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| Country |  Italy |
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|---|---|---|
| Residence | Verbier, Switzerland | |
| Date of birth | 25 February 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Brindisi, Italy | |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in) | |
| Weight | 58 kg (130 lb; 9.1 st) | |
| Turned pro | February 25, 2000 | |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | |
| Career prize money | $3,295,816 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record | 392—247 | |
| Career titles | 8 WTA, 7 ITF | |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (17 August 2009) | |
| Current ranking | No. 12 (9 November 2009) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 3R (2006, 2009) | |
| French Open | 4R (2008) | |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2005, 2006) | |
| US Open | QF (2008, 2009) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record | 215—154 | |
| Career titles | 6 WTA, 9 ITF | |
| Highest ranking | No. 14 (10 July 2006) | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | ||
| Australian Open | QF (2008) | |
| French Open | 3R (2009) | |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2006) | |
| US Open | F (2005) | |
| Last updated on: 19 October, 2009. | ||
Flavia Pennetta (born 25 February 1982 in Brindisi, Puglia) is an Italian professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top 10 female player on 17 August 2009. She is also ranked World No. 21 in doubles.[1]
Pennetta has won eight career WTA singles titles, including back-to-back titles in Bogotá and Acapulco in 2005. She and her Italian teammates Mara Santangelo, Francesca Schiavone, and Roberta Vinci beat the Belgium team 3–2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin had to retire in the fifth and final match due to an injury in her right knee, which let Italy win their first Fed Cup trophy.[2]
Pennetta has defeated multiple Grand Slam singles champions such as Justine Henin, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, and former World No. 1 Jelena Janković. Pennetta is also one of only seven women to beat Williams three consecutive times.[3] In doubles, she reached the 2005 US Open final with her partner Elena Dementieva.
Pennetta was pronounced a Knight of Order of Merit of the Republic on 24 January 2007 by the President of Italy.[4]
Tennis career
Early years
Pennetta was introduced to tennis at the age 5 by her father.[1] Aged 17, she won the 1999 French Open in girls' doubles with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci.[1]
Pennetta began to play on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) circuit in 1997.[1] The following year, she lost in the second round of her first qualifying tournament for a WTA Tour main draw, the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. In 1999, Pennetta won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF circuit.[1] She was unsuccessful in her several attempts to qualify for WTA Tour main draws in 2000. The following year, she limited her play to the ITF circuit.
She played her first main draw WTA Tour match at the 2002 Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, where she lost in the first round. She also lost in the first round in Palermo but reached the second round of the Idea Prokom Open in Sopot.[1] Her ranking reached the Top 100 for the first time on 23 September 2002, when she reached World No. 100.[1]
In 2003, Pennetta lost in the semifinals of the Hyderabad Indian Open to eventual champion Tamarine Tanasugarn. She also reached the quarterfinals at the Canberra Women's Classic, Copa Colsanitas, and Abierto Mexicano Telcel. She also debuted in the main draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments. Her best result was the third round of the French Open, where she defeated 21st-seeded Lisa Raymond in the second round before losing to Petra Mandula.[1]
2004
Pennetta started the year at the Tier V Canberra Women's Classic, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Julia Vakulenko. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Italian player Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–5, 6–4.[1]
Pennetta then lost in the first round of both the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee and the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia. These losses were followed by her first WTA Tour final at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, when she was defeated by Iveta Benešová.
She played both of the Tier I spring time hard court tournaments in the United States. She beat Ľudmila Cervanová in the first round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California before losing to Maria Sharapova. She then lost in the first round of qualifying for the NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.[1]
Returning to clay courts, Pennetta lost in the second round of two consecutive WTA tour tournaments, the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca and the Estoril Open in Portugal. At the Budapest Grand Prix, Pennetta lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Jelena Janković 6–3, 6–4. She then defeated World No. 6 Nadia Petrova in the second round of the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before falling to World No. 21 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi in the third round 6–2, 6–2. At the French Open, Pennetta lost in the first round, once more to Smashnova-Pistolesi, 6–1, 6–4.
In the first grass court tournament of her career, she defeated Marion Bartoli in the first round of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, United Kingdom, before losing to World No. 32 Alicia Molik in the second round. Pennetta achieved the same result at the Ordina Open, falling to World No. 85 Barbara Schett. At Wimbledon, she was beaten by Petrova in the first round 6–3, 2–6, 6–4.
