Tathiana Garbin (Italian pronunciation: [taˈtjaːna ɡarˈbin];[2][3] born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player. She was best known for her upset of the defending champion and the reigning world No. 1 Justine Henin, in the second round of the 2004 French Open.[4] The winner of one singles and 11 doubles WTA Tour titles,[5] she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking of No. 25 on 27 August 2001.[5] Other high–ranked players whom she defeated include Jelena Dokić, Chanda Rubin, Flavia Pennetta, Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli, and Samantha Stosur.[4]

Tathiana Garbin
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBologna[1]
Born (1977-06-30) 30 June 1977 (age 47)
Mestre
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money$2,661,973
Singles
Career record427–335
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 22 (21 May 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2007, 2010)
French Open4R (2007)
Wimbledon2R (2006, 2007, 2009)
US Open3R (2000, 2008)
Doubles
Career record282–239
Career titles11
Highest rankingNo. 25 (27 August 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2000)
French Open3R (2002, 2003)
WimbledonQF (2009)
US Open3R (2000, 2004, 2007, 2010)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari Singles
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari Doubles

WTA career finals

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Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (1–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Feb 2000 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay   Patricia Wartusch 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win 1. Apr 2000 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay   Kristie Boogert 6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss 2. Jul 2005 Internazionali di Modena, Italy Clay   Anna Smashnova 6–6 ret.
Loss 3. Jul 2006 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay   Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Feb 2007 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay   Roberta Vinci 7–6(5), 4–6, 3–0 ret.

Doubles: 18 (11 title, 7 runner-ups)

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Before 2009 Starting in 2009
Tier I (0–2) Premier Mandatory
Tier II (0–1) Premier 5
Tier III (2–0) Premier (0–1)
Tier IV & V (3–2) International (6–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 14 May 2000 Warsaw Cup, Poland Clay   Janette Husárová   Iroda Tulyaganova
  Anna Zaporozhanova
6–3, 6–1
Win 2. 25 February 2001 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay   Janette Husárová   Laura Montalvo
  Paola Suárez
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 3. 22 April 2001 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay   Janette Husárová   Zsófia Gubacsi
  Dragana Zarić
6–1, 6–3
Win 4. 15 July 2001 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy Clay   Janette Husárová   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  María José Martínez Sánchez
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 5. 12 January 2002 Hobart International, Australia Hard   Rita Grande   Catherine Barclay
  Christina Wheeler
6–2, 7–6(3)
Win 6. 5 May 2002 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Angelique Widjaja   Elena Bovina
  Henrieta Nagyová
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 1. 14 July 2002 French Community Championships, Belgium Clay   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Barbara Schwartz
  Jasmin Wöhr
2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Loss 2. 24 August 2002 Pilot Pen Tennis, United States Hard   Janette Husárová   Daniela Hantuchová
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win 7. 11 January 2003 Canberra Women's Classic, Australia Hard   Émilie Loit   Dája Bedáňová
  Dinara Safina
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 8. 16 January 2005 Canberra Women's Classic, Australia Hard   Tina Križan   Gabriela Navrátilová
  Michaela Paštiková
7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 3. 13 May 2007 German Open Clay   Roberta Vinci   Lisa Raymond
  Samantha Stosur
3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 20 May 2007 Italian Open Clay   Roberta Vinci   Nathalie Dechy
  Mara Santangelo
4–6, 1–6
Loss 5. 15 January 2010 Sydney International, Australia Hard   Nadia Petrova   Cara Black
  Liezel Huber
1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 6. 17 April 2010 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Sara Errani
  Roberta Vinci
1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win 9. 11 July 2010 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Sorana Cîrstea
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–3, 6–3
Win 10. 18 July 2010 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Monica Niculescu
  Ágnes Szávay
7–5, 7–6(4)
Loss 7. 25 July 2010 Gastein Ladies, Austria Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Lucie Hradecká
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
7–6(2), 1–6, [5–10]
Win 11. 24 October 2010 Luxembourg Open Hard (i)   Timea Bacsinszky   Iveta Benešová
  Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (10–7)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 11 August 1996 ITF Catania, Italy Clay   Sabina Da Ponte 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Winner 2. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia Clay   Dragana Zarić 6–4, 6–1
Winner 3. 5 December 1998 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Amanda Hopmans 6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 11 July 1999 ITF Civitanova, Italy Clay   Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Winner 5. 13 December 1999 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard   Wynne Prakusya 6–7, 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 13 December 1999 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Katalin Marosi 2–6, 1–1 ret.
Runner-up 7. 9 April 2000 Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE Hard   Adriana Gerši 4–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 29 April 2001 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay   María José Martínez Sánchez 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner 9. 10 August 2003 ITF Cuneo, Italy Clay   Lubomira Bacheva 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 10. 5 June 2005 ITF Prostejov, Czech Republic Clay   Lucie Šafářová 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 11. 23 April 2006 ITF Bari, Italy Clay   Alizé Cornet 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up 12. 19 June 2006 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Kira Nagy 6–7, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up 13. 1 October 2006 ITF Biella, Italy Clay   Stéphanie Foretz 5–7, 1–3 ret.
Winner 14. 19 June 2006 Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia Clay   Ekaterina Lopes 6–3, 7–5
Winner 15. 8 June 2008 ITF Rome, Italy Clay   Yvonne Meusburger 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner 16. 6 July 2008 International Cuneo, Italy Clay   Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 17. 20 September 2009 Allianz Cup, Bulgaria Clay   Alexandra Dulgheru 7–6(4), 5–7, 1–6

