_(19300934912).jpg) Flavia Pennetta at the 2015 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  Italy |
|---|---|
| Residence | Brindisi, Italy |
| Born | 25 February 1982 Brindisi |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 25 February 2000 |
| Retired | 29 October 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $14,197,886[1] |
| Official website | flaviapennetta.eu |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 582–365 |
| Career titles | 11 |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (28 September 2015) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2014) |
| French Open | 4R (2008, 2010, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2005, 2006, 2013) |
| US Open | W (2015) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (2015) |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 393–243 |
| Career titles | 17 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (28 February 2011) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (2011) |
| French Open | QF (2010, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2010, 2012) |
| US Open | F (2005, 2014) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | W (2010) |
| Olympic Games | QF (2008) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | W (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013), record 25–5 |
Flavia Pennetta (Italian pronunciation: [ˈflaːvja penˈnetta]; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. She is a major champion, having won the 2011 Australian Open women's doubles title with Gisela Dulko, and the 2015 US Open singles title over childhood friend Roberta Vinci in the first all-Italian major final.[2]
Pennetta won ten other WTA singles titles, including the 2014 Indian Wells Open, where she defeated the top two seeds. She also was a mainstay in the Fed Cup team competition, helping Italy win four titles in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013. Her other highlights in doubles include winning the 2010 WTA Finals with Dulko and finishing runner-up at the 2005 and 2014 US Open tournaments, partnering respectively with Elena Dementieva and Martina Hingis.
After winning the 2015 US Open, Pennetta announced she would retire at the end of the season, playing her last tournament at her WTA Finals singles debut. There, she defeated eventual champion Agnieszka Radwańska in the round-robin stage and retired with a top-ten singles ranking.
Pennetta was pronounced a Knight of Order of Merit of the Republic on 24 January 2007 by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, then President of Italy.[3]
- ^ https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/rankings/All_Career_Prize_Money.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ MonrifNet. "Vinci-Pennetta da semifinale, la sfida delle ex bambine (Martucci). Pennetta-Vinci, due amiche da vent'anni e la partita della vita (Azzolini). Federer, un triste finale: la caduta libera di un genio (Semeraro). Ora fermati, Roger mio (Clerici) – Ubitennis". ubitennis.com.
- ^ "Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana Sig.ra Flavia Pennetta".