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Gisela Dulko

Arg
Residence: Buenos Aires, Argentina
DOB: January 30, 1985
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Weight: 123 1/2 lbs. (56 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (January 2001)
JANUARY - Reached QF at Hobart (as No.8 seed, l. to top seed Medina Garrigues in 3s); reached 3r at Australian Open (d. No.20 seed Ivanovic en route; l. to No.9 seed Zvonareva).

FEBRUARY - Reached SF at Bogota (as top seed, l. to No.5 seed Kerber); won ninth Tour doubles title at Bogota (w/Gallovits); reached QF at Acapulco (as No.3 seed, l. to No.5 seed Suarez Navarro).

MARCH - Reached 3r at Indian Wells (as No.31 seed w/1r bye, d. WC Henin in 2r; l. to No.5 seed A.Radwanska); reached 3r at Miami (d. No.21 seed A.Bondarenko en route; l. to No.13 seed Bartoli); won 10th Tour doubles title at Miami (w/Pennetta).

APRIL - Withdrew from Marbella w/upper respiratory tract infection; fell 1r at Barcelona (as No.6 seed, l. to Errani 76 third set); fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to No.4 seed Jankovic); won 11th Tour doubles title at Stuttgart (w/Pennetta).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (l. to Schnyder 67(5) 62 76(5); held 3mp at 6-5 third set); won 12th Tour doubles title at Rome (w/Pennetta); fell 1r at Madrid (l. to No.8 seed Stosur); reached 2r at Roland Garros (d. No.10 seed Azarenka in 1r; l. to qualifier Scheepers in 3s).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. to qualifier Niculescu).

JULY - Runner-up at Bastad (as No.4 seed, d. top seed Pennetta in SF; l. to No.2 seed Rezai in 3s in final); won 13th Tour doubles title at Bastad (w/Pennetta); withdrew from Prague w/tonsilitis.

AUGUST - Fell 1r at San Diego (as WC, ret. vs. qualifier Vandeweghe w/ankle sprain); reached 2r at Cincinnati (l. to No.12 seed Wickmayer); fell 1r at Montreal (l. to Szavay 76 third set); won 14th Tour doubles title at Montreal (w/Pennetta).
1999 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Buenos Aires.

2000 - Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Played first Tour main draw at Miami, falling 1r (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying once; won four ITF Circuit singles titles.

2002 - Played three Tour main draws, reaching SF at Casablanca (l. to Zakopalova); reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in Tour qualifying six times (incl. all four majors); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - QF at Estoril; reached 2r three times; fell 1r three times (incl. in Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros) and in Tour qualifying five times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); won one Tour doubles title.

2004 - First Top 50 season; QF four times, at Memphis, Indian Wells, Bali and Beijing; reached 4r once, 3r four times (incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and 2r three times (incl. US Open); fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Open, Olympics) and in Tour qualifying once; played all four majors in a year for first time; made Top 100 debut on February 16 (rose from No.112 to No.98) and Top 50 debut on August 2 (rose from No.52 to No.43); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Second Top 50 season; runner-up once, at Hobart (l. to Zheng in final); SF three times, at Estoril, 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Safarova both times) and Bangkok (l. to Vaidisova); QF at Toronto; reached 3r twice and 2r 14 times (incl. all four majors); fell 1r twice; won three Tour doubles titles.

2006 - Another Top 100 season; QF three times, at Bogotá, Indian Wells and Estoril; reached 4r once (Roland Garros - first Grand Slam 4r), 3r once (Wimbledon) and 2r five times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r 13 times (incl. US Open) and in Tour qualifying twice; won two Tour doubles titles.

2007 - Third Top 50 season; won first two Tour singles titles at Budapest (d. Cirstea in final) and Forest Hills (d. Razzano in final); runner-up at Pattaya City (l. to Bammer 75 36 75; led 5-3 third set w/3mp); SF at Portoroz (l. to Srebotnik); QF twice, at Acapulco and Estoril; reached 3r once and 2r seven times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros); fell 1r 11 times (incl. other two majors) and in Tour qualifying once.

2008 - Near-Top 50 season; won third Tour singles title at Fès (d. Medina Garrigues in final); QF at Eastbourne; reached 3r twice (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 11 times (incl. Australian Open, Olympics, US Open); struggled with injury early in season, retiring in Hobart 1r w/left hip injury, withdrawing prior to Viña del Mar 2r w/left hamstring injury (causing subsequent withdrawals from Bogotá and Acapulco) and retiring in Indian Wells 2r w/right quad strain.

