Tathiana Garbin (;
born 30 June 1977) is an Italian retired tennis player.
She was
Gold Medalist at the
1997 Mediterranean Games
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and Italian capitan in leading the Italian national team (composed by
Jasmine Paolini,
Sara Errani
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,
Martina Trevisan,
Elisabetta Cocciaretto and
Lucia Bronzetti) to victory in the
2024 Billie Jean King Cup.
She was best known for her upset of the defending champion and the reigning world No. 1
Justine Henin
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, in the second round of the
2004 French Open
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On the men's side, Gastón Gaudio became the first men's major champion in the Open Era to save two championship points in the final. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since G ...
.
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titles, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 22 on 21 May 2007, and her highest doubles ranking of No. 25 on 27 August 2001. Other high–ranked players whom she defeated include Jelena Dokić
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, Chanda Rubin, Flavia Pennetta
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, Agnieszka Radwańska
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, Nadia Petrova
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, Marion Bartoli
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, and Samantha Stosur
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.
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 18 (11 title, 7 runner-ups)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (10–7)
Doubles: 17 (11–6)
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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Tathiana Garbin: the only website
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1977 births
Italian female tennis players
Living people
Olympic tennis players for Italy
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Venice
Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Italian people of Russian descent
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
People from Mestre