Gaia Sanesi (born 1 April 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Gaia Sanesi
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceFlorida, United States
Born (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32)
Florence, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 93,939
Singles
Career record241–190 (55.9%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 294 (14 July 2014)
Doubles
Career record111–70 (61.3%)
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 388 (14 September 2015)

She has career-high WTA rankings of 294 in singles, achieved on 14 July 2014, and 388 in doubles, reached on 14 September 2015. Sanesi won five singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Rio Open in the doubles tournament, partnering Estrella Cabeza Candela.

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 13 (5–8) edit

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 23 July 2012 ITF Horb, Germany Clay   Laura Siegemund 3–6, 0–6
Win 1. 8 July 2013 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay   Tatiana Búa 7–5, 5–7, 7–5
Win 2. 15 July 2013 ITF Knokke, Belgium Clay   Tess Sugnaux 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2. 8 June 2015 ITF Manzanillo, Mexico Hard   Giuliana Olmos 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 21 November 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Katharina Hobgarski 1–6, 5–7
Loss 4. 4 December 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Carolina Alves 3–6, 0–6
Loss 5. 20 May 2017 ITF Oeiras, Portugal Clay   Panna Udvardy 7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6
Win 3. 17 July 2017 ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania Clay   Miriam Bulgaru 6–1, 6–2
Loss 6. 13 August 2017 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Clay   Cornelia Lister 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 12 November 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Marie Benoît 6–3, 6–0
Win 5. 19 November 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Varvara Gracheva 6–3, 6–4
Loss 7. 18 February 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard   Rebecca Marino 2–6, 1–6
Loss 8. 8 April 2018 ITF Jackson, United States Clay   Anhelina Kalinina 0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 21 (10–11) edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (9–9)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 January 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Natalija Kostić   Lee Jin-a
  Yoo Mi
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 11 March 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay   Giulia Sussarello   Eugeniya Pashkova
  Yana Sizikova
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 1. 18 March 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay (i)   Lucía Cervera Vázquez   Tatiana Búa
  Arabela Fernández Rabener
7–5, 6–3
Loss 3. 20 May 2013 ITF Girona, Spain Clay   Giulia Sussarello   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Lucía Cervera Vázquez
6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 4. 17 June 2013 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Bernarda Pera   Kim van der Horst
  Monique Zuur
3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 5. 23 September 2013 ITF Seville, Spain Clay   Cecilia Costa Melgar   Paula Cristina Gonçalves
  Florencia Molinero
3–6, 5–7
Loss 6. 13 January 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh,
Egypt
Hard   Despina Papamichail   Melis Sezer
  İpek Soylu
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Win 2. 24 August 2015 ITF Braunschweig,
Germany
Clay   Mana Ayukawa   Shaline-Doreen Pipa
  Anastazja Rosnowska
3–6, 7–6(5), [10–4]
Win 3. 31 August 2015 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay   Aliona Bolsova   Estrella Cabeza Candela
  Oleksandra Korashvili
6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 15 January 2016 ITF Fort de France,
Martinique
Hard   Jaqueline Cristian   Emina Bektas
  Zoë Gwen Scandalis
7–6(5), 7–6(5)
Loss 7. 22 January 2016 ITF Petit-Bourg,
Guadeloupe
Hard   Jaqueline Cristian   Rosalie van der Hoek
  Kelly Versteeg
6–7(5), 1–6
Win 5. 2 May 2016 ITF Pula, Italy Clay   Federica Arcidiacono   Veronica Napolitano
  Anna Remondina
6–4, 6–1
Win 6. 4 March 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Natasha Piludu   Dominique Karregat
  Sandra Zaniewska
6–3, 6–2
Loss 8. 9 April 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Fernanda Brito   Alice Balducci
  Giorgia Marchetti
6–2, 3–6, [2–10]
Win 7. 20 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Martina Spigarelli   Sarah Beth Grey
  Olivia Nicholls
6–0, 6–2
Win 8. 9 June 2017 ITF Madrid, Spain Clay   Michaela Boev   Ángela Fita Boluda
  Ksenia Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
Loss 9. 6 August 2017 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay   Lucrezia Stefanini   Emily Arbuthnott
  Emilie Francati
4–6, 3–6
Loss 10. 8 April 2018 ITF Jackson, United States Clay   Chanel Simmonds   Sanaz Marand
  Whitney Osuigwe
1–6, 3–6
Win 9. 24 February 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay   Camilla Scala   Cristina Dinu
  Irina Fetecău
6–7, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 10. 23 June 2019 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay   Lisa Sabino   Leonie Küng
  Isabella Shinikova
3–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Loss 11. 9 September 2023 ITF Fiano Romano, Italy Clay   Lara Michel   Enola Chiesa
  Samira de Stefano
1–6, 4–6

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