Gisela Dulko was born on January 30, 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a professional tennis player since 2001.

Biography and Career :

She became a professional tennis player and since then she has won one WTA single title, six ITF single titles, six WTA doubles titles and six ITF doubles titles.

The single tournaments were won between 2000 and 2007 at Montevideo, Boca Raton, Miami, Civitanova, Rimini, Jackson and Budapest. The last one is a WTA tournament and her opponent in the final was Sorana Cirstea from Romania. Other opponents that she won against in the finals are: Geraldine Aizenberg, Jolene Watanabe, Jane Chi, Eva Fislova , Petra Mandula and Evelyn Fauth.

At the US Open she participated in 2004 and 2005 and played only until the second round, before losing. In 2004 and 2006 she reached the third round at Wimbledon and in 2005, 2006 and 2007 she participated at the Australian Open where played in the second round.

Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the French Open where she reached in 2006 the fourth round. She played two finals, one at Hobart in 2005 but lost to Zheng Jie from China, and one in 2007 at Pattaya, where she was beaten by Sybille Bammer.

Now (2007) she has a romantic relationship with Fernando Gonzalez, and before that she had relationships with another two famous tennis players, Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo. She is still young and many opportunities are still to come for her.

Trivia :

- Height: 170 cm
- Weight: 56 kg
- She plays: right-handed.
- She turned pro in 2001.
- She usually likes to play on clay.

Career Review :

- Singles Record: 204-144
- Singles Titles: 7
- Doubles Record: 162-103
- Doubles Titles: 12
- Prize Money: $1,344,274
- Career High ATP Ranking - Singles: 26 (21-Nov-2005).
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Tags: 1985, buenos aires, argentina, tennis, professional, player, us open, fernando gonzalez, australian open	[edit tags]

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Category: Sport Stars  - ( Sport Stars Archive)

Date Added: 02 December '07

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