Julia Grabher
Grabher at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
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$904,392
Singles
Career record336–217 (60.8%)
Career titles1 WTA 125, 12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 105 (15 January 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. 884 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–20 (28.6%)
Last updated on: 25 January 2024.

Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player.[1] On 29 May 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 61. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 387 in the doubles rankings. She is the current No. 1 Austrian female player.

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 6–11 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–20).

Professional career

2019–20: WTA Tour debut

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: First WTA 125 title and top 100 debut

In September, Grabher won her maiden title at a WTA 125 event when she defeated Italian player Nuria Brancaccio in Bari, Italy, 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 in Spain, her third ITF Circuit title for 2022.

2023: Major, WTA 1000 & first wins, maiden WTA final, top 60

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 2023 French Open defeating Arantxa Rus before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.[11]

Grabher became the first Austrian winning a title at the $100,000 prize money level tournament, the W100Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain. [12]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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

Current through the 2023 Cleveland Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q3 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A Q2 A Q2 Q3 Q2 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A A A A NH Q2 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0 / 3 1–3 25%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] Z1 POZ2 Z1 Z1 POZ2 Z1[b] PO QR 0 / 0 6–11 35%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Canadian Open A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Career statistics
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0[d] 0[d] 0[d] 0[d] 1 1 3 2 16 Career total: 23
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 6–4 13–18 0 / 23 22–34 39%
Year–end ranking[e] 572 308 261 247 231 226 192 84 $904,392

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay Italy Lucia Bronzetti 4–6, 7–5, 5–7

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2022 WTA 125 Bari, Italy Clay Italy Nuria Brancaccio 6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

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

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Hungary Dalma Gálfi 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2015 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay Germany Katharina Gerlach 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Aug 2015 ITF Graz, Austria 10,000 Clay Austria Barbara Haas 6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2015 ITF Pörtschach, Austria 10,000 Clay Czech Republic Marie Bouzková 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss 2–3 Nov 2015 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 10,000 Clay Italy Corinna Dentoni 6–7(0–7), 3–6
Win 3–3 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Hungary Vanda Lukács 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Romania Elena Gabriela Ruse 4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Aug 2016 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay Russia Olesya Pervushina 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss 3–7 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Spain María Teresa Torró Flor 2–6, 2–6
Win 4–7 Feb 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Brazil Laura Pigossi 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–8 Mar 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Serbia Olga Danilović 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–8 May 2017 ITF Rome, Italy 25,000 Clay Croatia Tereza Mrdeža 7–5, 6–0
Loss 5–9 Oct 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Italy Jessica Pieri 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5–10 Jan 2018 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 6–10 Mar 2018 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 6–11 Aug 2018 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay Russia Varvara Flink 3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–12 Mar 2019 ITF Campinas, Brazil 25,000 Clay Montenegro Danka Kovinić 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 7–12 Jun 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Brazil Nathaly Kurata 6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–13 Sep 2019 ITF Montreux, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Serbia Olga Danilović 2–6, 3–6
Win 8–13 Apr 2021 ITF Bellinzona, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Italy Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–13 Feb 2022 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard (i) Poland Maja Chwalińska 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–5
Win 10–13 Aug 2022 ITF San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain 60,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–13 Oct 2022 ITF San Sebastián, Spain 60,000 Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 12–13 Aug 2023 ITF Maspalomas, Spain 100,000 Clay Spain Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (8–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 ITF Pörtschach,
Austria 		10,000 Clay Austria Mira Antonitsch Croatia Iva Primorac
Austria Janina Toljan 		6–2, 6–1
Win 2–0 Dec 2015 ITF Cairo,
Egypt 		10,000 Clay Romania Ana Bianca Mihăilă Russia Anna Morgina
Poland Patrycja Polańska 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Jan 2016 ITF Antalya,
Turkey 		10,000 Clay Czech Republic Anna Slováková Slovenia Nastja Kolar
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Tinjić 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Win 3–1 Jan 2016 ITF Antalya,
Turkey 		10,000 Clay Hungary Ágnes Bukta Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze
Georgia (country) Sofia Kvatsabaia 		1–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Win 4–1 Feb 2016 ITF Antalya,
Turkey 		10,000 Clay Hungary Ágnes Bukta Romania Daiana Negreanu
India Kyra Shroff 		6–3, 6–4
Win 5–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia 		10,000 Clay Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova Russia Yuliya Kalabina
Russia Polina Monova 		7–5, 6–0
Win 6–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia 		10,000 Clay Hungary Naomi Totka North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova 		7–5, 1–6, [13–11]
Win 7–1 Mar 2016 ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia 		10,000 Clay Australia Isabelle Wallace Italy Claudia Giovine
India Snehadevi Reddy 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 7–2 Jan 2017 ITF Hammamet,
Tunisia 		15,000 Clay France Joséphine Boualem France Chloé Paquet
Spain María Teresa Torró Flor 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 7–3 Sep 2017 ITF Bagnatica,
Italy 		25,000 Clay Norway Melanie Stokke Italy Deborah Chiesa
Italy Martina Colmegna 		3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win 8–3 May 2019 ITF Caserta,
Italy 		25,000 Clay Australia Lizette Cabrera Romania Elena Bogdan
Slovakia Vivien Juhaszová 		6–3, 6–4

Notes

  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 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

  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.

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top Austrian female singles tennis players
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