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.

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

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.

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.

Career highlights At the age of 31, in May 2019, she made her major main-draw debut at Roland Garros.

She also made her main-draw debut at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying.

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

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossSparta Prague Open, Czech RepublicClay Nadia Podoroska Lidziya Marozava Andreea Mitu4–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals Legend$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournaments

Singles: 30 (11 titles, 19 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2005ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy10,000 Clay Anna Korzeniak 3–6, 0–6Loss 0–2 Aug 2006ITF Jesi, Italy10,000 Hard Regina Kulikova 3–6, 4–6Loss 0–3 Jul 2007ITF Imola, Italy10,000 Hard Valentina Sassi 6–7(1), 2–6Loss 0–4 Jun 2008ITF Torino, Italy10,000 Clay Ksenia Palkina 0–6, 4–6Win 1–4 Jul 2008ITF Imola, Italy10,000 Carpet Julia Mayr 6–2, 6–1Loss 1–5 Aug 2008ITF Wahlstedt, Germany10,000 Clay Romina Oprandi 3–6, 0–6Loss 1–6 Oct 2008ITF Sevilla, Spain10,000 Clay Michelle Gerards 3–6, 2–6Win 2–6 Oct 2008ITF Oristano, Italy10,000 Hard Silvia Disderi 6–2, 6–2Win 3–6 May 2009ITF Piteşti, Romania10,000 Clay Tanya Germanlieva 6–3, 6–3Win 4–6 Aug 2009ITF Arezzo, Italy10,000 Clay Chanel Simmonds 7–5, 6–3Loss 4–7 Feb 2010ITF Madrid, Spain10,000 Clay María Teresa Torró Flor 5–7, 6–3, 4–6Loss 4–8 Mar 2010ITF Amiens, France10,000 Clay (i) Claire de Gubernatis 3–6, 3–6Loss 4–9 Mar 2010ITF Gonesse, France10,000 Clay (i) Iryna Brémond 0–6, 3–6Loss 4–10 Mar 2011ITF Bath, United Kingdom10,000 Hard (i) Marta Sirotkina w/oLoss 4–11 May 2011Internazionali di Brescia, Italy25,000 Clay Irina Buryachok 7–6(5), 2–6, 2–6Win 5–11 Jul 2011ITF Imola, Italy25,000 Carpet Federica Quercia 6–1, 6–3Loss 5–12 Apr 2012ITF Torrent, Spain10,000 Clay Andrea Lázaro García 0–6, 6–3, 1–4 ret.Loss 5–13 Jul 2015Bella Cup, Poland25,000 Clay Kristína Kučová 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Loss 5–14 Aug 2016ITF Valladolid, Spain10,000 Hard Eva Guerrero Álvarez 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 6–14 Aug 2016ITF Galați, Romania10,000 Clay Oana Georgeta Simion 6–3, 6–4Win 7–14 Oct 2016ITF Telde, Spain10,000 Clay Leonie Küng 2–6, 6–1, 6–3Loss 7–15 Mar 2017ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000 Clay Dejana Radanović 5–7, 3–6Win 8–15 Apr 2017ITF Pula, Italy25,000 Clay Irina Bara 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss 8–16 May 2017ITF Qujing, China25,000 Hard Gao Xinyu 1–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 8–17 Jun 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Dejana Radanović 2–6, 1–6Loss 8–18 Sep 2018ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria25,000 Clay Caroline Werner 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 9–18 Sep 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Greet Minnen 7–5, 6–4Win 10–18 Mar 2019ITF Kofu, Japan25,000 Hard Lara Salden 6–2, 6–1Win 11–18 Nov 2019ITF Solarino, Italy25,000 Carpet Jana Fett 2–6, 6–3, 7–5Loss 11–19 Oct 2021ITF Budapest, Hungary 25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (26 titles, 12 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 May 2006ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy10,000 Clay Darya Kustova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Irina Smirnova 6–2, 6–2Loss 1–1 Jul 2006International Country Cuneo, Italy50,000 Clay Darya Kustova Sara Errani Karin Knapp 3–6, 6–7(5)Win 2–1 Mar 2007ITF Rome, Italy10,000 Clay Darya Kustova Danielle Harmsen Marlena Metzinger 6–4, 6–1Win 3–1 Mar 2007ITF Rome, Italy10,000 Clay Darya Kustova Alexandra Dulgheru Vojislava Lukić 5–7, 6–1, 6–2Win 4–1 Mar 2007ITF Foggia, Italy10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa Lisa Sabino Stefanie Haidner 6–1, 6–3Loss 4–2 Jul 2007ITF