60,000 Clay   Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–13 Oct 2022 Open de San Sebastián, Spain 60,000 Clay   Aliona Bolsova 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 12–13 Aug 2023 ITF Maspalomas, Spain 100,000 Clay   Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6–4, 6–4
Win 13–13 Sep 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay   Leonie Küng 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25/35W tournaments (1–2)
W10/15W tournaments (7–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (8–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 10,000 Clay   Mira Antonitsch   Iva Primorac
  Janina Toljan 		6–2, 6–1
Win 2–0 Dec 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt 10,000 Clay   Ana Bianca Mihăilă   Anna Morgina
  Patrycja Polańska 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Jan 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Anna Slováková   Nastja Kolar
  Jasmina Tinjić 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Win 3–1 Jan 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Ágnes Bukta   Ekaterine Gorgodze
  Sofia Kvatsabaia 		1–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win 4–1 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay   Ágnes Bukta   Daiana Negreanu
  Kyra Shroff 		6–3, 6–4
Win 5–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Isabella Shinikova   Yuliya Kalabina
  Polina Monova 		7–5, 6–0
Win 6–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Naomi Totka   Lina Gjorcheska
  Isabella Shinikova 		7–5, 1–6, [13–11]
Win 7–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay   Isabelle Wallace   Claudia Giovine
  Snehadevi Reddy 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–2 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Joséphine Boualem   Chloé Paquet
  María Teresa Torró Flor 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–3 Sep 2017 ITF Bagnatica, Italy 25,000 Clay   Melanie Stokke   Deborah Chiesa
  Martina Colmegna 		3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win 8–3 May 2019 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay   Lizette Cabrera   Elena Bogdan
  Vivien Juhaszová 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Sep 2024 ITF Reus, Spain W35 Clay   Caroline Werner   Ylena In-Albon
  María Portillo Ramírez 		4–6, 3–6

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ 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 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
  5. ^ 2014: WTA ranking–952.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Julia Grabher | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ "WTA Linz: German Joy Day, Julia Grabher fails", tennisnet.com, 7 October 2010
  3. ^ "Bogdan, Bouchard move on in Australian Open qualifying", WTA, 14 January 2020
  4. ^ "Grabher defeats Brancaccio to claim first WTA 125 title in Bari".
  5. ^ "AO2023's Grand Slam debuts: Brenda Fruhvirtova, Lys, Shnaider and more".
  6. ^ "Rome: Grabher bests Teichmann, makes first WTA 1000 third round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ^ "WTA Rome: Julia Grabher fights in round three!". tennisnet.com. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Rankings Watch: Rybakina hits Top 5 for first time; Zheng makes Top 20 debut". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Rabat Grand Prix: Lucia Bronzetti, Julia Grabher seek maiden trophy in Morocco!". Tennis World USA. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Bronzetti outlasts Grabher in Rabat; wins first WTA title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Roland-Garros: Rabat finalist Grabher sets up second-round clash with Gauff". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  12. ^ "French Open 2023". eurosport.co.uk. Eurosport. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Grabher makes history for Austria with ITF W100 win in Gran Canaria". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
  14. ^ "US Open: Ruse advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Julia Grabher [AUT] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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