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Gisela Dulko
Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth	January 30, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (120 lb; 8.8 st)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$2,119,000
Singles
Career record	264–189
Career titles	3 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (November 21, 2005)
Current ranking	No. 36 (December 14, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
French Open	4R (2006)
Wimbledon	3R (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009)
US Open	4R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	202–137
Career titles	8 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (August 21, 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2006)
French Open	QF (2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2009)
US Open	3R (2007)
	Last updated on: July 13, 2009.

Gisela Dulko (born January 30, 1985 in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is an Argentine female tennis player. Although Dulko reached her career-high singles ranking of #26 in November, 2005, she climbed back to #30 in the world in September, 2009.

[edit] Career

As a Junior, she won three of the four Grand Slam events in doubles, including the 2000 US Open with María Emilia Salerni, the 2002 Australian Open with Angelique Widjaja, and the 2001 Wimbledon Championships with Ashley Harkleroad. As a professional, she has won seven doubles championships.

In singles, Dulko has had a less successful career, although she has been consistently ranked in the Top 50 over the last few years. On April 29, 2007, Dulko finally won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Sorana Cîrstea of Romania 6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2 in the final of the Tier III event in Budapest. On August 25, 2007, Dulko won her second WTA Tour title at the Forest Hills Tier IV event defeating Virginie Razzano 6–2 6–2 in the final. On May 4, 2008, Dulko won her third WTA Tour title at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Tier IV event defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues 7–6(2) 7–6(5) in the final.

[edit] 2009

In 2009 Dulko started the year with a Quarterfinals appearance at the 2009 Moorilla Hobart International losing to Iveta Benesova 6-4 6-4. However at the 2009 Australian Open she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams in the second round 6-3 7-5. In the 2009 Fed Cup First Round she gave her team their only wins when she defeated Americans Melanie Oudin and Jill Craybas. In the 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas she reached her finals of the year, but in end up in the losing end to María José Martínez Sánchez 6-3, 6-2. She then made good performances by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2009 Monterrey Open and 2009 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and the Third Round of Mandatory Events in Indian Wells and Miami. She however lost in the second rounds of the 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia and 2009 Internationaux de Strasbourg and a first round exits in 2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open and the 2009 AEGON International.

In the next two Grand Slams of 2009 French Open lost to Dominika Cibulkova 6-4 6-2 and the 2009 Wimbledon Championships lost to #10 seed Nadia Petrova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 she was able to reach the Third Round. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Dulko upset #24 seeded Maria Sharapova in three sets in the second round. at the 2009 Swedish Open she lost once again to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez this time in the semifinals 7-5 6-4. she then maid first round exits in the 2009 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships, the 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis and failed to Qualify in the 2009 Rogers Cup. She upset Ekaterina Makarova 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the first round and #30-seeded Alona Bondarenko 6-4, 6-0 in the second round of the 2009 US Open. She then defeated Yaroslava Shvedova in the third round, who had defeated #5-seed Jelena Jankovic. She lost in the fourth round to Alona's sister, Kateryna Bondarenko 6-0, 6-0 in just 47 mins.

[edit] WTA Tour and ITF circuit titles

[edit] Singles (3)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (2)	International (0)
ITF Circuit (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	April 29, 2007	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2
2.	August 25, 2007	Forest Hills, U.S.	Hard	Virginie Razzano	6–2, 6–2
3.	May 5, 2008	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	7–6(2), 7–6(5)

[edit] Singles runner-ups (3)

2005: Hobart (lost to Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–0)
2007: Pattaya City (lost to Sybille Bammer 7–5, 3–6, 7–5)
2009: Bogotá (lost to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-3, 6-2)

[edit] Doubles (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	April 5, 2003	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Henrieta Nagyová Elena Tatarkova	6–3, 6–4
2.	October 9, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	Shinobu Asagoe Maria Vento-Kabchi	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
3.	October 9, 2005	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–1, 7–5
4.	October 30, 2005	Linz, Austria	Hard	Květa Peschke	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–2, 6–3
5.	February 26, 2006	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	Ágnes Szávay Jasmin Wöhr	7–6(1), 6–1
6.	July 23, 2006	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	Marta Domachowska Sania Mirza	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
7.	January 16, 2009	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Flavia Pennetta	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	6–2, 7–6(4)
8.	July 11, 2009	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–2, 0–6, [10–5]