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Giulia Gatto-Monticone
	Gatto Monticone at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	18 November 1987 (age 37); Turin, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2023
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 665,570
Singles
Career record	564–430
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2020)
French Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
US Open	Q1 (2011, 2014, 2019, 2021)
Doubles
Career record	202–150
Career titles	26 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 200 (27 October 2014)

Giulia Gatto-Monticone (born 18 November 1987) is an Italian former tennis player.

In February 2020, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 148, while her best WTA doubles ranking is 200, achieved in October 2014.^[1]

Gatto-Monticone has won eleven singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.^[2]

She has never lost a match in Fed Cup (2–0 record in doubles), contributing to have Italy win the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B (Tallinn).

In November 2023 Gatto-Monticone retired from tennis.^[3]

Personal life and background

Gatto-Monticone stated that her tennis idols are Roger Federer and Kimiko Date. Her favorite shot is forehand and favorite surface to play on is grass.^[4]

Career highlights

At the age of 31, in May 2019, she made her Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros.

She also made her debut, after qualifying, at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.^[5]

In September 2020, Gatto-Monticone reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour. Partnering with Nadia Podoroska, she lost to Lidziya Marozava and Andreea Mitu in straight sets.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q2	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	Q3	Q1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	Q1	0–1
US Open	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Sep 2020	Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Nadia Podoroska	Lidziya Marozava Andreea Mitu	4–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 30 (11 titles, 19 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2005	ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Anna Korzeniak	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2006	ITF Jesi, Italy	10,000	Hard	Regina Kulikova	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2007	ITF Imola, Italy	10,000	Hard	Valentina Sassi	6–7⁽¹⁾, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2008	ITF Torino, Italy	10,000	Clay	Ksenia Palkina	0–6, 4–6
Win	1–4	Jul 2008	ITF Imola, Italy	10,000	Carpet	Julia Mayr	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1–5	Aug 2008	ITF Wahlstedt, Germany	10,000	Clay	Romina Oprandi	3–6, 0–6
Loss	1–6	Oct 2008	ITF Sevilla, Spain	10,000	Clay	Michelle Gerards	3–6, 2–6
Win	2–6	Oct 2008	ITF Oristano, Italy	10,000	Hard	Silvia Disderi	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–6	May 2009	ITF Piteşti, Romania	10,000	Clay	Tanya Germanlieva	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–6	Aug 2009	ITF Arezzo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4–7	Feb 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–8	Mar 2010	ITF Amiens, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Claire de Gubernatis	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–9	Mar 2010	ITF Gonesse, France	10,000	Clay (i)	Iryna Brémond	0–6, 3–6
Loss	4–10	Mar 2011	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Marta Sirotkina	w/o
Loss	4–11	May 2011	Internazionali di Brescia, Italy	25,000	Clay	Irina Buryachok	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 2–6, 2–6
Win	5–11	Jul 2011	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Federica Quercia	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–12	Apr 2012	ITF Torrent, Spain	10,000	Clay	Andrea Lázaro García	0–6, 6–3, 1–4 ret.
Loss	5–13	Jul 2015	Bella Cup, Poland	25,000	Clay	Kristína Kučová	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	5–14	Aug 2016	ITF Valladolid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Eva Guerrero Álvarez	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	6–14	Aug 2016	ITF Galați, Romania	10,000	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–14	Oct 2016	ITF Telde, Spain	10,000	Clay	Leonie Küng	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	7–15	Mar 2017	ITF Heraklion, Greece	15,000	Clay	Dejana Radanović	5–7, 3–6
Win	8–15	Apr 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Irina Bara	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	8–16	May 2017	ITF Qujing, China	25,000	Hard	Gao Xinyu	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	8–17	Jun 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Dejana Radanović	2–6, 1–6
Loss	8–18	Sep 2018	ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Caroline Werner	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	9–18	Sep 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Greet Minnen	7–5, 6–4
Win	10–18	Mar 2019	ITF Kofu, Japan	25,000	Hard	Lara Salden	6–2, 6–1
