Gabriela Sabatini career statistics

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam 1 2 3 0.33
Year-end 2 2 4 0.50
Tier I / Category 4-6 13 9 22 0.59
Tier II / Category 3 7 10 17 0.41
Tier III-V / Category 1-2 3 1 4 0.75
Uncategorized 1 3 4 0.25
Olympics 0 1 1 0.00
Total 27 28 55 0.49
Doubles Grand Slam 1 3 4 0.25
Year-end
Tier I / Category 4-6 4 6 10 0.40
Tier II / Category 3 2 3 5 0.40
Tier III-V / Category 1-2 1 0 1 1.00
Uncategorized 6 4 10 0.60
Olympics
Total 14 16 30 0.47

This is a list of the main career statistics of Argentine former female professional tennis player Gabriela Sabatini.

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A NH A A SF 3R QF SF SF SF 1R 4R 0 / 8 30–8 79%
French Open A SF 4R SF SF 4R 4R SF SF QF 1R QF A 0 / 11 43–11 80%
Wimbledon A 3R SF QF 4R 2R SF F SF QF 4R QF A 0 / 11 43–11 80%
US Open 3R 1R 4R QF F SF W QF QF QF SF SF 3R 1 / 13 52–12 81%
Win–loss 2–1 7–3 11–3 13–3 14–3 14–4 17–3 19–4 19–4 17–4 13–4 13–4 5–2 1 / 43 168–42 80%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals1 A A 1R F W SF F SF SF 1R W QF A 2 / 10 21–9 70%
National representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held S Not Held A Not Held 3R 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Billie Jean King Cup2 1R QF SF QF A A A A A A A WG-P A 0 / 4 13–3 81%
Tier I / Category 4-6 tournaments
Miami Open Uncategorized 4R 4R W QF F F SF QF SF QF 1 / 10 40–9 82%
Berlin Open Uncategorized A A F 3R 3R A F 3R 3R A 0 / 6 12–6 67%
Canadian Open Uncategorized QF W SF SF SF A 3R QF SF 3R 1 / 9 24–8 75%
Charleston Open Uncategorized SF F A A W W SF 2R 2R 2R 2 / 8 20–6 77%
Italian Open Uncateg. NH Categ. 3 W SF W W F 2R 3R A 3 / 7 23–4 85%
Pan Pacific Open Uncategorized W A QF Tier II A 2R A 1R 1 / 4 6–3 67%
Zürich Open Uncategorized C3 A Tier II A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Philadelphia Championships Not Held Tier II QF SF QF T2 0 / 3 6–3 67%
Florida Slims Uncategorized SF W 3R T2 W QF Tier II NH 2 / 5 16–3 84%
Ameritech Cup Uncategorized C3 QF A A Tier II 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Silicon Valley Classic3 Uncategorized C3 SF A Tier II 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Washington Slims3 Uncategorized C3 SF A Tier II Not Held 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Amelia Island Championships3 Uncategorized SF F W Tier II 1 / 3 12–2 86%
Eastbourne International3 Uncategorized QF QF A Tier II 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Stuttgart Open3 Uncategorized C3 1R W Tier II 1 / 2 5–1 83%
LA Championships3 Uncategorized SF F F Tier II 0 / 3 11–3 79%
Brighton International3 Uncategorized W A A Tier II NH 1 / 1 5–0 100%
New England Slims3 Uncategorized SF SF SF T2 Not Held 0 / 3 9–3 75%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 32–8 38–10 38–6 10–4 24–3 17–2 18–6 10–7 10–6 5–5 13 / 70 202–57 78%
Career statistics
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 5 19 22 19 18 16 16 16 17 18 18 17 10 Career total: 211
Titles 0 1 1 3 4 4 2 5 5 0 1 1 0 Career total: 27
Finals 0 3 2 5 9 7 5 7 8 3 3 3 0 Career total: 55
Overall win–loss4 9–5 51–18 52–22 64–17 65–14 58–12 49–14 62–11 65–12 51–18 42–17 44–17 14–10 27 / 211 626–187 77%
Year-end ranking 74 12 9 6 4 3 5 3 3 5 7 7 n/a $8,785,850

