Gabriela Lee

Gabriela Lee
	Lee at the 2022 French Open
Full name	Gabriela Talabă Lee
Country (sports)	Romania
Born	23 August 1995 (age 31); Galați, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Left (one-handed backhand)
College	Texas Tech University
Prize money	$453,829
Singles
Career record	297–254
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 136 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 682 (20 July 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2021, 2022, 2023)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021, 2022)
US Open	Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	157–142
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 229 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 540 (20 July 2026)
	Last updated on: 22 July 2026.

Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian professional tennis player.

She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 229, set on the same date. She has won six singles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

Lee played collegiate tennis at Texas Tech University. She helped the Lady Raiders to four straight NCAA tournament berths, four straight Sweet 16 appearances, two Elite Eight appearances and the highest ranking in program history (No. 5).

She made her WTA Tour doubles main-draw debut at the Lexington Open, having received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Caitlin Whoriskey.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2020, Lee entered the qualifying round of the French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament ever played. However, she lost her first match against Clara Tauson from Denmark.

She qualified for the 2021 Charleston Open main draw making her WTA Tour and WTA 500 singles debuts. She lost to eventual runner-up Danka Kovinić in the first round.

Lee recorded her first WTA Tour match win at the 2021 Poland Open as a lucky loser over Cypriot qualifier Raluca Serban.

In 2022, she qualified into the main draw of the Charleston Open for a second year in a row but lost to Jasmine Paolini.

Lee gained direct entry into the 2023 Morocco Open, losing her opening match to Léolia Jeanjean.

Having qualified for the 2023 Montevideo Open, Lee defeated wildcard entrant Lucía de Santa Ana to reach the second round, where she was double baggled by second seed and eventual champion Renata Zarazúa.

Ranked No. 313, she also qualified for the singles main draw at the 2024 Charleston Open but lost to Ashlyn Krueger. Despite the loss she returned to the top 300. Later that year, Lee qualified for the LTP Charleston Pro Tennis, where wins over lucky loser Kayla Cross and eighth seed Iva Jovic saw her reach the quarterfinals, at which point her run was ended by wildcard entrant Lauren Davis in three sets.

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2025	Open de San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Elvina Kalieva	Anastasia Tikhonova Tara Würth	3–6, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (1–0)
W75 tournaments (0–2)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (2–2)
W10/15 tournaments (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2014	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W10	Clay	Cristina Stancu	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2016	ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania	W10	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2017	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W15	Clay	Victoria Bosio	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–2	Sep 2018	ITF Marbella, Spain	W15	Clay	Aleksandrina Naydenova	6–2, 6–2
Win	3–2	Oct 2018	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	W25	Clay	Elizabeth Halbauer	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Win	4–2	Sep 2019	ITF Redding, US	W25	Hard	Alycia Parks	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4–3	Sep 2020	ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic	W25	Clay	Zheng Qinwen	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Win	5–3	May 2022	Bonita Springs Championship, US	W100	Clay	Katarzyna Kawa	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Jan 2024	Vero Beach Open, US	W75+H	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	4–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	6–4	May 2025	ITF Pelham, US	W50	Clay	Robin Anderson	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–5	Jul 2025	ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech Republic	W75	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	5–7, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (4–3)
W10/15 tournaments (6–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2013	ITF Balș, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Jaqueline Cristian Raluca Elena Platon	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2013	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	Irina Bara Conny Perrin	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W10	Clay	Patricia Maria Țig	Li Yihong Zhu Lin	2–6, ret.
Loss	0–4	Jul 2014	ITF Iași, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Raluca Elena Platon Cristina Stancu	6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	1–4	Jun 2015	ITF Galați, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Daniela Ciobanu Camelia Hristea	4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win	2–4	Jul 2016	ITF Focșani, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Daniela Ciobanu Kassandra Davesne	5–7, 6–1, [10–6]
Win	3–4	Aug 2016	ITF Galați, Romania	W10	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Karola Patricia Bejenaru Georgia Crăciun	5–7, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	4–4	Aug 2017	ITF Bucharest, Romania	W15	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Elena Bogdan Elena-Teodora Cadar	6–3, 0–6, [12–10]
Loss	4–5	Jun 2018	ITF Baton Rouge, US	W25	Hard	Astra Sharma	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–5	Jul 2018	ITF Horb, Germany	W25	Hard	Oana Georgeta Simion	Jana Jablonovská Vivien Juhászová	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–5	Sep 2018	ITF Marbella, Spain	W15	Clay	Claudia Hoste Ferrer	Ana Lantigua de la Nuez Ángeles Moreno Barranquero	6–2, 6–2
Win	7–5	Sep 2018	ITF Varna, Bulgaria	W15	Clay	Aymet Uzcátegui	İpek Öz Melis Sezer	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	7–6	Oct 2018	ITF Charleston Pro, US	W25	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–7	Apr 2019	ITF Pelham, US	W25	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	3–6, 0–6
Win	8–7	Aug 2019	ITF Fort Worth, US	W25	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Elysia Bolton Jada Hart	7–6⁽⁸⁾, 7–5
Win	9–7	Aug 2019	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	W25	Clay	Katerina Stewart	Yuliana Lizarazo Camila Osorio	6–7⁽¹⁾, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, [10–7]
Loss	9–8	Sep 2019	ITF Templeton Pro, US	W60	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–8	Nov 2019	ITF Naples, US	W25	Clay	María Portillo Ramírez	Lea Bošković Seone Mendez	7–5, 6–2