In July, she played yet another clay court tournament, where she was beaten in the final of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo by Anabel Medina Garrigues. Returning to hard courts for the first time since April, she lost to Henrieta Nagyová in the first round of the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm. The following week at the clay court Orange Prokom Open in Sopot, Poland, Pennetta won her first WTA Tour title, defeating Klára Koukalová in the final.[1] Pennetta then lost to former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati and to World No. 25 Magdalena Maleeva in the first round of the US Open 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.
Pennetta played four tournaments the remainder of the year. At the Wismilak International in Bali, Pennetta lost in the second round to eventual quarterfinalist Gisela Dulko. She then fell to Maria Vento-Kabchi in the first round of the China Open in Beijing and to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the second round of the Guangzhou International Women's Open. In her final event of the year, she lost to World No. 14 Ai Sugiyama in the second round of the Tier I Zürich Open 7–6(1), 6–1.[1]
2005
In Pennetta's first event of the year, she reached the quarterfinals of the Uncle Tobys Hardcourts losing to Tatiana Golovin 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4. She then lost in the first rounds of the Australian Open and the Open Gaz de France. In the next two weeks she bagged two titles in a row, the first one Copa Colsanitas defeating Lourdes Domínguez Lino in the finals 7–6(4), 6–4 and the second one in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel defeating Ľudmila Cervanová 3–6, 7–5, 6–3. She then lost early in her next tournaments. The second rounds of the Pacific Life Open, the Qatar Total German Open and the Rome Masters. She also lost in the first round of the Estoril Open and the third rounds of the Miami Masters and the French Open. She however bounced back in the Wimbledon Championships by reaching the fourth Round losing to Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–1 and the semifinals of both the Internazionali di Modena and the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo which were held in Italy. She followed it up with losses to Japanese players Akiko Morigami in Acura Classic and Aiko Nakamura in JPMorgan Chase Open. In the Rogers Cup she was crushed by eventual champion Kim Clijsters 6–0, 6–1. In the US Open she was upset by German Julia Schruff 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 in the first round. She also lost early in the China Open in the first round and the Kremlin Cup in the second round to eventual champion Mary Pierce. She ended the year with quarterfinal appearances in the Wismilak International, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and the Zurich Open. She ended the year ranked no. 23 in the world.
2008
Pennetta started the year by losing in the second round of the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast to Dinara Safina 6–4, 2–6, 6–4.[1] Pennetta then reached the semifinals of the Moorilla Hobart International, where she lost to eventual champion Eleni Danilidou 6–4, 6–3. At the Australian Open, she defeated Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia in the first round but fell to the 30th-seeded Virginie Razzano in the second round 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.[1] Pennetta then played for Italy's Fed Cup team versus Spain. She played one singles match versus Anabel Medina Garrigues and lost 6–2, 6–3.[1]
Pennetta won her first title of the year at the Cachantún Cup in Viña del Mar, Chile, defeating Klára Zakopalová in the final.[1] However, she lost in the first round of the Copa Colsanitas to Betina Jozami. Pennetta then won her second title of the year at the Acapulco Open, beating Alizé Cornet in the final.
As the 30th seed, Pennetta received a bye in the first round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. She then defeated Kaia Kanepi in the second round, but was defeated by fellow Italian Francesca Schiavone in the third round 6–3, 6–4. She also fell to defending champion Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida in the third round 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–2.[1] Pennetta then lost in the second round of the Estoril Open to Iveta Benešová. Pennetta defeated Olga Savchuk in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before losing to defending champion Jelena Janković in the second round 6–4, 6–1. She then withdrew from her quarterfinal match against Anabel Medina Garrigues at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. At the French Open, Pennetta defeated eighth-seeded Venus Williams in the third round before losing to Carla Suárez Navarro in the fourth round.[1]
Pennetta lost in the first round of her first tournament on grass at the Ordina Open, to Sania Mirza. She then defeated Julia Vakulenko in the first round of
