21 Facts About Gisela Dulko

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Gisela Dulko is an Argentine former tennis player.

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Gisela Dulko reached the mixed-doubles final at the 2011 US Open, with Eduardo Schwank.

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Gisela Dulko retired from professional tennis on 18 November 2012, aged 27.

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Gisela Dulko was born and raised in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province.

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On 25 August 2007, Gisela Dulko won her second WTA title at the Forest Hills Tier-IV event, defeating Virginie Razzano.

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Gisela Dulko then reached the quarter-finals of the Monterrey Open and the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and the third round of mandatory events in Indian Wells and Miami.

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Gisela Dulko reached the third round in the next two Grand Slams, losing to Dominika Cibulkova at the French Open, and then to Nadia Petrova at Wimbledon after she had upset the 24th seed, Maria Sharapova, in three sets in the second round.

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Gisela Dulko then made first-round exits in the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, the LA Women's Tennis Championships and the Pilot Pen Tennis, and failed to qualify for the Rogers Cup.

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Gisela Dulko again played at the Hong Kong Tennis Classic, and won Silver Group Championships with Venus Williams and Michael Chang, and then she started the year at the Hobart International, where she reached the quarter-finals, losing to Medina Garrigues.

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Gisela Dulko then played in Copa BBVA-Colsanitas as the top seed, and made it to the semi-finals before being upset by Angelique Kerber.

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Gisela Dulko then played in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel as the third seed, but lost to the fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro in the semi-finals.

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Unseeded at the Sony Ericsson Open, Gisela Dulko reached the third round by defeating Olga Govortsova and the No 21 seed Alona Bondarenko.

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Gisela Dulko caused the first upset of the French Open with a first round victory over the No 10 seed, Victoria Azarenka.

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Gisela Dulko was then defeated by Chanelle Scheepers in the second round.

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Gisela Dulko lost in the first round of her Wimbledon campaign by Monica Niculescu.

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Gisela Dulko then played at the Swedish Open in Bastad, where she was seeded 4th.

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At the China Open in Beijing, Gisela Dulko made it to the second round before falling to Maria Kirilenko.

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On 1 November 2010, Gisela Dulko became the world No 1 ranked doubles player.

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Gisela Dulko reached her first singles final of the year at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where she was the fourth seed.

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Gisela Dulko struggled in her next few tournaments, losing in the first rounds of Miami, Madrid, and Rome, and only reaching the second round at the BNP Paribas Open, but found form again at the French Open, advancing to the fourth round by defeating the 2010 finalist Stosur in three sets.

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Gisela Dulko was married to the Argentinian international footballer Fernando Gago.