Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 13 July 2026, she peaked at No. 369 in the doubles rankings.
Grabher has won three WTA 125 singles titles, along with 16 singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Austria Fed Cup team, Grabher has a win–loss record of 7–16 in singles and 2–10 in doubles (overall 9–26), as of September 2026.
Career overview 2019–22: WTA Tour debut, first WTA 125 title Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets.
In September 2022, she won her first WTA 125 title when she defeated Nuria Brancaccio in the final of the Bari Open, in straight sets. As a result, she reached the top 100, at No. 97 on 12 September 2022. Three weeks later, as the top seed, she would beat Aliona Bolsova and win the final of the $60k Open de San Sebastián, her third ITF Circuit title in 2022.
2023: Maiden WTA Tour final & major debut Grabher made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open, losing to 16th seed Anett Kontaveit in the first round.
She then qualified to make her WTA 1000 debut at the Dubai Championships but again lost in the first round, this time to Leylah Fernandez.
At the WTA 500 Charleston Open, Grabher reached the third round, defeating 10th seed Zhang Shuai, her first top-30 win, and qualifier Sachia Vickery, before losing to seventh seed Ekaterina Alexandrova. Entering as a lucky loser at the 2023 Madrid Open, she won her first WTA 1000-level match, defeating another lucky loser, Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova, but lost in the second round to top seed Iga Świątek. At the Italian Open, she went one step further to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard Nuria Brancaccio and upsetting 26th seed Jil Teichmann, before losing to eighth seed Daria Kasatkina. As a result, she moved 15 positions up in the rankings, to a new career high of world No. 74, on 22 May.
Grabher reached her maiden WTA Tour final at the Morocco Open in Rabat by a three-set win over Julia Riera in the semifinals. However, she lost the final to Lucia Bronzetti, also in three sets. She won her first match at the French Open defeating Arantxa Rus, before losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff.
In July, Grabher made her main-draw debut at Wimbledon, but lost to Danielle Collins. Seeded fifth at the Hamburg European Open, she reached the second round with a three-set win over Miriam Bulgaru, before losing to Diana Shnaider. In August, Grabher became the first Austrian to win a title at a $100k tournament, at the ITF Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain, defeating Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in the final and climbing to world No. 54 as a result.
A win over qualifier Wang Xiyu saw her reach the second round at the 2023 Tennis in the Land in Cleveland, where she lost to Zhu Lin. Grabher suffered a wrist injury shortly before the US Open and was forced to end her season early.
2024–25: Comeback from injury, return to top 100 Six months after having surgery on her wrist, Grabher made her comeback to competitive action at the 2024 Antalya Challenger in March 2024, losing in the first round to Noma Noha Akugue in three sets. Using her protected ranking, she entered the 2024 US Open, but lost in the first round to qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
In October 2025, Grabher won her second WTA 125 title, claiming the trophy at the Florianópolis Open in Brazil, defeating Carole Monnet in the final. As a result, she returned to the top 100, for the first time since November 2023, on 29 October 2025 at world No. 93.
2026: Third WTA 125 title Grabher reached the second round at the Australian Open, where she was eliminated by 31st seed Anna Kalinskaya, and the French Open where she retired due to illness, after losing the first set against sixth seed Amanda Anisimova.
In July, she finished runner-up at the WTA 125 Kitzbühel Ladies Open, losing to fellow Austrian player Sinja Kraus in the final. Two months later, Grabher won her third WTA 125 title at the Tolentino Open, defeating Guiomar Maristany in the final. Having slipped down the WTA rankings, this success saw her move back into the top 100, at world No. 99 on 28 September 2026.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup, United Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2026 Guadalajara Open. Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAQ1Q1Q31RA1R2R0 / 31–3 French OpenAAAQ2AQ2Q3Q22RAA2R0 / 22–2 WimbledonAAAAANHQ2Q11RAQ1Q10 / 10–1 US OpenAAAAQ1AQ2Q1A1RQ11R0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–30–10–12–30 / 83–8National representationBillie Jean King CupZ1POZ2Z1Z1POZ2Z1POQR0 / 06–11WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAA1RAAQ10 / 10–1Indian Wells OpenAAAAANHAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAAANHAA2RA2RA0 / 21–2Madrid OpenAAAAANHAA2RAA2R0 / 22–2Italian OpenAAAAAAAA3RAAQ20 / 12–1Canadian OpenAAAAANHAAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0Guadalajara OpenNHQ1AAAA0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenAAAAANHAA0 / 00–0China OpenAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–03–40–00 / 43–4Career statistics201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Tournaments00001132160Career total: 23Titles0000000000Career total: 0Finals0000000010Career total: 1Overall win-loss0–10–10–11–21–11–30–36–413–180–00 / 3422–34Year–end ranking572308261247231226192849152392$1,965,207