Doubles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A NH A A SF 2R5 3R A A A 2R QF 0 / 5 11–4 73%
French Open A 1R F F SF F A SF A A 3R 3R A 0 / 8 27–8 77%
Wimbledon A 2R A 3R W QF QF A A A 1R SF A 1 / 7 19–6 76%
US Open A 1R SF SF5 SF SF 3R A A A SF 2R SF 0 / 9 27–8 77%
Win–loss 0–0 1–3 9–2 11–2 14–2 16–4 6–2 6–2 0–0 0–0 6–3 8–4 7–2 1 / 29 84–26 76%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals1 A A A SF SF5 A A A A A A QF A 0 / 3 3–2 60%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking n/a n/a 9 5 3 19 29 55 n/a n/a 14 13 n/a

Notes

  • 1 Formerly known as WTA Tour Championships until 2014.
  • 2 Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  • 3 Before Tiers existed, there were ‘Category’ tournaments, which no longer existed after the introduction of the Tier system. This note covers the tournaments that did not obtain Tier I status.
  • 4 Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup), Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
  • 5 Withdrew during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1988 US Open Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win 1990 US Open Hard Steffi Graf 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1991 Wimbledon Grass Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–3, 6–8

Women's doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1986 French Open Clay Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
Andrea Temesvári
1–6, 2–6
Loss 1987 French Open Clay Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
2–6, 1–6
Win 1988 Wimbledon Grass Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Loss 1989 French Open Clay Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 4–6

Other significant finals

WTA Finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1987 Virginia Slims Championships, US Carpet Steffi Graf 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win 1988 Virginia Slims Championships, US Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1990 Virginia Slims Championships, US Carpet Monica Seles 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 1994 Virginia Slims Championships, US Carpet Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Tier I / Category 4-6 tournaments

Singles: 22 (13 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1987 Pan Pacific Open Carpet Manuela Maleeva 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 1987 Brighton International Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–4
Win 1988 Virginia Slims of Florida Hard Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 1988 Charleston Open Clay Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 1988 Amelia Island Championships Clay Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Loss 1988 LA Championships Hard Chris Evert 6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win 1988 Canadian Open Hard Natasha Zvereva 6–1, 6–2
Win 1989 Miami Open Hard Chris Evert 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 1989 Amelia Island Championships Clay Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 1989 Italian Open Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 1989 Berlin Open Clay Steffi Graf 3–6, 1–6
Loss 1989 LA Championships Hard Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Win 1989 Stuttgart Open Carpet Mary Joe Fernández 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 1991 Virginia Slims of Florida (2) Hard Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 1991 Miami Open Hard Monica Seles 3–6, 5–7
Win 1991 Charleston Open Clay Leila Meskhi 6–1, 6–1
Win 1991 Italian Open (2) Clay Monica Seles 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1992 Miami Open Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 4–6
Win 1992 Charleston Open (2) Clay Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–4
Win 1992 Italian Open (3) Clay Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1993 Italian Open Clay Conchita Martínez 5–7, 1–6
Loss 1993 Berlin Open Clay Steffi Graf 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1987 Amelia Island Championships Clay Steffi Graf Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 1988 Virginia Slims of Washington Carpet Helena Suková Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Win 1988 Miami Open Hard Steffi Graf Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 1988 Charleston Open Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Lori McNeil
4–6, 3–6
Loss 1988 Virginia Slims of New England Carpet Helena Suková Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 1990 Canadian Open Hard Betsy Nagelsen Helen Kelesi
Raffaella Reggi
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1994 Italian Open Clay Brenda Schultz Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
1–6, 3–6
Loss 1994 Philadelphia Championships Carpet Brenda Schultz Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1995 Berlin Open Clay Larisa Neiland Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 1995 Canadian Open (2) Hard Brenda Schultz Martina Hingis
Iva Majoli
4–6, 6–0, 6–3

