Gioia Barbieri


Gioia Barbieri is an Italian former tennis player.

Tennis career

Barbieri was born in Forlimpopoli, Italy. She trained at the San Marino Tennis Academy, and was coached by Claudio Pistolesi. Her father is Andrea, her mother is Marcella and she has one sister, Maria Sole.
In her career, Barbieri won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 15, 2014, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 170, whilst her best doubles ranking is 165, which she achieved on April 13, 2015, having reached the final of the 2015 Katowice Open.
In June 2016, Barbieri announced via social media her retirement from tennis to start working on the family estate.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultDateChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss12 April 2015Katowice Open,
Poland
Hard