Gisela Dulko
2009 Italian Open | |
Country (sports) | Argentina |
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born | Tigre, Argentina | 30 January 1985
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | January 2001 |
Retired | 18 November 2012[1] |
Plays | Right–handed (two–handed backhand) |
Prize money | $4,246,105 |
Singles | |
Career record | 309–242 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (21 November 2005) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2010) |
French Open | 4R (2006, 2011) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009) |
US Open | 4R (2009) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 305–182 |
Career titles | 17 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1 November 2010) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2011) |
French Open | QF (2007, 2010) |
Wimbledon | SF (2010) |
US Open | QF (2010) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (2010) |
Team competitions | |
Hopman Cup | F (2005) |
Gisela Dulko (Spanish pronunciation: [xiˈsela ˈðulko];[2] born 30 January 1985) is an Argentine former tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achieved the world No. 1 ranking and won 17 WTA titles. Partnering with Flavia Pennetta, Dulko won the 2010 WTA Tour Championships and the 2011 Australian Open. She also reached the mixed-doubles final at the 2011 US Open, with Eduardo Schwank. During her career, Dulko upset a number of top players on the tour, including Maria Sharapova in the second round of Wimbledon in 2009, Samantha Stosur in the third round of Roland Garros in 2011, and Martina Navratilova in the second round of Wimbledon in 2004 and in Navratilova's final Grand Slam singles match.
Dulko retired from professional tennis on 18 November 2012, aged 27.[3]
Early life
Gisela was born and raised in
Career
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1999–2008
As a junior, she won three Grand Slam events in doubles: the 2000 US Open with María Emilia Salerni, the 2002 Australian Open with Angelique Widjaja, and the 2001 Wimbledon Championships with Ashley Harkleroad.[6]
On 29 April 2007, she won her first WTA title by defeating
2009
In January, she played at the
She reached the third round in the next two Grand Slams, losing to Dominika Cibulková at the French Open, and then to Nadia Petrova at Wimbledon after she had upset the 24th seed, Maria Sharapova, in three sets in the second round.
At the
2010
She again played at the
Seeded 31st at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, she gained the biggest victory of her career by defeating the former world No. 1, Justine Henin. In the third round, she lost to the No. 5 seed, Agnieszka Radwańska.
Unseeded at the Sony Ericsson Open, Dulko reached the third round by defeating Olga Govortsova and the No. 21 seed Alona Bondarenko. She then lost to Marion Bartoli. In the doubles, Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won their first WTA Premier title, beating Petrova and Samantha Stosur in three sets.
Dulko and Pennetta also won the
Dulko caused the first upset of the French Open with a first round victory over the No. 10 seed, Victoria Azarenka. Dulko was then defeated by Chanelle Scheepers in the second round.[8] Dulko lost in the first round of her Wimbledon campaign by Monica Niculescu. She and Pennetta reached the semi-finals of the doubles event.
Dulko then played at the
Dulko and Pennetta won a marathon doubles final at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, beating Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik, for their fifth title of the season. Their next event together was the US Open, in which they were the top seeds but lost in the quarter-finals to Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova, the eventual champions. In the singles, Dulko reached to the third round before losing to the No. 20 seed, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[9]
At the
On 1 November 2010, Dulko became the world No. 1 ranked doubles player.[12]
2011–2012
Dulko and Pennetta to won their first Grand Slam event title at the 2011 Australian Open, defeating Azarenka and Kirilenko 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 in the final.[13]
Dulko reached her first singles final of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where she was the fourth seed. There she defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja to win her fourth career singles title. She struggled in her next few tournaments, losing in the first rounds of Miami, Madrid, and Rome, and only reaching the second round at the BNP Paribas Open, but found form again at the French Open, advancing to the fourth round by defeating the 2010 finalist Stosur in three sets. However, she was forced to retire due to a leg injury in the second set of her match against Bartoli.[14]
Career statistics
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2011 | Australian Open | Hard | Flavia Pennetta | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko |
2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2011 | US Open | Hard | Eduardo Schwank | Melanie Oudin Jack Sock |
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–8] |
Doubles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | W–L | ||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | 1R | 2R | QF | W | 3R | 19–8 | ||||||
French Open | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 17–10 | ||||||
Wimbledon
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1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | A | A | 6–9 | ||||||
US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | A | 12–8 | ||||||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 13–4 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 54–35 | ||||||
Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||||||
WTA Finals | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | SF | A | 2–1 | ||||||
Titles/Runner-ups | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 8–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 17–11 | ||||||
Year-end ranking | 125 | 96 | 34 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 132 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 46 | N/A |
Personal life
Dulko was married to the Argentinian international footballer Fernando Gago.[15] The couple has two sons[16] and a daughter.[17] The couple separated in 2021, after he had an affair with one of her friends.[18][19]
Awards
- 2010 — WTA Award for Doubles Team of the Year (with Flavia Pennetta)
- 2010 — ITF Doubles World Champion (with Flavia Pennetta)
References
- ^ "Últimas noticias de Últimas noticias de Deportes - LA NACION". La Nación.
- ^ In isolation, Dulko is pronounced [ˈdulko].
- ^ "Gisela Dulko to retire from pro tennis". USA Today. 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Antes que tener la fama de Kournikova prefiero ganar muchos torneos". Sergio Oviedo. Gente. 13 July 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Gisela Dulko". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Gisela Dulko | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Gisela Dulko". TennisTemple (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Tennis.com. "'Auntie' Dulko matches best result at French Open". Tennis.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Tennis.com. "Dulko upsets Azarenka". Tennis.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Chuang/Govortsova claim women's double title at China Open". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Farthing, Tim (8 November 2018). "Dulko & Pennetta claim Doha doubles crown". Tennishead. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "From Martina to Hsieh: All 25 WTA Doubles Year-End No.1s". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Flavia & Gisela's Missing Piece". Women's Tennis Association. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ Tennis.com. "Dulko retires, France's Bartoli into quarterfinals". Tennis.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "La tenista Gisela Dulko y el futbolista Fernando Gago se casarán en julio". EFE. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Nació Mateo, hijo de Gago y Gisela Dulko". Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Nació Antonella, la segunda hija de Gisela Dulko y Fernando Gago".
- ^ "Separado de Gisela Dulko, Fernando Gago ya estaría viviendo con su amante" (in Spanish). Infobae. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Gisela Dulko y Fernando Gago: la historia de amor que terminó en escándalo". El País (in Spanish). 1 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.