Gabriela Dabrowski

Career

In early 2006, Dabrowski became the first Canadian to win Les Petits As, a top 14-and-under tournament. Later that year, she reached the doubles final of the 16-and-under Orange Bowl. In December 2009, she won the Junior Orange Bowl, defeating top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic, becoming the first Canadian to win that title since 1982. At the 2010 Australian Open junior event, she was runner-up in doubles with Tímea Babos.

She ended 2010 ranked fifth in junior rankings and turned professional. Her first professional singles final came in November 2011 at the $50k Toronto Challenger, where she lost to Amra Sadiković. In November 2012, she reached the semifinals of the $75k Challenger in Phoenix. At the Premier tournament in Brussels, she reached her first WTA doubles final with Shahar Pe'er, losing to Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke.

In July, she made her second professional singles final at the $50k Waterloo Challenger, defeated by Julia Glushko. At the Rogers Cup, she reached the doubles semifinals with Sharon Fichman after upsetting top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. In October, she reached her second WTA doubles final at Linz with Alicja Rosolska, losing to the Plíšková twins. She reached a third singles final at the $50k SSIR Pro Classic in November, losing to Mandy Minella.

Performance timelines

Performance timelines are current through the 2025 US Open. WTA 1000 events in Qatar and Dubai require separate updates from 2024 onward. The first Premier 5 event of the year alternated between Dubai and Doha from 2009 to 2024, with Dubai classified as Premier 5 from 2009 to 2011 and Doha taking that status from 2012 to 2014. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to Premier and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Did You Know?

• Dabrowski is of Polish origin and speaks English, French, and Polish.
• She played in her first provincial tournament at age eight.
• On December 31, 2024, she revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2024 and had undergone treatment including two surgeries.