Stories
Biography
- Coached by brother Alejandro; started playing tennis at age 7 after watching him ... Mother is Ana; father Estanislao is deceased ... Married Fernando Gago at a ceremony in Buenos Aires in July 2011 ... Favorite surface is clay ... Has three dogs: Goran, Nicole, Guga ... Favorites include pizza, movies Pearl Harbor and Good Will Hunting, actors Josh Hartnett and Keanu Reeves, musician Alejandro Sanz, Hawaii and cities Buenos Aires and Paris ... Enjoys shopping (especially clothes by Armani) ... Relaxes by going to the beach ... Admires mother's strength; tennis players most admired are Pete Sampras and Marat Safin ... Runs the Dulko Tennis Academy with her brother (website is dulkotennis.com).
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
26Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)Birthday
Jan 30, 1985 January 30, 1985Birthplace
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (4): 2011 - Acapulco; 2008 - Fès; 2007 - Budapest, Forest Hills.
Finalist (4): 2010 - Bastad; 2009 - Bogotá; 2007 - Pattaya City; 2005 - Hobart.
DOUBLES
Winner (17): 2011 - Australian Open (w/Pennetta); 2010 - Bogotá (w/Gallovits-Hall), Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, Bastad. Montréal, Moscow, WTA Championships (all w/Pennetta); 2009 - Hobart, Bastad (both w/Pennetta); 2006 - Bogotá (w/Pennetta), Cincinnati (w/Camerin); 2005 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Kirilenko), Bangkok (w/Asagoe), Linz (w/Peschke); 2003 - Casablanca (w/Salerni).
Finalist (13): 2011 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Beijing (both w/Pennetta); 2010 - Madrid, Beijing (both w/Pennetta); 2009 - Bogotá, Stuttgart (both w/Pennetta), Indian Wells (w/Peer); 2006 - Estoril (w/Sánchez Lorenzo), Stanford (w/Camerin); 2005 - New Haven (w/Kirilenko); 2004 - Warsaw (w/Tarabini), Beijing (w/Vento-Kabchi); 2002 - Casablanca (w/Martínez Granados).
MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (1): 2011 - US Open (w/Schwank).
ADDITIONAL
Argentine Fed Cup Team, 2000, 2004-09; Argentine Olympic Team, 2004, 2008, 2012.