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
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 27)
Dornbirn, Austria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachMatthew Hair
Prize money$907,125
Singles
Career record336–220 (60.4%)
Career titles1 WTA 125, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 256 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2021)
Doubles
Career record64–43 (59.8%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 387 (29 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1416 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–22 (26.7%)
Last updated on: 4 June 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, before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.[11]In August, Grabher became the first Austrian winning a title at a $100k tournament, at the ITF Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain.[12]

Performance timeline

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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][13]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Cleveland Open.

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAQ1Q1Q31R0 / 10–10%
French OpenAAAQ2AQ2Q3Q22R0 / 11–150%
WimbledonAAAAANHQ2Q11R0 / 10–10%
US OpenAAAAQ1AQ2Q1A0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–30 / 31–325%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a]Z1POZ2Z1Z1POZ2Z1[b]POQR0 / 06–1135%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c]AAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–10%
Indian Wells OpenAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Miami OpenAAAAANHAA2R0 / 10–10%
Madrid OpenAAAAANHAA2R0 / 11–150%
Italian OpenAAAAAAAA3R0 / 12–167%
Canadian OpenAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Guadalajara OpenNHQ1A0 / 00–0 – 
Wuhan OpenAAAAANH0 / 00–0 – 
China OpenAAAAANH0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–03–40 / 43–443%
Career statistics
201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%
Tournaments0[d]0[d]0[d]0[d]113216Career total: 23
Titles000000000Career total: 0
Finals000000001Career total: 1
Overall win-loss0–10–10–11–21–11–30–36–413–180 / 2322–3439%
Year–end ranking[e]57230826124723122619284$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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2023Rabat Grand Prix, MoroccoWTA 250Clay Lucia Bronzetti4–6, 7–5, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2022Bari Open, ItalyClay Nuria Brancaccio6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 25 (12 titles, 13 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (11–12)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2014ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Hard Dalma Gálfi3–6, 0–6
Win1–1Aug 2015ITF Vienna, Austria10,000Clay Katharina Gerlach6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss1–2Aug 2015ITF Graz, Austria10,000Clay Barbara Haas6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win2–2Aug 2015ITF Pörtschach, Austria10,000Clay Marie Bouzková7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss2–3Nov 2015ITF Casablanca, Morocco10,000Clay Corinna Dentoni6–7(0–7), 3–6
Win3–3Mar 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10,000Clay Vanda Lukács6–3, 6–3
Loss3–4Mar 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10,000Clay Isabella Shinikova4–6, 4–6
Loss3–5Apr 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10,000Clay Elena Gabriela Ruse4–6, 1–6
Loss3–6Aug 2016ITF Leipzig, Germany25,000Clay Olesya Pervushina6–7(4–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss3–7Jan 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay María Teresa Torró Flor2–6, 2–6
Win4–7Feb 2017ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15,000Clay Laura Pigossi6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss4–8Mar 2017ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Olga Danilović3–6, 2–6
Win5–8May 2017ITF Rome, Italy25,000Clay Tereza Mrdeža7–5, 6–0
Loss5–9Oct 2017ITF Pula, Italy25,000Clay Jessica Pieri4–6, 1–6
Loss5–10Jan 2018ITF Orlando, United States25,000Clay Anhelina Kalinina2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win6–10Mar 2018ITF São Paulo, Brazil25,000Clay Tamara Zidanšek6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss6–11Aug 2018ITF Leipzig, Germany25,000Clay Varvara Flink3–6, 2–6
Loss6–12Mar 2019ITF Campinas, Brazil25,000Clay Danka Kovinić2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win7–12Jun 2019ITF Klosters, Switzerland25,000Clay Nathaly Kurata6–1, 6–3
Loss7–13Sep 2019Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland60,000Clay Olga Danilović2–6, 3–6
Win8–13Apr 2021Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland60,000Clay Lucia Bronzetti6–2, 6–3
Win9–13Feb 2022Porto Indoor, Portugal25,000Hard (i) Maja Chwalińska6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
Win10–13Aug 2022ITF Maspalomas, Spain60,000Clay Nadia Podoroska6–4, 6–3
Win11–13Oct 2022Open de San Sebastián, Spain60,000Clay Aliona Bolsova6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win12–13Aug 2023ITF Maspalomas, Spain100,000Clay Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (8–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2015ITF Pörtschach,
Austria
10,000Clay Mira Antonitsch Iva Primorac
Janina Toljan
6–2, 6–1
Win2–0Dec 2015ITF Cairo,
Egypt
10,000Clay Ana Bianca Mihăilă Anna Morgina
Patrycja Polańska
6–2, 6–4
Loss2–1Jan 2016ITF Antalya,
Turkey
10,000Clay Anna Slováková Nastja Kolar
Jasmina Tinjić
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Win3–1Jan 2016ITF Antalya,
Turkey
10,000Clay Ágnes Bukta Ekaterine Gorgodze
Sofia Kvatsabaia
1–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win4–1Feb 2016ITF Antalya,
Turkey
10,000Clay Ágnes Bukta Daiana Negreanu
Kyra Shroff
6–3, 6–4
Win5–1Mar 2016ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia
10,000Clay Isabella Shinikova Yuliya Kalabina
Polina Monova
7–5, 6–0
Win6–1Mar 2016ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia
10,000Clay Naomi Totka Lina Gjorcheska
Isabella Shinikova
7–5, 1–6, [13–11]
Win7–1Mar 2016ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia
10,000Clay Isabelle Wallace Claudia Giovine
Snehadevi Reddy
6–1, 6–3
Loss7–2Jan 2017ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia
15,000Clay Joséphine Boualem Chloé Paquet
María Teresa Torró Flor
4–6, 4–6
Loss7–3Sep 2017ITF Bagnatica,
Italy
25,000Clay Melanie Stokke Deborah Chiesa
Martina Colmegna
3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win8–3May 2019ITF Caserta,
Italy
25,000Clay Lizette Cabrera Elena Bogdan
Vivien Juhaszová
6–3, 6–4

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. ^ "French Open 2023". eurosport.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Grabher makes history for Austria with ITF W100 win in Gran Canaria". itftennis.com.
  13. ^ "Julia Grabher [AUT] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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