What is Gabriela Sabatini’s Net Worth?
Gabriela Sabatini is a retired Argentinian professional tennis player who has a net worth of $8 million. Born in 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gabriela Sabatini picked up tennis when she was six years old and won a tournament within two years. By the time she was 13, Sabatini was the youngest tennis player to ever win Miami’s Orange Bowl. She went on to claim six international titles as a junior and was considered the top junior player in the world in 1984. A year later she burst onto the scene by becoming one of the youngest women to ever reach the French Open semifinals. In 1988, she faced off against Steffi Graf in the U.S. Open finals, losing in three sets. She took silver in the Summer Olympics that year and again lost to Graff, this time in straight sets. She and Graf joined forces and claimed the doubles championship at Wimbledon. Sabatini finally got her revenge on Graff in the U.S. Open finals in 1990, winning 6-2, 7-6, giving her the only Grand Slam title of her career. In 1994, she claimed the Year-End Championship title. In the late ’80s, she attempted to capitalize on her tennis fame by releasing her own fragrance line. Sabatini retired from tennis in 1996 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame a decade later. She finished with a 632-189 record, 27 titles, and a peak world ranking of three.
Career Earnings
During her career Gabriela Sabatini earned $8.78 million in tournament winnings. That’s the equivalent of roughly twice that amount in today’s dollars after adjusting for inflation. She earned millions more from endorsements.
Early Life
Sabatini was born on May 16, 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her parents are Osvaldo and Beatriz Garofalo Sabatini and she has an older brother, also named Osvaldo. Sabatini began playing tennis at the age of six, winning her first tournament at the age of eight. In 1983, she became the youngest player ever to win the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida at the age of 13. The following year, she won the girls’ singles title at the 1984 French Open and won the US Open girls’ double title alongside Argentinian Mercedes Paz. By the end of that year, she was ranked number 1 in the junior rankings and was named the 1984 Junio World Champion by the International Tennis Federation.
Personal Life
Sabatini became an Italian citizen through her paternal great-grandfather in 1993. She splits her time between Buenos Aires, Boca Raton, and Pfaffikon, Switzerland. She has devoted much of her time after tennis to charitable work. In 2017, she was awarded the International Club’s Jean Borotra Sportsmanship Award in recognition of the sportsmanship she displayed over her career in tennis as well as her charitable projects post-retirement. The ITF presented Sabatini with the Phillippe Chatrier Award, their highest accolade, in 2019, to recognize her work with UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Special Olympics. Sabatini does not have any children and has never married.
