Gabriela Ruffels

Gabriela Ruffels (born 18 April 2000) is an Australian American former tennis player and current professional golfer.

In 2018, Ruffels joined the USC Trojans women's golf team at the University of Southern California.

With USC, Ruffels appeared at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships from 2018 to 2019 in both the individual and team events.

During golf events held in 2021, Ruffels was fourth at the IOA Championship and tied for seventeenth at the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open.

Her two years older brother Ryan also was a talented tennis player and became a successful golfer, representing Australia in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy and turned professional in 2016.

For her post-secondary education, Ruffels enrolled at the University of Southern California in 2018 to study business administration.

In other finals, Ruffels lost at the Wilson Tennis Canterbury and Auckland ITF Indoor Champs events in 2014.

[10] As an amateur golfer, Ruffels primarily played in Australia from 2016 to 2017 while also competing in Singapore, the United States and Canada.

[15][16] While competing for USC, Ruffels appeared at the Canadian Women's Amateur, placing 38th at the 2018 edition and 21st at the 2019 event.

Additional 2020 events Ruffels received exemptions for were the ANA Inspiration, Evian Championship and Women's British Open.