Gabriela Sabatini

Argentine Born 1970 175 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Steffi Graf (40)vs Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (23)vs Mary Joe Fernandez (23)vs Martina Navratilova (21)vs Helena Sukova (18)vs Jennifer Capriati (16)

Match log

1996

ZurichHard, October
R32LJennifer Capriati3-6 4-6
FilderstadtHard, October
R32LAsa Carlsson5-7 4-6
US OpenHard, August
R32LAsa Carlsson5-7 6-3 2-6
R64WAnn Grossman6-2 6-3
R128WPatricia Hy Boulais6-1 6-1
San DiegoHard, August
QFLKimiko Date Krumm4-6 1-6
R16WAsa Carlsson6-1 7-5
R32WLindsay Lee Waters6-0 6-0
Canadian OpenHard, August
R16LMonica Seles6-7 1-6
R32WSandrine Testud6-3 0-6 6-3
R64WSonya Jeyaseelan6-4 6-2
AtlantaHard, July
R16LMonica Seles3-6 3-6
R32WAngelica Gavaldon6-4 6-0
R64WNathalie Tauziat7-5 6-2
Hilton HeadClay, April
R16LIrina Spirlea4-6 2-6
Key BiscayneHard, March
QFLChanda Rubin3-6 7-5 3-6
R16WJennifer Capriati6-1 6-4
R32WKarin Kschwendt6-3 6-2
R64WAnna Smashnova6-3 6-0
TokyoCarpet, January
R32LMartina Hingis3-6 4-6
Australian OpenHard, January
R16LChanda Rubin2-6 4-6
R32WKarin Kschwendt6-1 6-2
R64WKarina Habsudova6-4 6-3
R128WShaun Stafford6-0 6-1

1995

WTA Tour ChampionshipsCarpet, November
QFLNatalia Zvereva2-6 7-5 5-7
R16WLindsay Davenport6-4 6-3
PhiladelphiaCarpet, November
QFLAnke Huber5-7 2-6
R16WBrenda Schultz Mccarthy6-3 7-6
FilderstadtHard, October
FLIva Majoli4-6 6-7
SFWAnke Huber6-4 6-1
QFWBrenda Schultz Mccarthy6-2 6-1
R16WJulie Halard Decugis7-6 6-2
TokyoHard, September
SFLArantxa Sanchez Vicario3-6 3-6
QFWLindsay Davenport6-2 6-2
R16WMana Endo6-1 6-2
US OpenHard, August
SFLSteffi Graf4-6 6-7
QFWMary Joe Fernandez6-1 6-3
R16WMartina Hingis6-2 6-4
R32WSabine Appelmans6-1 6-1
R64WNaoko Kijimuta6-2 6-1
R128WAdriana Serra Zanetti6-1 6-1
Canadian OpenHard, August
SFLMonica Seles1-6 0-6
QFWHelena Sukova6-2 6-1
R16WYone Kamio6-1 6-0
R32WLea Ghirardi6-1 6-2
Manhattan BeachHard, August
QFLChanda Rubin7-6 6-7 0-6
R16WKarina Habsudova6-1 6-2
R32WKristie Boogert6-4 3-6 7-6
Fed Cup WG1 PO: ARG vs AUSClay, July
RRWRachel Mcquillan6-2 6-2
RRWNicole Bradtke6-0 3-6 6-2

Gabriela Sabatini

Eighteen Grand Slam semifinals and one title: no career poses the one-major puzzle quite like Gabriela Sabatini's. A Roland Garros semifinalist at 15, she played heavy topspin behind one of the great one-handed backhands, and kept finding Steffi Graf at the end of the draw. Graf beat her in the 1988 US Open final and the Seoul Olympic final that same year, then at Wimbledon in 1991, where Sabatini twice served for the championship and lost 8-6 in the third.

She solved it once, by design. At the 1990 US Open coach Carlos Kirmayr sent her forward to the net, and the new attacking game beat Graf 6-2, 7-6 in the final for her 1 major title, part of 27 career titles and a peak of world No. 3 in 1989. Buenos Aires adored her far beyond tennis, and the perfume line she launched in 1989 grew into a business that outlasted the career. She retired in 1996, at 26, the only Argentine woman to win a major singles crown.