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Flavia Pennetta
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| Country |
 Italy |
| Residence |
Milan, Italy |
| Date of birth |
February 25, 1982 |
| Place of birth |
Brindisi, Italy |
| Height |
1.72 m (5' 7 3/4") |
| Weight |
58 kg (128 lbs.) |
| Turned Pro |
2000 |
| Retired |
Active |
| Plays |
Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Career Prize Money |
$1,290,661 |
| Singles |
| Career record: |
251-172 |
| Career titles: |
3 |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 16 (January 30, 2006) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
3r (2006) |
| French Open |
3r (2003, 2005, 2006) |
| Wimbledon |
4r (2005, 2006) |
| U.S. Open |
1r (2003, 2004, 2005) |
| Doubles |
| Career record: |
130-98 |
| Career titles: |
2 |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 14 (July 10, 2006) |
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Infobox last updated on: September 16, 2006.
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Flavia Pennetta (born February 25, 1982 in Brindisi, Puglia) is an Italian professional tennis player, most recently of Milan.
She has won three career Women's Tennis Association singles titles, all on clay courts, including back-to-back titles in Bogotá and Acapulco in 2005. Her maiden title came in 2004, when she won the title in Sopot, beating Czech Klára Koukalová in the final in three sets. She also beat former world number one Swiss Martina Hingis in Australia at the beginning of the 2006 season. She and her Italian team mates Mara Santangelo, Francesca Schiavone and Roberta Vinci beat the Belgium team 3-2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin-Hardenne 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.[1]
Pennetta is dating Spanish tennis player Carlos Moyá.
[edit] Professional titles (21)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (0) |
| Tier III (3) |
| Tier IV (0) |
| Grand Slam Title (0) |
| WTA Tour Championship (0) |
| ITF Circuit (7) |
| Legend (Doubles) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (1) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV (0) |
| Grand Slam Title (0) |
| WTA Tour Championship (0) |
| ITF Circuit (9) |
[edit] Singles (10)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
March 28, 1999 |
Cagliari, Italy |
Clay |
 Andrea Masarykova |
7-5 7-5 |
| 2. |
June 20, 1999 |
Grado, Italy |
Clay |
Martina Sucha |
1-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 3. |
February 3, 2002 |
Ortisei, Italy |
Carpet |
 Angelika Bachmann |
7-6 3-6 6-3 |
| 4. |
March 24, 2002 |
Roma Lanciani, Italy |
Clay |
 Alexandra Kravets |
6-4 6-0 |
| 5. |
September 8, 2002 |
Fano, Italy |
Clay |
Mara Santangelo |
3-6 6-4 6-0 |
| 6. |
September 22, 2002 |
Biella, Italy |
Clay |
 Sandra Kleinova |
6-3 6-2 |
| 7. |
July 11, 2004 |
Cuneo, Italy |
Clay |
Alice Canepa |
6-4 6-1 |
| 8. |
August 14, 2004 |
Sopot, Poland |
Clay |
Klara Koukalova |
7-5 3-6 6-3 |
| 9. |
February 20, 2005 |
Bogotá, Colombia |
Clay |
 Lourdes Dominguez Lino |
7-6 6-4 |
| 10. |
February 27, 2005 |
Acapulco, Mexico |
Clay |
Ludmila Cervanova |
3-6 7-5 6-3 |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
April 12, 1998 |
Brindisi, Italy |
Clay |
Roberta Vinci |
Alena Paulenkova and Gabriela Volekova, (Slovak Republic) |
6-4 7-6 |
| 2. |
May 10, 1998 |
Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy |
Grass |
Roberta Vinci |
 Giana Gutierrez, (Colombia) and  Galina Misiuriova, (Lithuania) |
6-3 6-0 |
| 3. |
March 28, 1999 |
Cagliari, Italy |
Clay |
Roberta Vinci |
 Dawn Buth and Rebecca Jensen, (United States) |
6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 4. |
August 22, 1999 |
Alghero, Italy |
Carpet |
Roberta Vinci |
Sabina Da Ponte and Valentina Sassi, (Italy) |
6-2 6-1 |
| 5. |
March 24, 2002 |
Roma Lanciani, Italy |
Clay |
Claudia Ivone |
Caroline Ann Basu, (Germany) and  Margit Ruutel, (Estonia) |
6-3 6-4 |
| 6. |
August 4, 2002 |
Brindisi, Italy |
Clay |
 Andreea Vanc |
Lubomira Kurhajcova and Lenka Nemeckova, (Slovak Republic) |
6-3 6-2 |
| 7. |
August 18, 2002 |
Bronx, United States |
Hard |
Maret Ani |
 Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi, (Japan) |
6-4 6-1 |
| 8. |
September 8, 2002 |
Fano, Italy |
Clay |
Andreea Vanc |
 Gulnara Fattakhetdinova, (Russia) and  Darya Kustava, (Belarus) |
7-5 6-3 |
| 9. |
September 15, 2002 |
Bordeaux, France |
Clay |
Andreea Vanc |
 Sarah Stone and Samantha Stosur, (Australia) |
6-3 7-5 |
| 10. |
August 14, 2005 |
Los Angeles, California |
Hard |
Elena Dementieva |
Angela Haynes (USA) & Bethanie Mattek (USA) |
6-2 6-4 |
| 11. |
February 26, 2006 |
Bogotá, Colombia |
Clay |
 Gisela Dulko |
 Agnes Szavay (Hungary) & Jasmin Woehr (Germany) |
7-6 6-1 |
[edit] References
- ^ Italy wins the Fed Cup for the first time, fedcup.com, September 17
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