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceClay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco WTA 250 Clay Lucia Bronzetti 4–6, 7–5, 5–7
WTA 125 finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Sep 2022Bari Open, ItalyClay Nuria Brancaccio6–4, 6–2Win2–0Florianópolis Open, BrazilClay Carole Monnet3–6, 6–4, 6–0Loss2–1Open Ladies Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Sinja Kraus3–6, 1–6Win 3–1 Tolentino Open, Italy Clay Guiomar Maristany 7–6(7–5), 6–2
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 32 (16 titles, 16 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–1)W60/75 tournaments (5–3)W25/35 tournaments (6–5)W10/15 tournaments (4–7)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (15–15) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 ITF Heraklion, Greece10k Hard Dalma Gálfi 3–6, 0–6Win 1–1 ITF Vienna, Austria10k Clay Katharina Gerlach 6–3, 3–6, 6–1Loss 1–2 Aug 2015ITF Graz, Austria10k Clay Barbara Haas 6–1, 1–6, 2–6Win 2–2 Aug 2015ITF Pörtschach, Austria10k Clay Marie Bouzková 7–6(5), 6–1Loss 2–3 ITF Casablanca, Morocco10k Clay Corinna Dentoni 6–7(0), 3–6Win 3–3 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10k Clay Vanda Lukács 6–3, 6–3Loss 3–4 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10k Clay Isabella Shinikova 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–5 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10k Clay Elena Gabriela Ruse 4–6, 1–6Loss 3–6 ITF Leipzig, Germany25k Clay Olesya Pervushina 6–7(4), 6–3, 5–7Loss 3–7 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15k Clay María Teresa Torró Flor 2–6, 2–6Win 4–7 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15k Clay Laura Pigossi 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2Loss 4–8 ITF Antalya, Turkey15k Clay Olga Danilović 3–6, 2–6Win 5–8 ITF Rome, Italy25k Clay Tereza Mrdeža 7–5, 6–0Loss 5–9 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy25k Clay Jessica Pieri 4–6, 1–6Loss 5–10 ITF Orlando, United States25k Clay Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 6–10 ITF São Paulo, Brazil25k Clay Tamara Zidanšek 6–4, 3–6, 6–2Loss 6–11 ITF Leipzig, Germany25k Clay Varvara Flink 3–6, 2–6Loss 6–12 Mar 2019ITF Campinas, BrazilW25 Clay Danka Kovinić 2–6, 6–3, 3–6Win 7–12 Jun 2019ITF Klosters, SwitzerlandW25 Clay Nathaly Kurata 6–1, 6–3Loss 7–13 Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandW60 Clay Olga Danilović 2–6, 3–6Win 8–13 Bellinzona Ladies Open, SwitzerlandW60 Clay Lucia Bronzetti 6–2, 6–3Win 9–13 Feb 2022Porto Indoor, PortugalW25 Hard (i) Maja Chwalińska 6–3, 6–7(2), 7–5Win 10–13 Aug 2022ITF Maspalomas, SpainW60 Clay Nadia Podoroska 6–4, 6–3Win 11–13 Oct 2022Open de San Sebastián, SpainW60 Clay Aliona Bolsova 6–3, 7–6(3)Win 12–13 Aug 2023ITF Maspalomas, SpainW100 Clay Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro 6–4, 6–4Win 13–13 Sep 2024ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Leonie Küng 3–6, 6–0, 6–2Win 14–13 Mar 2025ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35 Clay Jessica Pieri 7–5, 6–0Win 15–13 Apr 2025Koper Open, SloveniaW75 Clay Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–2, 6–2Win 16–13 Apr 2025Chiasso Open, SwitzerlandW75 Clay Katarina Zavatska 6–2, 6–1Loss 16–14 Apr 2025Wiesbaden Open, GermanyW100 Clay Anna Bondár 2–6, 4–6Loss 16–15 May 2025Internazionali di Brescia, ItalyW75 Clay Kaja Juvan 6–7(1), 5–7Loss 16–16 Jul 2025Ladies Open Hechingen, GermanyW75 Clay Nikola Bartůňková 5–7, 2–6
Doubles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend W25/35 tournaments (1–3) W10/15 tournaments (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (8–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 ITF Pörtschach, Austria10k Clay Mira Antonitsch Iva Primorac Janina Toljan 6–2, 6–1Win 2–0 ITF Cairo, Egypt10k Clay Ana Bianca Mihăilă Anna Morgina Patrycja Polańska 6–2, 6–4Loss 2–1 ITF Antalya, Turkey10k Clay Anna Slováková Nastja Kolar Jasmina Tinjić 6–7(5), 6–3, [6–10]Win 3–1 Jan 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10k Clay Ágnes Bukta Ekaterine Gorgodze Sofia Kvatsabaia 1–6, 6–4, [11–9]Win 4–1 Feb 2016ITF Antalya, Turkey10k Clay Ágnes Bukta Daiana Negreanu Kyra Shroff 6–3, 6–4Win 5–1 Mar 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10k Clay Isabella Shinikova Yuliya Kalabina Polina Monova 7–5, 6–0Win 6–1 Mar 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10k Clay Naomi Totka Lina Gjorcheska Isabella Shinikova 7–5, 1–6, [13–11]Win 7–1 Mar 2016ITF Hammamet, Tunisia10k Clay Isabelle Wallace Claudia Giovine Snehadevi Reddy 6–1, 6–3Loss 7–2 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia15k Clay Joséphine Boualem Chloé Paquet María Teresa Torró Flor 4–6, 4–6Loss 7–3 ITF Bagnatica, Italy25k Clay Melanie Stokke Deborah Chiesa Martina Colmegna 3–6, 6–4, [6–10]Win 8–3 ITF Caserta, ItalyW25 Clay Lizette Cabrera Elena Bogdan Vivien Juhaszová 6–3, 6–4Loss 8–4 Sep 2024ITF Reus, SpainW35 Clay Caroline Werner Ylena In-Albon María Portillo Ramírez 4–6, 3–6Loss 8–5 Dec 2024ITF Tauranga, New ZealandW35 Hard Elyse Tse Hiromi Abe Shiho Akita 2–6, 2–6
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