Summer Olympics

Singles: 1 (silver medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Silver 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korea Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 55 (27 titles, 28 runner–ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (1–2)
Year-end [Finals] (2–2)
Olympics (0–1)
Tier I [Category 4/5] (13–9)
Tier II [Category 3] (7–10)
Tier III/IV/V [Category 1] (3–1)
Uncategorized (1–3)
Surface
Hard (9–7)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (11–13)
Carpet (7–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1985 Charleston Open, United States Uncategorized Clay Chris Evert-Lloyd 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1985 Japan Open, Japan Uncategorized Hard Linda Gates 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Nov 1985 Eckerd Open, United States Uncategorized Hard Stephanie Rehe 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 5–7
Loss 1–3 Apr 1986 Clay Court Championships, United States Uncategorized Clay Steffi Graf 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win 2–3 Dec 1986 Argentine Open, Argentina Category 1 Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–4 May 1987 Italian Open, Italy Category 3 Clay Steffi Graf 5–7, 6–4, 0–6
Win 3–4 Sep 1987 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Category 4 Carpet Manuela Maleeva 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 4–4 Oct 1987 Brighton International, United Kingdom Category 4 Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–4
Loss 4–5 Nov 1987 WTA Finals, United States Finals Carpet Steffi Graf 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win 5–5 Nov 1987 Argentine Open, Argentina Category 1 Clay Isabel Cueto 6–0, 6–2
Win 6–5 Mar 1988 Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Category 5 Hard Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 6–6 Apr 1988 Charleston Open, United States Category 5 Clay Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 6–7 Apr 1988 Amelia Island Championships, United States Category 5 Clay Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Win 7–7 May 1988 Italian Open, Italy Category 3 Clay Helen Kelesi 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Loss 7–8 Aug 1988 LA Championships, United States Category 5 Hard Chris Evert 6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win 8–8 Aug 1988 Canadian Open, Canada Category 5 Hard Natasha Zvereva 6–1, 6–2
Loss 8–9 Aug 1988 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 8–10 Sep 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korea Olympics Hard Steffi Graf 3–6, 3–6
Win 9–10 Nov 1988 WTA Finals, United States Finals Carpet Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
Win 10–10 Mar 1989 Miami Open, United States Category 5 Hard Chris Evert 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Win 11–10 Apr 1989 Amelia Island Championships, United States Category 5 Clay Steffi Graf 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 11–11 Apr 1989 Eckerd Open, United States Category 3 Clay Conchita Martínez 3–6, 2–6
Win 12–11 May 1989 Italian Open, Italy Category 5 Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 12–12 May 1989 Berlin Open, Germany Category 5 Clay Steffi Graf 3–6, 1–6
Loss 12–13 Aug 1989 LA Championships, United States Category 5 Hard Martina Navratilova 0–6, 2–6
Win 13–13 Oct 1989 Stuttgart Open, Germany Category 4 Carpet Mary Joe Fernández 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 14–13 Mar 1990 Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Tier II Hard Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 7–5
Win 15–13 Aug 1990 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Steffi Graf 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 15–14 Oct 1990 Zürich Open, Switzerland Tier II Carpet Steffi Graf 3–6, 2–6
Loss 15–15 Nov 1990 Virginia Slims of New England, United States Tier II Carpet Steffi Graf 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 15–16 Nov 1990 WTA Finals, United States Finals Carpet Monica Seles 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 16–16 Jan 1991 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Tier II Carpet Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 17–16 Mar 1991 Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Tier I Hard Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 17–17 Mar 1991 Miami Open, United States Tier I Hard Monica Seles 3–6, 5–7
Win 18–17 Apr 1991 Charleston Open, United States Tier I Clay Leila Meskhi 6–1, 6–1
Win 19–17 Apr 1991 Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II Clay Steffi Graf 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Win 20–17 May 1991 Italian Open, Italy Tier I Clay Monica Seles 6–3, 6–2
Loss 20–18 Jun 1991 Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–3, 6–8
Win 21–18 Jan 1992 Sydney International, Australia Tier III Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–1
Win 22–18 Jan 1992 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Tier II Carpet Martina Navratilova 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 22–19 Mar 1992 Miami Open, United States Tier I Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 4–6
Win 23–19 Mar 1992 Charleston Open, United States Tier I Clay Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–4
Win 24–19 Apr 1992 Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II Clay Steffi Graf 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win 25–19 May 1992 Italian Open, Italy Tier I Clay Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4