Cremona, Italy10,000 Clay Lisa Sabino Benedetta Davato Elena Pioppo 3–6, 2–6Loss 4–3 Sep 2007ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa Émilie Bacquet Samantha Schoeffel 2–6, 2–6Win 5–3 Oct 2007ITF Castel Gandolfo, Italy10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa Stefanie Haidner Amra Sadiković 2–3 ret.Win 6–3 Oct 2007ITF Sevilla, Spain10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Melissa Cabrera-Handt Carolina Gago Fuentes 6–7(5), 6–4, [11–8]Win 7–3 Feb 2008ITF Arezzo, Italy10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Tetyana Arefyeva Aude Vermoezen 7–5, 6–1Win 8–3 Mar 2008ITF Sabadell, Spain10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio 6–2, 6–0Loss 8–4 Mar 2008ITF Rome, Italy10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Magdalena Kiszczyńska Ksenia Milevskaya 0–6, 4–6Loss 8–5 Apr 2008ITF Fuerteventura, Spain10,000 Carpet Benedetta Davato Jade Curtis Irene Rehberger Bescos 3–6, 6–7(6)Loss 8–6 Jun 2008ITF Torino, Italy10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa Tatsiana Kapshai Alexandra Razumova 7–6(4), 2–6, [8–10]Loss 8–7 Aug 2008ITF Pesaro, Italy10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa Benedetta Davato Lisa Sabino 2–6, 6–7Loss 8–8 Oct 2008ITF Sevilla, Spain10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Michelle Gerards Claire Lablans 2–6, 3–6Win 9–8 Oct 2008ITF Oristano, Italy10,000 Hard Silvia Disderi Alice Balducci Elisa Salis 6–0, 6–2Loss 9–9 Feb 2009ITF Albufeira, Portugal10,000 Hard Federica Quercia Lucie Kriegsmannová Darina Sedenková 0–6, 2–6Win 10–9 May 2009ITF Caserta, Italy10,000 Clay Stefania Chieppa Martina di Giuseppe Andreea Văideanu 6–1, 6–4Win 11–9 May 2009ITF Arezzo, Italy10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Stefania Chieppa Valentina Sulpizio 6–3, 4–6, [10–2]Win 12–9 Oct 2009ITF Settimo San Pietro, Italy10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Giulia Gasparri Elisa Salis 6–2, 7–5Win 13–9 Oct 2009ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Margarita Lazareva Anastasiya Lytovchenko 6–2, 6–2Win 14–9 Feb 2010ITF Madrid, Spain10,000 Hard Federica Quercia Benedetta Davato Inés Ferrer Suárez 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]Loss 14–10 Apr 2010ITF Bari, Italy25,000 Clay Federica Quercia Anastasia Pivovarova Irina Buryachok 7–6(3), 4–6, [4–10]Win 15–10 Jul 2010ITF Les Contamines-Montjoie, France25,000 Hard Federica Quercia Constance Sibille Claire Feuerstein 7–5, 7–5Win 16–10 Mar 2011ITF Bath, United Kingdom10,000 Hard (i) Anastasia Grymalska Emma Laine Tara Moore 6–4, 2–6, [10–6]Win 17–10 May 2011ITF Casarano, Italy10,000 Clay Federica Quercia Benedetta Davato Federica Grazioso 7–5, 2–6, 6–4Win 18–10 Jul 2011ITF Imola, Italy25,000 Carpet Federica Quercia Yuliana Lizarazo Scarlett Werner w/oWin 19–10 Feb 2012ITF Mâcon, France10,000 Hard (i) Michaela Hončová Kim Kilsdonk Nicolette van Uitert 6–4, 1–6, [10–5]Win 20–10 Apr 2013ITF Dijon, France15,000 Hard (i) Nicole Clerico Marina Shamayko Elitsa Kostova 6–4, 6–2Loss 20–11 Apr 2013Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000 Clay Nicole Clerico Aliaksandra Sasnovich Diāna Marcinkēviča 7–6(2), 4–6, [7–10]Win 21–11 Feb 2014ITF Beinasco, Italy25,000 Clay (i) Nicole Clerico Anna Smith Jocelyn Rae 6–1, 5–7, [13–11]Win 22–11 Sep 2014Open de Saint-Malo, France50,000 Clay Anastasia Grymalska Tatiana Búa Beatriz García Vidagany 6–3, 6–1Loss 22–12 Apr 2015Chiasso Open, Switzerland25,000 Clay Alice Matteucci Diana Buzean Réka Luca Jani 2–6, 5–7Win 23–12 Jun 2018ITF Óbidos, Portugal25,000 Carpet Giorgia Marchetti Caroline Werner Nuria Párrizas Díaz 6–1, 6–1Win 24–12 Jan 2019Playford International, Australia25,000 Hard Anastasia Grymalska Amber Marshall Lulu Sun 6–2, 6–3Win 25–12 May 2019Open Saint-Gaudens, France60,000 Clay Martina di Giuseppe Anna Kalinskaya Sofya Lansere 6–1, 6–1Win 26–12 Jul 2022ITS Cup, Czech Republic60,000 Clay Sada Nahimana Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie Oana Georgeta Simion 6–1, 1–6, [10–5]

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