Gioia Barbieri (; born 9 July 1991) is an
Italian former tennis player.
Tennis career
Barbieri was born in
Forlimpopoli, Italy. She trained at the San Marino Tennis Academy, and was coached by Claudio Pistolesi. Her father is Andrea, her mother is Marcella and she has one sister, Maria Sole.
In her career, Barbieri won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
. On September 15, 2014, she reached her career-high
WTA singles ranking of 170, whilst her best doubles ranking is 165, which she achieved on April 13, 2015, having reached the final of the 2015
Katowice Open.
In June 2016, Barbieri announced via social media her retirement from tennis to start working on the family estate.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF finals
Singles: 10 (8–2)
Doubles: 19 (15–4)
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
21st-century Italian sportswomen
People from Forlimpopoli