Loss 25–20 Sep 1992 Nichirei Championships, Japan Tier II Carpet Monica Seles 2–6, 0–6
Loss 25–21 Oct 1992 Stuttgart Open, Germany Tier II Carpet Martina Navratilova 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss 25–22 Apr 1993 Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 25–23 May 1993 Italian Open, Italy Tier I Clay Conchita Martínez 5–7, 1–6
Loss 25–24 May 1993 Berlin Open, Germany Tier I Clay Steffi Graf 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss 25–25 Apr 1994 Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1–6, 4–6
Loss 25–26 May 1994 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Tier III Clay Mary Joe Fernández 6–2, 4–6, 0–6
Win 26–26 Nov 1994 WTA Finals, United States Finals Carpet Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Win 27–26 Jan 1995 Sydney International, Australia Tier II Hard Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4
Loss 27–27 Apr 1995 Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II Clay Conchita Martínez 1–6, 4–6
Loss 27–28 Oct 1995 Stuttgart Open, Germany Tier II Carpet Iva Majoli 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 30 (14 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (1–3)
Tier I [Category 4/5/6] (4–6)
Tier II [Category 3] (2–3)
Tier III/IV/V [Category 1] (1–0)
Uncategorized (6–4)
Surface
Hard (6–2)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (5–8)
Carpet (2–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1985 Brazil Open, Brazil Uncategorized Clay Mercedes Paz Csilla Bartos
Neige Dias
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 1985 Palm Beach Cup, United States Uncategorized Clay Laura Gildemeister JoAnne Russell
Anne Smith
6–1, 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 2–1 Aug 1985 Virginia Slims of Central New York, United States Uncategorized Hard Mercedes Paz Andrea Holíková
Kateřina Skronská
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Nov 1985 Eckerd Open, United States Uncategorized Hard Carling Bassett Lisa Bonder
Laura Gildemeister
6–0, 6–0
Loss 3–2 Apr 1986 Amelia Island Championships, United States Uncategorized Clay Catherine Tanvier Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(7–9)
Win 4–2 Apr 1986 Clay Court Championships, United States Uncategorized Clay Steffi Graf Gigi Fernández
Robin White
6–2, 6–0
Loss 4–3 May 1986 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
Andrea Temesvári
1–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Aug 1986 Canadian Open, Canada Uncategorized Hard Zina Garrison Pam Shriver
Helena Suková
7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4
Win 6–3 Oct 1986 Zürich Open, Switzerland Uncategorized Carpet Steffi Graf Lori McNeil
Alycia Moulton
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–4 Oct 1986 Stuttgart Open, Germany Uncategorized Carpet Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 6–5 Nov 1986 Ameritech Cup, United States Uncategorized Carpet Steffi Graf Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 6–6 Feb 1987 Silicon Valley Classic, United States Category 3 Carpet Zina Garrison Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 7–6 Apr 1987 Amelia Island Championships, United States Category 4 Clay Steffi Graf Hana Mandlíková
Wendy Turnbull
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 8–6 May 1987 Italian Open, Italy Category 3 Clay Martina Navratilova Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková
6–4, 6–1
Loss 8–7 May 1987 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
2–6, 1–6
Win 9–7 Nov 1987 Argentine Open, Argentina Category 1 Clay Mercedes Paz Jill Hetherington
Christiane Jolissaint
6–2, 6–2
Loss 9–8 Feb 1988 Virginia Slims of Washington, United States Category 5 Carpet Helena Suková Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Win 10–8 Mar 1988 Miami Open, United States Category 6 Hard Steffi Graf Gigi Fernández
Zina Garrison
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 10–9 Apr 1988 Charleston Open, United States Category 5 Clay Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Martina Navratilova
Lori McNeil
4–6, 3–6
Win 11–9 Jun 1988 Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Loss 11–10 Oct 1988 Virginia Slims of New England, United States Category 5 Carpet Helena Suková Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 11–11 May 1989 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Steffi Graf Larisa Savchenko
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 4–6
Win 12–11 Jul 1990 Canadian Open, Canada Tier I Hard Betsy Nagelsen Helen Kelesi
Raffaella Reggi
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 12–12 Aug 1990 LA Championships, United States Tier II Hard Mercedes Paz Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná
3–6, 5–7
Loss 12–13 May 1994 Italian Open, Italy Tier I Clay Brenda Schultz Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
1–6, 3–6
Loss 12–14 Nov 1994 Philadelphia Championships, United States Tier I Carpet Brenda Schultz Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win 13–14 Feb 1995 Ameritech Cup, United States Tier II Carpet Brenda Schultz Marianne Werdel
Tami Whitlinger
5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 13–15 May 1995 Berlin Open, Germany Tier I Clay Larisa Neiland Amanda Coetzer
Inés Gorrochategui
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 13–16 Aug 1995 LA Championships, United States Tier II Hard Larisa Neiland Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
5–7, 7–6(7–2), 5–7
Win 14–16 Aug 1995 Canadian Open, Canada Tier I Hard Brenda Schultz Martina Hingis
Iva Majoli
4–6, 6–0, 6–3