Doubles: 17 (11–6)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 5 August 1996 ITF Catania, Italy Clay   Francesca Guardigli   Debby Haak
  Franke Joosten
6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 13 January 1997 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard (i)   Sara Ventura   Alicia Ortuño
  Sofia Prazeres
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 12 May 1997 ITF Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Clay   Francesca Guardigli   Teodora Nedeva
  Dragana Zarić
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 26 May 1997 ITF Salzburg, Austria Clay (i)   Laura dell'Angelo   Caroline Schneider
  Patricia Wartusch
6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 26 January 1998 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i)   Oana Elena Golimbioschi   Camille Pin
  Aurélie Védy
w/o
Winner 6. 6 April 1998 ITF Athens, Greece Clay   Alice Canepa   Alice Pirsu
  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 7. 5 July 1998 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa   Melissa Mazzotta
  Fabiola Zuluaga
6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 19 September 1999 ITF Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay   Alice Canepa   Debby Haak
  Andrea van den Hurk
1–6, 1–6
Winner 9. 11 October 1999 ITF Rhodes, Greece Clay   Amanda Hopmans   Lenka Cenková
  Alicia Ortuño
4–6, 6–0, 7–6(3)
Runner-up 10. 13 December 1998 ITF New Delhi, India Hard   Nirupama Sanjeev   Rika Hiraki
  Lorna Woodroffe
2–5 ret.
Winner 11. 3 April 2000 Al Habtoor Challenge, UAE Hard   Katalin Marosi   Angelika Bachmann
  Tina Križan
7–6(5), 6–3
Winner 12. 12 June 2009 Open de Marseille, France Clay   María Emilia Salerni   Elena Bovina
  Timea Bacsinszky
6–7(4), 6–3, [10–7]
Winner 13. 18 September 2009 Allianz Cup, Bulgaria Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Petra Martić
  Polona Hercog
6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner 14. 27 September 2009 L'Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay   Timea Bacsinszky   Andreja Klepač
  Aurélie Védy
6–3, ret.
Runner-up 15. 4 October 2009 ITF Athens, Greece Hard   Timea Bacsinszky   Eleni Daniilidou
  Jasmin Wöhr
2–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Winner 16. 31 October 2009 ITF Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i)   Timea Bacsinszky   Galina Voskoboeva
  Barbora Strýcová
6–2, 6–2
Winner 17 17 October 2010 ITF Torhout, Belgium Hard   Timea Bacsinszky   Michaëlla Krajicek
  Yanina Wickmayer
6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W-L
Australian Open LQ 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 3R 1R 9–13
French Open LQ A 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 3R 4R 1R 3R 2R A 16–11
Wimbledon LQ LQ 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R A 3–11
US Open LQ LQ 3R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R A 8–10

Doubles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W-L
Australian Open A 1R 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 11–13
French Open A A 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 6–11
Wimbledon 1R A 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R QF 2R A 10–12
US Open A A 3R A 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 3R A 10–10

References

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  1. ^ "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Info | Tathiana Garbin". Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ DMTCsrl1 (20 February 2010). "Mara Santangelo intervista Tatiana Garbin". YouTube (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Garbin". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Activity | Tathiana Garbin
  5. ^ a b "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour | Players | Stats | Tathiana Garbin". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
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