Win	11–18	Nov 2019	ITF Solarino, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Jana Fett	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	11–19	Oct 2021	ITF Budapest, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (26 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2006	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	10,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Irina Smirnova	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jul 2006	International Country Cuneo, Italy	50,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	Sara Errani Karin Knapp	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	2–1	Mar 2007	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	Danielle Harmsen Marlena Metzinger	6–4, 6–1
Win	3–1	Mar 2007	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Darya Kustova	Alexandra Dulgheru Vojislava Lukić	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	4–1	Mar 2007	ITF Foggia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Lisa Sabino Stefanie Haidner	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–2	Jul 2007	ITF Cremona, Italy	10,000	Clay	Lisa Sabino	Benedetta Davato Elena Pioppo	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–3	Sep 2007	ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Émilie Bacquet Samantha Schoeffel	2–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Oct 2007	ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Stefanie Haidner Amra Sadiković	2–3 ret.
Win	6–3	Oct 2007	ITF Sevilla, Spain	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Melissa Cabrera-Handt Carolina Gago Fuentes	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [11–8]
Win	7–3	Feb 2008	ITF Arezzo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Tetyana Arefyeva Aude Vermoezen	7–5, 6–1
Win	8–3	Mar 2008	ITF Sabadell, Spain	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio	6–2, 6–0
Loss	8–4	Mar 2008	ITF Rome, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Magdalena Kiszczyńska Ksenia Milevskaya	0–6, 4–6
Loss	8–5	Apr 2008	ITF Fuerteventura, Spain	10,000	Carpet	Benedetta Davato	Jade Curtis Irene Rehberger Bescos	3–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	8–6	Jun 2008	ITF Torino, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Tatsiana Kapshai Alexandra Razumova	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–7	Aug 2008	ITF Pesaro, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Benedetta Davato Lisa Sabino	2–6, 6–7
Loss	8–8	Oct 2008	ITF Sevilla, Spain	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Michelle Gerards Claire Lablans	2–6, 3–6
Win	9–8	Oct 2008	ITF Oristano, Italy	10,000	Hard	Silvia Disderi	Alice Balducci Elisa Salis	6–0, 6–2
Loss	9–9	Feb 2009	ITF Albufeira, Portugal	10,000	Hard	Federica Quercia	Lucie Kriegsmannová Darina Sedenková	0–6, 2–6
Win	10–9	May 2009	ITF Caserta, Italy	10,000	Clay	Stefania Chieppa	Martina di Giuseppe Andreea Văideanu	6–1, 6–4
Win	11–9	May 2009	ITF Arezzo, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Stefania Chieppa Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Win	12–9	Oct 2009	ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Giulia Gasparri Elisa Salis	6–2, 7–5
Win	13–9	Oct 2009	ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Margarita Lazareva Anastasiya Lytovchenko	6–2, 6–2
Win	14–9	Feb 2010	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Hard	Federica Quercia	Benedetta Davato Inés Ferrer Suárez	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	14–10	Apr 2010	ITF Bari, Italy	25,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Anastasia Pivovarova Irina Buryachok	7–6⁽³⁾, 4–6, [4–10]
Win	15–10	Jul 2010	ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France	25,000	Hard	Federica Quercia	Constance Sibille Claire Feuerstein	7–5, 7–5
Win	16–10	Mar 2011	ITF Bath, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Anastasia Grymalska	Emma Laine Tara Moore	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	17–10	May 2011	ITF Casarano, Italy	10,000	Clay	Federica Quercia	Benedetta Davato Federica Grazioso	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	18–10	Jul 2011	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Federica Quercia	Yuliana Lizarazo Scarlett Werner	w/o
Win	19–10	Feb 2012	ITF Mâcon, France	10,000	Hard (i)	Michaela Hončová	Kim Kilsdonk Nicolette van Uitert	6–4, 1–6, [10–5]
Win	20–10	Apr 2013	ITF Dijon, France	15,000	Hard (i)	Nicole Clerico	Marina Shamayko Elitsa Kostova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	20–11	Apr 2013	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Nicole Clerico	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	21–11	Feb 2014	ITF Beinasco, Italy	25,000	Clay (i)	Nicole Clerico	Anna Smith Jocelyn Rae	6–1, 5–7, [13–11]
Win	22–11	Sep 2014	Open de Saint-Malo, France	50,000	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	Tatiana Búa Beatriz García Vidagany	6–3, 6–1
Loss	22–12	Apr 2015	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	25,000	Clay	Alice Matteucci	Diana Buzean Réka Luca Jani	2–6, 5–7
Win	23–12	Jun 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	25,000	Carpet	Giorgia Marchetti	Caroline Werner Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6–1, 6–1
Win	24–12	Jan 2019	Playford International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Anastasia Grymalska	Amber Marshall Lulu Sun	6–2, 6–3
Win	25–12	May 2019	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Martina di Giuseppe	Anna Kalinskaya Sofya Lansere	6–1, 6–1
Win	26–12	Jul 2022	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	60,000	Clay	Sada Nahimana	Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie Oana Georgeta Simion	6–1, 1–6, [10–5]