Gabriela Niculescu
# Gabriela Niculescu

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.

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

## Personal life

She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu.

## ITF finals

### Singles (1–2)

* 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)

| 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] |