Pennetta then reached the quarterfinals of Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, losing to eventual runner-up Tamira Paszek. At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, she lost in the quarterfinals to former World No. 1 Jelena Janković. Penneta then lost to Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix; to World No. 1 Janković in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow; and to Venus Williams in the final of the Zürich Open. At her last tournament of the year, the Generali Linz Open, Pennetta defeated Ágnes Szávay in the first round and Dominika Cibulková in the second round before losing to former World No. 1 and eventual champion Ana Ivanović in the quartefinals 6–4, 6–4.[1]
2009
Pennetta played her first tournament of the year at the Moorilla Hobart International, where she was the first seed. She defeated Shahar Pe'er in the first round and then fell to Magdalena Rybarikova in the second round. Pennetta was the thirteenth seed at the Australian Open, where she lost in the third round to Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–1. Pennetta then played for Italy's Fed Cup team in the Fed Cup World Group stage versus France. Italy won 5–0. Pennetta won both her singles matches over Amélie Mauresmo (2–6, 7–6(6), 6–4) and Alizé Cornet (6–2, 6–2).[1]
At her first tournament of the year on clay, the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia, Pennetta fell to Masa Zec Peskiric in the first round 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(4). She then reached the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco for the sixth straight year but lost to Venus Williams 6-1, 6-2.[1]
Returning to hard courts at the Monterrey Open, Pennetta lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second round. She was the fifteenth seed at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, the first Premier Mandatory event of the year, and lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Ana Ivanović 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. Pennetta lost in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, another Premier Mandatory event, to Mauresmo 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–2.[1]
Pennetta then played a series of clay court events in preparation for the French Open. She lost to fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the second round of the Barcelona Ladies Open 6–1, 6–2. She then played two matches for Italy's Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals versus reigning champion Russia. She defeated Anna Chakvetadze and lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova, but the final result was 4–1 in favor of Italy.[1] This will be the second Fed Cup final for Pennetta. The following week, she reached the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart beating two top 10 players, Jelena Jankovic and Nadia Petrova, but fell to World No. 1 player Dinara Safina 3–6, 7–5, 6–0. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, a Premier 5 event, Pennetta lost in the third round to Kuznetsova, 6–0 in the third set. The following week, she was upset by Ágnes Szávay in the first round of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, the third Premier Mandatory event of the year, 6–3, 6–7(2), 6–2.
Pennetta, as the 11th seed, lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Alexa Glatch. At Wimbledon, she advanced to the third round where she was ousted by the No. 17 Amelie Mauresmo 7-5, 6-3.
Pennetta then played on her home soil in Palermo, defeating Sara Errani in the final 6-1, 6-2. She and partner Vinci advanced to the semifinals in doubles. On the hard courts of Los Angeles, Pennetta upset Vera Zvonareva en route to the semifinals where she would be extended to three sets by Maria Sharapova. In her second consecutive final at the event, she defeated Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3.[5] At Cincinnati, a premier 5 event, she extended her winning streak to 15 matches, maintaining an impressive record against Venus Williams, whom she beat 7-6(2), 6-4. By virtue of her defeat over Daniela Hantuchova in the quarterfinals, she will rise into the Top 10 for the first time in her career, the first Italian woman ever to do so. Her run ended against World No. 1 Dinara Safina in the semis 6-2, 6-0.
Pennetta seeded 12th at Toronto but lost to Virginie Razzano in the second round. Her next tournament was New Haven, where she lost in the semis to Caroline Wozniacki.
Pennetta started the 2009 US Open with a comprehensive 6-0, 6-4 win over Edina Gallovits. In the second round, she crushed Sania Mirza 6-0, 6-0. She advanced to the fourth round by defeating Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1, 6-1. She played Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round, and saved four match points at her serve at 5-6 in the second set; and then saved another two in the second set tie-break, before she won 3-6, 7-6, 6-0. [6] She was defeated by Serena Williams in the quarterfinals 6-4, 6-3.
After the US Open, Pennetta then lost again to Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-2 in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. At the China Open, Pennetta made the quarter finals losing to Zvonareva 7-5 in the third set. Pennetta, as the top seed at Generali Ladies Linz tournament in Linz, lost in the semi finals to 3rd seed Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets. In the following week, Pennetta was forced to retire at 4-6, 3-0 with a knee injury in the opening round.
