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Austrian tennis player (born 1996)

Julia Grabher
Grabher at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28)
Dornbirn, Austria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachMatthew Hair
Prize moneyUS$1,015,671
Singles
Career record353–230
Career titles1 WTA 125, 13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 54 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 524 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open1R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record67–44
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 387 (29 August 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1,154 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–23
Last updated on: 18 November 2024.

Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 387 in the doubles rankings.

Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 13 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 6–14 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–23), as of November 2024.

Professional career

2019–22: WTA Tour debut, first Challenger title

Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets.

In September 2022, she won her first title at a WTA 125 event when she defeated Nuria Brancaccio in the final of the Bari Open, in straight sets. As a result, she reached the top 100, at No. 97 on 12 September 2022. Three weeks later, as the top seed, she would beat Aliona Bolsova and win the final of the $60k Open de San Sebastián, her third ITF Circuit title in 2022.

2023: Maiden WTA Tour final, Grand Slam tournament debut

Grabher made her Grand Slam tournament debut, at the Australian Open, losing to 16th seed Anett Kontaveit in the first round. She then qualified to make her WTA 1000 debut at the Dubai Championships but again lost in the first round, this time to Leylah Fernandez.

At the WTA 500 Charleston Open, Grabher reached the third round, defeating 10th seed Zhang Shuai, her first top-30 win, and qualifier Sachia Vickery, before losing to seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Entering as a lucky loser at the Madrid Open, she won her first WTA 1000-level match, defeating another lucky loser, Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, but lost in the second round to top seed Iga Świątek.

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, before losing to eighth seed Daria Kasatkina. As a result, she moved 15 positions up in the rankings, to a new career high of world No. 74, on 22 May.

Grabher reached her maiden WTA Tour final at the Morocco Open in Rabat, after a three set win over Julia Riera in the semifinals. However, she lost the final to Lucia Bronzetti, also in three sets.

She won her first match at the French Open defeating Arantxa Rus, before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.

Making her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, Grabher lost to Danielle Collins in the first round.

Seeded fifth, she reached the second round at the Hamburg European Open with a three-set win over Miriam Bulgaru, before losing to Diana Shnaider.

In August, Grabher became the first Austrian to win a title at a $100k tournament, at the ITF Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain, defeating Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in the final and climbing to world No.54 as a result.

A win over qualifier Wang Xiyu saw her reach the second round at the Tennis in the Land event where she lost to Zhu Lin.

Grabher suffered a wrist injury shortly before the US Open and was forced to end her season early.

2024: Comeback from injury

Six months after having surgery on her wrist, Grabher made her comeback to competitive action at the Antalya Challenger, losing in the first round to Noma Noha Akugue in three sets. Using her protected ranking, she entered the US Open, but lost in the first round to qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse.

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.

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 Z1 POZ2 Z1 Z1 POZ2 Z1 PO QR 0 / 0 6–11 35%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open 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
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0 0 0 0 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 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 Bari Open, Italy Clay Italy Nuria Brancaccio 6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (3–1)
$25,000 tournaments (5–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (12–12)
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, 6–1
Loss 2–3 Nov 2015 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 10,000 Clay Italy Corinna Dentoni 6–7, 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, 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, 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 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Serbia Olga Danilović 2–6, 3–6
Win 8–13 Apr 2021 Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Italy Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–13 Feb 2022 Porto Indoor, Portugal 25,000 Hard (i) Poland Maja Chwalińska 6–3, 6–7, 7–5
Win 10–13 Aug 2022 ITF Maspalomas, Spain 60,000 Clay Argentina Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–13 Oct 2022 Open de San Sebastián, Spain 60,000 Clay Spain Aliona Bolsova 6–3, 7–6
Win 12–13 Aug 2023 ITF Maspalomas, Spain 100,000 Clay Spain Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6–4, 6–4
Win 13–13 Sep 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay Switzerland Leonie Küng 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W25/35W tournaments (1–2)
W10/15W tournaments (7–2)
Finals by surface
Clay (8–4)
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, 6–3,
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,
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,
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,
Win 8–3 May 2019 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay Australia Lizette Cabrera Romania Elena Bogdan
Slovakia Vivien Juhaszová 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Sep 2024 ITF Reus, Spain W35 Clay Germany Caroline Werner Switzerland Ylena In-Albon
Mexico María Portillo Ramírez 		4–6, 3–6

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 Ladies 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. ^ 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

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