10 great moments: Gabriela Sabatini
Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini is celebrating her 50th birthday. We take a look at some of the iconic moments of her career.
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Gabriela Sabatini was the junior World No.1 in 1984, with titles including the junior French Open.
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Aged 15 years old Sabatini reached the semifinals of the 1985 French Open, losing to eventual champion Chris Evert. It was the first of five trips to the last four in Paris.
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The Argentine reached her first Grand Slam final in 1988, finishing as runner-up to Stefanie Graf, 6-3, 6-3, at the US Open.
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She formed a fine doubles pairing with Graf, winning Wimbledon with her in 1988, and that same year in singles she won the Virginia Slims Championships as well as an Olympic silver medal.
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After her successful 1988, she achieved her career-high ranking of WTA World No.3 at the start of 1989.
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Sabatini won her only singles Grand Slam title in 1990, beating Graf in the US Open final, 6-2, 7-6(4).
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There was a second WTA Tour Championship win for her in 1994, beating Lindsay Davenport, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
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Sabatini's achievements were honored in an unusual way in 1994 - with a doll created in her likeness by the Great American Doll Company going on sale.
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Sabatini retired from tennis in 1996 at the age of 26, with 27 singles titles and 14 doubles titles to her name.
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Sabatini was named Argentina's Sportsperson of the Decade in 2000 - and six years later was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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