Gabriela Lee

Gabriela Lee
	Lee at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Gabriela Talabă Lee
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	23 August 1995 (age 29); Galați, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Texas Tech University
Prize money	US$407,732
Singles
Career record	267–220
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 136 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 333 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2021, 2022, 2023)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021, 2022)
US Open	Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	153–132
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 229 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 702 (28 October 2024)
	Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player.

Talabă has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 229, set on the same date. She has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Gabriela played collegiate tennis at Texas Tech University. She helped the Lady Raiders to four straight NCAA tournament berths, four straight Sweet 16 appearances, two Elite Eight appearances and the highest ranking in program history (No. 5). ^[2]

She made her WTA Tour doubles main-draw debut at the Lexington Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Caitlin Whoriskey. In September 2020, she entered the qualifying round of the French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament ever played. However, she lost her first match against Clara Tauson from Denmark.^[3]

She qualified for the 2021 Charleston Open main draw making her WTA Tour and WTA 500 singles debuts. She lost to eventual runner-up Danka Kovinić in the first round.^[4]^[5]^[6]

She recorded her first WTA Tour match win at the 2021 Poland Open as a lucky loser over Cypriot qualifier Raluca Serban.^[7]

In 2022, Lee qualified into the main draw of the Charleston Open for a second year in a row but lost to Jasmine Paolini.^[8]

Ranked No. 313, she also qualified for the singles main draw at the 2024 Charleston Open but lost to Ashlyn Krueger. Despite the loss she returned to the top 300.^[9]

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Morocco Open.

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	0–0
French Open	Q1	Q2	Q1	A	0–0
Wimbledon	NH	Q1	Q1	A	0–0
US Open	A	Q1	Q2	A	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
WTA 1000
Guadalajara Open	NH		Q1	A	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	1	3	1	5
Overall win-loss	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–5

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W75 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W10/15 tournaments (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2014	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W10	Clay	Cristina Stancu	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2016	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	W10	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2017	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W15	Clay	Victoria Bosio	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–2	Sep 2018	ITF Marbella, Spain	W15	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–2	Oct 2018	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	W25	Clay	Elizabeth Halbauer	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Win	4–2	Sep 2019	ITF Redding, United States	W25	Hard	Alycia Parks	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4–3	Sep 2020	ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic	W25	Clay	Zheng Qinwen	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Win	5–3	May 2022	ITF Bonita Springs, United States	W100	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Jan 2024	Vero Beach Open, United States	W75+H	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (4–3)
W10/15 tournaments (6–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2013	ITF Balș, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Jaqueline Cristian Raluca Elena Platon	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	Irina Bara Conny Perrin	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	Li Yihong Zhu Lin	2–6, ret.
Loss	0–4	Jul 2014	ITF Iași, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Raluca Elena Platon Cristina Stancu	6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	1–4	Jun 2015	ITF Galați, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Daniela Ciobanu Camelia Hristea	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	2–4	Jul 2016	ITF Focșani, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Daniela Ciobanu Kassandra Davesne	5–7, 6–1, [10–6]
Win	3–4	Aug 2016	ITF Galați, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Karola Patricia Bejenaru Georgia Crăciun	5–7, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	4–4	Aug 2017	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W15	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Elena Bogdan Elena-Teodora Cadar	6–3, 0–6, [12–10]
Loss	4–5	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge, United States	W25	Hard	Astra Sharma	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–5	Jul 2018	ITF Horb, Germany	W25	Hard	Oana Georgeta Simion	Jana Jablonovská Vivien Juhászová	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–5	Sep 2018	ITF Marbella, Spain	W15	Clay	Claudia Hoste Ferrer	Ana Lantigua de la Nuez Ángeles Moreno Barranquero	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–5	Sep 2018	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	Aymet Uzcátegui	İpek Öz Melis Sezer	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	7–6	Oct 2018	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	W25	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–7	Apr 2019	ITF Pelham, United States	W25	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	3–6, 0–6
Win	8–7	Aug 2019	ITF Fort Worth, United States	W25	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Elysia Bolton Jada Hart	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 7–5
Win	9–7	Aug 2019	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	W25	Clay	Katerina Stewart	Yuliana Lizarazo Camila Osorio	6–7⁽¹⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [10–7]
Loss	9–8	Sep 2019	ITF Templeton Pro, United States	W60	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–8	Nov 2019	ITF Naples, United States	W25	Clay	María Portillo Ramírez	Lea Bošković Seone Mendez	7–5, 6–2