Gabriela Niculescu

Gabriela Niculescu
Full name	Gabriela Niculescu
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	7 June 1986 (age 35); Socialist Republic of Romania
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2008
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$32,208
Singles
Career record	91–67
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 376 (4 July 2005)
Doubles
Career record	157–43
Career titles	0 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 199 (20 February 2006)

Gabriela Niculescu (born 7 June 1986) is a retired professional tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On July 4, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 376, and her best doubles ranking was 199 on February 20, 2006.

In 2008 playing for the University of Southern California in doubles, teamed up with Amanda Fink, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation.^[1]

She became a national platform tennis champion after retiring from professional tennis. She won titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

Personal life[edit]

She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu.^[2]

ITF finals[edit]

Singles (1–2)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 July 2004	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Petra Novotníková	5-7, 6-7
Runner-up	2.	28 November 2004	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Yuliya Ustyuzhanina	4-6, 4-6
Winner	3.	8 May 2005	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Aurélie Védy	5-7, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles (25-11)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 August 2002	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Radoslava Topalova Virginia Trifonova	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	2.	26 August 2002	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Iveta Gerlová Nina Nittinger	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	16 March 2003	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Stefanie Haidner Daniela Klemenschits	6–3, 6–7⁽⁷⁾, 4–6
Winner	4.	31 March 2003	Makarska, Croatia	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Darija Jurak Maria Jedlicková	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	20 April 2003	Dubrovnik, Croatia	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	17 August 2003	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Anna Bastrikova Elena Vesnina	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	31 August 2003	Timișoara, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Julia Ács Vasilisa Davydova	4–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	23 May 2004	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Lenore Lazaroiu Andra Savu	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	6 June 2004	Constanţa, Romania	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Bianca Bonifate Diana Gae	6–4, 6–3
Winner	10.	13 June 2004	Piteşti, Romania	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Andrea Benítez Estefania Craciún	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	15 August 2004	Târgu Mureș, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Simona Matei Barbara Pócza	7–5, 6–1
Winner	12.	22 August 2004	Iași, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Nadine Schlotterer Eva Valková	7–5, 6–1
Winner	13.	29 August 2004	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Lenore Lazaroiu Raluca Olaru	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Winner	14.	5 September 2004	Arad, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Yevgenia Savransky Sandra Záhlavová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	15.	19 September 2004	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Sandra Záhlavová	Kyra Nagy Virág Németh	6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	16.	6 February 2005	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Mădălina Gojnea	Irina Buryachok Olga Panova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	17.	20 March 2005	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Hanna Andreyeva Valeria Bondarenko	6–2, 6–3
Winner	18.	27 March 2005	Ain Sokhna, Egypt	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Laura-Ramona Husaru Sarah Raab	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	17 April 2005	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Lucie Hradecká Sandra Záhlavová	4–6, 3–6
Winner	20.	8 May 2005	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Irina Buryachok Olga Panova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	21.	15 May 2005	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Renata Kucerková Kathrin Woerle	6–7, 6–0, 6–0
Winner	22.	21 May 2005	Pitești, Romania	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	Vojislava Lukić Andrea Popović	6–4, 6–3
Winner	23.	28 May 2005	Balș, Romania	Clay	Bianca Bonifate	Lenka Dlhopolcová Alexandra Iacob	6–2, 7–5
Winner	24.	25 June 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Corina Corduneanu	Elena Chalova Ekaterina Lopes	6–2, 6–4
Winner	25.	3 July 2005	Galați, Romania	Clay	Corina Corduneanu	Vasilisa Davydova Olga Panova	6-4, 5-7, 6-1
Winner	26.	23 July 2005	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	Ágnes Szatmári Oksana Teplyakova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	27.	23 October 2005	Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Sara Errani María José Martínez Sánchez	2–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	28.	9 April 2006	Athens, Greece	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Olga Brózda Margit Rüütel	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	29.	7 May 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Simona Matei Raluca Olaru	6–4, 0–6, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	30.	14 May 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Sorana Cîrstea Diana Buzean	6–3, 6–0
Winner	31.	25 June 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Monica Niculescu	Raluca Ciulei Neda Kozić	6–2, 6–1
Winner	32.	30 July 2006	Arad, Romania	Clay	Laura Ioana Paar	Karolina Jovanović Neda Kozić	6–2, 6–3
Winner	33.	6 August 2006	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Laura Ioana Paar	Maria Luiza Crăciun Ágnes Szatmári	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	34.	24 June 2007	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Maria Luiza Crăciun	Kateryna Herth Oksana Uzhylovska	5-7, 3-6
Winner	35.	19 August 2007	Constanţa, Romania	Clay	Diana Gae	Alexandra Damaschin Lenore Lazaroiu	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	36.	11 July 2008	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Mihaela Bunea	Irina-Camelia Begu Ioana Gașpar	6–4, 3–6, [3–10]