Gabriela Dabrowski

Early life

She played in her first provincial tournament, when she was 8. Her first big victory was at the provincial 10 and under Future Stars at 9 years old. Gabriela was a finalist at the Ontario 14 and under Provincial Championships and finished in the top 8 at the 14 and under National Championships.

2006–12

At the beginning of 2006, she became the first Canadian to win Les Petits As, one of the most prestigious 14 and under tournaments in the world. In December 2006, Dabrowski reached the doubles final of the 16 and under Orange Bowl in Miami. Gabriela also won the Junior Orange Bowl in December 2009 where she defeated top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic. She was the first Canadian to capture the title since Tennis Hall of Famer Carling Bassett-Seguso did it as a 15-year-old in 1982. At the junior event of the Australian Open in January 2010, Dabrowski was a runner-up in doubles with partner Tímea Babos. In November 2011, she made it to her first professional singles final at the ITF $50,000 tournament in Toronto, but lost to qualifier Amra Sadiković. Dabrowski reached, in November 2012, the semifinals of the ITF $75,000 Challenger in Phoenix.

2013

At the end of May, Dabrowski reached the first WTA final of her career, with partner Shahar Pe'er, at the Premier tournament in Brussels. They were defeated by Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke in the final. At the beginning of July at the ITF $50,000 in Waterloo, Dabrowski made it to the second professional singles final of her career. She was defeated by Julia Glushko. At the Rogers Cup in August, Dabrowski reached the semifinals in doubles with compatriot Sharon Fichman after upsetting first seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci the round before. They lost to Jelena Janković and Katarina Srebotnik. In October, Dabrowski (with partner Alicja Rosolska) reached her second WTA doubles final at the International tournament in Linz. They were eliminated by twin sisters Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková in the final. Dabrowski reached the third singles final of her career at the inaugural ITF 50K SSIR Women's Pro Classic in November, but lost to Mandy Minella.

2014

At her first tournament of the season, the ITF $25,000 in Vero Beach, Dabrowski reached the fourth singles final of her career but was defeated by Laura Siegemund. At the French Open in May, she made it to the second round of the doubles event with Alicja Rosolska. In July at the Swedish Open, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA main draw and upset world No. 39 Camila Giorgi in the opening round, her first Top 50 win. She was eliminated in three sets by Mona Barthel in the next round. At the beginning of August at the Citi Open, Dabrowski won the first WTA doubles title of her career. She defeated, with partner Shuko Aoyama, Hiroko Kuwata and Kurumi Nara in straight sets in the final. In late August at the US Open, she reached the third round in doubles with Rosolska. In November, Dabrowski made it to the final of the ITF 50K Tevlin Women's Challenger where she won her first professional singles title over Maria Sanchez.

2015

At the Australian Open, Dabrowski and partner Alicja Rosolska reached the third round of the doubles event with an upset over second seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Sania Mirza. They were eliminated by Michaëlla Krajicek and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in three sets. In February at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Dabrowski qualified for her first WTA Premier main draw with a win over world No. 69 Julia Görges. She lost to Çağla Büyükakçay in three sets in the opening round. In March at the Monterrey Open, Dabrowski won her second WTA doubles title where she defeated, along partner Alicja Rosolska, the Rodionova sisters. In May, she reached the quarterfinals in doubles at the Premier 5 Internazionali BNL d'Italia. At her next tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she qualified for her third WTA main draw but lost to Elena Vesnina in the first round. At the Pan American Games in July, Dabrowski won a gold medal in doubles with Carol Zhao and a silver medal in mixed doubles with Philip Bester. In August at the Rogers Cup, she was awarded a wildcard for the singles main draw but was eliminated in the first round by world No. 26 Flavia Pennetta.

2016

In February, Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez reached the semifinals of the WTA Premier 5 in Doha. In June, she reached the doubles final of the WTA International in Nottingham with Yang Zhaoxuan. The next week at the inaugural Mallorca Open, she won her third WTA doubles title, this time with partner María José Martínez Sánchez. At Wimbledon, Dabrowski continued her partnership with the Spaniard. In the opening round, she triumphed against fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and her partner Sabine Lisicki in straight sets, to reach the second round for the first time. In the next round, against Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja, the duo failed to close out the match and squandered a 6–4, 5–2 lead. Dabrowski and her partner ended up losing in three sets. At the Olympics in August, she advanced to the second round with compatriot Bouchard. In October, Dabrowski and partner Martínez Sánchez reached the semifinals at the Premier Mandatory in Beijing. She won the second singles title of her career in November at the ITF 25K in Nashville, where she defeated Jennifer Elie in straight sets.

2017

In January at the Hobart International, Dabrowski reached the final in doubles with Yang Zhaoxuan. In April, she won her first WTA Premier Mandatory doubles title in Miami after defeating, with partner Xu Yifan, the third seeds Sania Mirza and Barbora Strýcová in the final. In May, she qualified for the WTA tournament in Rabat, achieving this feat for the fourth time of her career and the first since 2015. She defeated Lina Qostal in her opener for her second WTA Tour main draw win but lost to Francesca Schiavone in the second round. At the French Open, Dabrowski reached the third round in doubles and won the title in mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a senior Grand Slam title. In August at the WTA Premier in New Haven, she captured her second doubles title of the season, also her second with partner Xu Yifan. At the US Open, she advanced to the quarterfinals in both doubles and mixed doubles. In September at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she qualified for her second WTA main draw of the season where she lost to defending champion Océane Dodin in the first round in three sets.

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Notes

Mixed doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2017 US Open.

Record against top-100 players

Dabrowski's win-loss record (9–28, 24%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.