2009 - Fourth Top 40 season in last six years; runner-up once, at Bogotá (as No.3 seed, l. to No.7 seed Martínez Sánchez in final); SF once, at Bastad (d. No.5 seed Cirstea and No.2 seed Cibulkova en route; l. to eventual champion Martínez Sánchez); QF three times, at Hobart (d. No.4 seed Zheng en route; l. to Benesova), Monterrey (as No.7 seed, l. to No.4 seed Zheng) and Stuttgart (d. No.4 seed Azarenka en route; l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Kuznetsova); reached 4r once, at US Open (d. No.30 seed A.Bondarenko en route, falling to K.Bondarenko; was second Grand Slam 4r, after 2006 Roland Garros); reached 3r four times, at Indian Wells (as No.31 seed, l. to No.5 seed Ivanovic), Miami (d. No.3 seed Jankovic en route; l. to No.26 seed Benesova), Roland Garros (l. to No.20 seed Cibulkova) and Wimbledon (d. No.24 seed Sharapova en route; l. to No.10 seed Petrova in 3s); reached 2r five times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion S.Williams) and Strasbourg (as No.4 seed, l. to Cohen-Aloro 46 76(5) 64; held 3mp at 64 54); fell 1r five times and in Tour qualifying once; won seventh and eighth Tour doubles titles at Hobart and Bastad (both w/Pennetta); member of Argentine Fed Cup team that l. to USA 3-2 in World Group 1r (went 2-1); withdrew from Bad Gastein w/shoulder injury and from Beijing, Linz and Moscow w/left adductor injury.
SINGLES
Winner (3): 2008 - Fès; 2007 - Budapest, Forest Hills; 2002 - ITF/Jackson, MS-USA; 2001 - ITF/Boca Raton, FL-USA, ITF/Miami-USA, ITF/Civitanova-ITA, ITF/Rimini-ITA; 2000 - ITF/Montevideo-URU.
Finalist (4): 2010 - Bastad; 2009 - Bogotá; 2007 - Pattaya City; 2005 - Hobart.

DOUBLES
Winner (14): 2010 - Bogotá (w/Gallovits), Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, Bastad. Montréal (all w/Pennetta); 2009 - Hobart, Bastad (both w/Pennetta); 2006 - Bogotá (w/Pennetta), Cincinnati (w/Camerin); 2005 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Kirilenko), Bangkok (w/Asagoe), Linz (w/Peschke); 2004 - ITF/Waikoloa, HI-USA (w/Tarabini), ITF/Rockford, IL-USA (w/Diaz-Oliva); 2003 - Casablanca, ITF/Bromma-SWE (both w/Salerni); 2002 - ITF/Hallandale Beach, FL-USA (w/Sequera); 2000 - ITF/Asunción-PAR, ITF/Montevideo-URU (both w/Cravero).
Finalist (10): 2010 - Madrid (w/Pennetta); 2009 - Bogotá, Stuttgart (both w/Pennetta), Indian Wells (w/Peer); 2006 - Estoril (w/Sánchez Lorenzo), Stanford (w/Camerin); 2005 - New Haven (w/Kirilenko); 2004 - Warsaw (w/Tarabini), Beijing (w/Vento-Kabchi); 2002 - Casablanca (w/Martínez Granados).

ADDITIONAL
Argentine Fed Cup Team, 2000, 2004-09; Argentine Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.
Coached by brother Alejandro; started playing tennis at age 7 after watching him ... Mother is Ana; father Estanislao is deceased; brother travels with her ... Favorite surface is clay ... Has three dogs named Goran, Nicole and Guga ... Favorites include pizza, movies Pearl Harbor and Good Will Hunting, actors Josh Hartnett and Keanu Reeves, musician Alejandro Sanz and cities Buenos Aires, Paris and Hawaii ... Enjoys shopping (especially for clothes by Armani) ... Relaxes by going to the beach ... Admires her mother's strength and tennis players Pete Sampras and Marat Safin.
- Junior highlights include winning doubles titles at 2000 US Open (w/Salerni), 2001 Wimbledon (w/Harkleroad) and 2002 Australian Open (w/Widjaja).