Lubiana was trained by her father Paolo and was mostly successful on hard court. She won her first ITF tournament in 1994 . She won her three other ITF individual titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002 - two of them in Valladolid, Spain.
On May 26, 1997 she reached her best position in the single world rankings with position 58 , in the double ranking she reached position 114 on August 15, 2005 her highest score. Her last of a total of 15 double titles at ITF tournaments, she celebrated in 2006 in Catania. In August of the same year, Francesca Lubiani played her last professional tournament in Rimini.