WTA Tour career earnings

Year Grand Slam
titles
WTA
titles
Total
titles
Earnings ($) Money list rank
1984 0 0 0 n/a n/a
1985 0 4 4 n/a n/a
1986 0 4 4 264,139 8
1987 0 6 6 465,933 6
1988 1 5 6 995,399 3
1989 0 4 4 580,801 3
1990 1 2 3 975,490 4
1991 0 5 5 1,168,561 3
1992 0 5 5 1,207,565 4
1993 0 0 0 957,680 5
1994 0 1 1 874,470 6
1995 0 3 3 718,978 6
1996 0 0 0 178,050 37
Career 2 39 41 8,785,850 96

Notes

  • Grand Slam titles, WTA titles, Total titles – Includes singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.

Wins against top 10 players

  • Sabatini has a 82–111 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[1]
No. Player Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk Years Ref
1 Zina Garrison 9 Charleston Open, United States Clay 3R 6–4, 6–0 33 1985
2 Pam Shriver 8 Charleston Open, United States Clay QF 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 33
3 Manuela Maleeva 5 Charleston Open, United States Clay SF 6–1, 7–6 33
4 Manuela Maleeva 4 French Open, France Clay QF 6–3, 1–6, 7–5 17
5 Pam Shriver 3 WTA New Jersey, United States Hard QF 6–4, 7–5 12
6 Zina Garrison 6 Fed Cup, Nagoya, Japan Hard RR 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 12
7 Manuela Maleeva 10 Clay Court Championships, United States Clay SF 6–4, 6–4 12 1986
8 Claudia Kohde Kilsch 8 Charleston Open, United States Clay QF 7–6, 6–4 9 1987
9 Martina Navratilova 1 Italian Open, Italy Clay SF 7–6, 6–1 9
10 Hana Mandlíková 4 LA Championships, United States Hard QF 7–6, 2–6, 7–5 8
11 Manuela Maleeva 10 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Carpet F 6–4, 7–6 8
12 Helena Suková 7 Stuttgart Open, Germany Carpet QF 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 6
13 Helena Suková 7 Brighton International, United Kingdom Carpet SF 6–1, 6–3 6
14 Pam Shriver 5 Brighton International, United Kingdom Carpet F 7–5, 6–4 6
15 Martina Navratilova 2 WTA Finals, United States Carpet QF 6–4, 7–5 6
16 Manuela Maleeva 8 WTA Finals, United States Carpet SF 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 6
17 Chris Evert 3 Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Hard SF 5 1988
18 Steffi Graf 1 Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Hard F 5
19 Steffi Graf 1 Amelia Island Championships, United States Clay SF 5
20 Lori McNeil 9 Canadian Open, Canada Hard QF 5
21 Chris Evert 3 Canadian Open, Canada Hard SF 5
22 Natasha Zvereva 8 Canadian Open, Canada Hard F 5
23 Natasha Zvereva 7 Seoul Olympics, South Korea Hard QF 4
24 Manuela Maleeva 8 Seoul Olympics, South Korea Hard SF 4
25 Natasha Zvereva 6 WTA Finals, United States Carpet QF 4
26 Helena Suková 8 WTA Finals, United States Carpet SF 4
27 Pam Shriver 5 WTA Finals, United States Carpet F 4
28 Zina Garrison 9 Australian Open, Australia Hard QF 4 1989
29 Helena Suková 5 Miami Open, United States Hard SF 3
30 Chris Evert 4 Miami Open, United States Hard F 3
31 Martina Navratilova 2 Amelia Island Championships, United States Clay SF 3
32 Steffi Graf 1 Amelia Island Championships, United States Clay F 3
33 Pam Shriver 9 LA Championships, United States Hard SF 3
34 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5 US Open, United States Hard QF 3
35 Zina Garrison 5 WTA Finals, United States Carpet QF 3
36 Mary Joe Fernández 8 Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Hard SF 3 1990
37 Mary Joe Fernández 8 US Open, United States Hard SF 5
38 Steffi Graf 1 US Open, United States Hard F 5
39 Mary Joe Fernández 5 Virginia Slims of New England, United States Carpet SF 4
40 Steffi Graf 1 WTA Finals, United States Carpet SF 5
  • Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