Personal life
Flavia Pennetta was born on 25 February 1982 in Brindisi, to Oronzo and Concetta Pennetta.[7] She has an older sister, Gloria.[7] Pennetta is the former girlfriend of Carlos Moyá, whom she split up with after 2007 Wimbledon Championships.[citation needed]
Pennetta cited her "most memorable experience was vacation with fellow Italians Tathiana Garbin and Rita Grande".[1] She was introduced to tennis at the age 5, and cited Monica Seles her tennis idol.[1]
Equipment
- Coach: Gabriel Urpi[7]
- Racquet: Wilson KBlade 98[1]
- Clothing: Sergio Tacchini[1]
- Shoes: Sergio Tacchini[1]
Honours
- Knight of Order of Merit of the Republic (24 January 2007—present)[4]
Grand Slam women's doubles final
Runner-up
| Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 2005 | US Open |  Elena Dementieva |
 Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur |
6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
WTA Tour and ITF Circuit singles titles (15)
ITF Circuit (7)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score |
| 1. | 28 March 1999 | Cagliari, Italy | Clay |  Andrea Masaryková |
7–5, 7–5 |
| 2. | 20 June 1999 | Grado, Italy | Clay | Martina Suchá |
1–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 3. | 3 February 2002 | Urtijëi, Italy | Carpet |  Angelika Bachmann |
7–6, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 4. | 24 March 2002 | Roma Lanciani, Italy | Clay |  Alexandra Kravets |
6–4, 6–0 |
| 5. | 8 September 2002 | Fano, Italy | Clay | Mara Santangelo |
3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 6. | 22 September 2002 | Biella, Italy | Clay |  Sandra Kleinová |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 7. | 11 July 2004 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Alice Canepa |
6–4, 6–1 |
WTA Tour (8)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) | |
| Olympic Gold (0) | |
| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Tier II (0) | Premier 5 (0) |
| Tier III (6) | Premier (1) |
| Tier IV & V (0) | International (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score |
| 1. | 14 August 2004 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Klára Koukalová |
7–5, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 2. | 20 February 2005 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay |  Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
7–6, 6–4 |
| 3. | 27 February 2005 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Ľudmila Cervanová |
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 4. | 14 October 2007 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard |  Chan Yung-jan |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 5. | 17 February 2008 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Klára Zakopalová |
6–4, 5–4 ret. |
| 6. | 1 March 2008 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay |  Alizé Cornet |
6–0, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 7. | 19 July 2009 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Sara Errani |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 8. | 9 August 2009 | Los Angeles, USA | Hard | Samantha Stosur |
6–4, 6–3 |
WTA Tour and ITF Circuit singles runner-ups
WTA Tour (9)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) | |
| Olympic Gold (0) | |
| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Tier II (2) | Premier 5 (0) |
| Tier III (5) | Premier (0) |
| Tier IV & V (1) | International (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score |
| 1. | 4 March 2004 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Iveta Benešová |
7–6(5), 6–4 |
| 2. | 22 July 2004 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Anabel Medina Garrigues |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 3. | 5 January 2006 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | Lucie Šafářová |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
| 4. | 23 February 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
7–6(3), 6–4 |
| 5. | 2 March 2006 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Anna-Lena Grönefeld |
6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 6. | 1 March 2007 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Émilie Loit |
7–6(0), 6–4 |
| 7. | 24 July 2008 | Los Angeles, USA | Hard | Dinara Safina |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 8. | 16 October 2008 | Zürich, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Venus Williams |
7–6(1), 6–2 |
| 9. | 28 February 2009 | Acapulco, Mexico | Clay | Venus Williams |
6–1, 6–2 |
WTA Tour and ITF Circuit doubles titles (15)
ITF Circuit (9)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score |
| 1. | 12 April 1998 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay | Roberta Vinci |
Alena Paulenková Gabriela Voleková |
6–4, 7–6 |
| 2. | 10 May 1998 | Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Grass | Roberta Vinci |
 Giana Gutierrez Galina Misiuriova |
6–3, 6–0 |
| 3. | 28 March 1999 | Cagliari, Italy | Clay | Roberta Vinci |
Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen |
6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 4. | 22 August 1999 | Alghero, Italy | Carpet | Roberta Vinci |
Sabina Da Ponte Valentina Sassi |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 5. | 24 March 2002 | Roma Lanciani, Italy | Clay | Claudia Ivone |
Caroline Ann Basu Margit Rüütel |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. | 4 August 2002 | Brindisi, Italy | Clay |  Andreea Vanc |
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Lenka Němcová |
6–3, 6–2 |
| 7. | 18 August 2002 | Bronx, the U.S. | Hard | Maret Ani |
 Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 8. | 8 September 2002 | Fano, Italy | Clay | Andreea Vanc |
Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Darya Kustava |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 9. | 15 September 2002 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Andreea Vanc |
Sarah Stone Samantha Stosur |
6–3, 7–5 |
WTA Tour (6)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0) | |
| Olympic Gold (0) | |
| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Tier II (1) | Premier 5 (0) |
| Tier III (1) | Premier (0) |
| Tier IV & V (1) | International (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score |
| 1. | 14 August, 2005 | Los Angeles, CA, the U.S. | Hard | Elena Dementieva |
Angela Haynes Bethanie Mattek |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 2. | 26 February, 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay |  Gisela Dulko |
 Ágnes Szávay Jasmin Wöhr |
7–6, 6–1 |
| 3. | 19 April, 2008 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Maria Kirilenko |
 Mervana Jugić-Salkić İpek Şenoğlu |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 4. | 16 January, 2009 | Hobart, Australia | Hard | Gisela Dulko |
Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko |
6–2, 7–6(4) |
| 5. | June 19, 2009 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Sara Errani |
 Michaella Krajicek Yanina Wickmayer |
6–4, 5–7, [13–11] |
| 6. | July 11, 2009 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Gisela Dulko |
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–2, 0–6, [10–5] |
WTA Tour and ITF Circuit doubles runner-ups
WTA Tour (7)
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 |
|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (1) | |
| Olympic Gold (0) | |
| WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (2) | Premier Mandatory (0) |
| Tier II (0) | Premier 5 (0) |
| Tier III (1) | Premier (1) |
| Tier IV & V (1) | International (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 10 September 2005 | U.S. Open, Flushing Meadows | Hard | Elena Dementieva |
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur |
6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 2. | 14 May 2006 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Elena Dementieva |
 Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
6–2, 6–3 |
| 3. | 22 February 2007 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Roberta Vinci |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Paola Suárez |
1–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| 4. | 14 June 2007 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino |
Arantxa Parra Santonja Nuria Llagostera Vives |
7–6(3), 2–6, [12–10] |
| 5. | 31 July 2008 | Montréal, Canada | Hard | Maria Kirilenko |
 Cara Black Liezel Huber |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 6. | 22 February 2009 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Gisela Dulko |
Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez |
7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| 7. | 3 May 2009 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay (i) | Gisela Dulko |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Nadia Petrova |
5–7, 6–3, [10–7] |
Team competition
Singles performance timeline
To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
| Terms to know | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SR | the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played |
W-L | player's Win-Loss record |
| Performance Table Legend | |||
| NH | tournament not held in that calendar year | A | did not participate in the tournament |
| LQ | lost in qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = round robin) |
| QF | advanced to but not past the quarterfinals | SF | advanced to but not past the semifinals |
| F | advanced to the final, tournament runner-up | W | won the tournament |
| NM5 | means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament. | |||
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, which ended May 17, 2009.
| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Career Win-Loss |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 5–7 | ||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 9–7 | ||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | LQ | A | LQ | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 10–8 | ||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | QF | QF | 9–7 | ||||||
| Win-Loss | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1–1 | 0 – 0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 1–4 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 33–29 | ||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held |
0–1 | ||||||||||||
| Year-End Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WTA Tour Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 – 0 | |||||||
| WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 6–7 | ||||||
| Key Biscayne | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | LQ | 3R | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 5–6 | ||||||
| Madrid | Not Held | 1R | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Beijing | Not Held | Not Tier I | 3R | 2 – 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| WTA Premier 5 Tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dubai | Not Tier I | A | 0 – 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rome | A | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 11–9 | ||||||
| Cincinnati | Not Held | Not Tier I | SF | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Montréal / Toronto | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 8–5 | ||||||
| Tokyo | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1–2 | ||||||
| Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NM5 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Moscow | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | QF | 3–2 | |||||||
| Doha | Not Tier I | A | Not Held |
0 – 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Berlin | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1–4 | |||||||
| Zurich | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | QF | A | A | Not Tier I |
7–4 | |||||||
| San Diego | Not Tier I | A | 2R | 3R | A | Not Held |
3–2 | |||||||||||||
| Career Statistics | Career Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments Played | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 243 | ||||||
| Finals Reached | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 27 | ||||||
| Tournaments Won | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| Overall Win-Loss | 2–4 | 9–8 | 25–10 | 15–19 | 14–18 | 49–19 | 27–26 | 39–26 | 39–23 | 32–20 | 36–27 | 50–24 | 42–16 | 357–236 | ||||||
| Winning Percentage | 33% | 53% | 71% | 44% | 44% | 72% | 51% | 60% | 63% | 62% | 57% | 68% | 72% | 60% | ||||||
| Year End Ranking | 895 | 659 | 248 | 298 | 289 | 95 | 69 | 38 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 12 | N/A | ||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Flavia Pennetta at the WTA Tour's official website
- ^ Italy wins the Fed Cup for the first time, fedcup.com, 17 September
- ^ WTA Match Notes
- ^ a b Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig.ra Flavia Pennetta
- ^ "Nervy Pennetta secures LA title". BBC Sport. 2009-08-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8192986.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Flavia Pennetta defeats Vera Zvonareva in US Open Tennis 2009 Fourth Round". Tennis News Online. 2009-09-06. http://www.tennisnewsonline.com/news/vera-zvonareva-flavia-pennetta-2009-us-open-fourth-round.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b c Flavia Pennetta at the International Tennis Federation
External links
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- Flavia Pennetta at the International Tennis Federation
- Flavia Pennetta at the Fed Cup
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