Longest winning streaks

First 16–match singles winning streak (1989)

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score GSR
Virginia Slims of Florida, United States Category 5 13 March 1989 Hard 3R Terry Phelps 39 2–6, 6–7 3
1 Miami Open, United States Category 5 20 March 1989 Hard 1R Elly Hakami 75 6–0, 6–3 3
2 2R Catherine Suire 149 6–0, 6–0
3 3R Belinda Cordwell (23) 36 6–2, 6–1
4 4R Ann Grossman 54 6–4, 7–6
5 QF Isabelle Demongeot (25) 38 6–1, 7–5
6 SF Helena Suková (3) 5 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
7 F Chris Evert (2) 4 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Amelia Island Championships, United States Category 5 10 April 1989 Clay 1R bye 3
8 2R Mercedes Paz 47 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
9 3R Jana Pospíšilová 52 6–3, 6–3
10 QF Angeliki Kanellopoulou 72 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
11 SF Martina Navratilova (2) 2 6–3, 6–2
12 F Steffi Graf (1) 1 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
13 Eckerd Open, United States Category 3 17 April 1989 Clay 1R Bettina Fulco 30 7–5, 6–2 3
14 2R Isabel Cueto 32 6–1, 6–1
15 QF Linda Ferrando 62 6–2, 6–3
16 SF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4) 18 6–4, 6–4
F Conchita Martínez (8) 25 3–6, 2–6

Second 16–match singles winning streak (1991)

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score GSR
Miami Open, United States Tier I 18 March 1991 Hard F Monica Seles (2) 1 3–6, 5–7 4
Family Circle Cup, United States Tier I 1 April 1991 Hard 1R bye 4
1 2R Linda Harvey-Wild 94 6–0, 6–0
2 3R Helen Kelesi (10) 19 6–3, 6–2
3 QF Helena Suková (7) 13 6–0, 6–1
4 SF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) 7 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5 F Leila Meskhi (9) 17 6–1, 6–1
Amelia Island Championships, United States Tier II 8 April 1991 Clay 1R bye 4
6 2R Federica Bonsignori 40 6–1, 6–0
7 3R Luanne Spadea (Q) 243 6–0, 6–1
8 QF Helena Suková (5) 13 6–2, 6–1
9 SF Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3) 5 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
10 F Steffi Graf (1) 2 7–5, 7–6
Italian Open, Italy Tier I 6 May 1991 Clay 1R bye 3
11 2R Amanda Coetzer 103 6–2, 6–2
12 3R Nathalie Tauziat (9) 15 6–0, 6–1
13 QF Jennifer Capriati (7) 12 6–0, 6–2
14 SF Conchita Martínez (5) 8 6–1, 6–0
15 F Monica Seles (1) 1 6–3, 6–2
German Open, Germany Tier I 13 May 1991 Clay 1R bye 3
16 2R Naoko Sawamatsu 57 6–1, 6–0
3R Anke Huber (14) 22 5–7, 3–6

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Gabriela Sabatini vs Top 10". Tennis Abstract. Retrieved 15 March 2026.