Flavia Pennetta
- Residence: Verbier, Switzerland
- DOB: Febuary 25, 1982
- Birthplace: Brindisi, Italy
- Height: 5' 7 3/4" (1.72 m)
- Weight: 128 lbs. (58 kg)
- Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Biography
As of 4 May 2009 Flavia Pennetta is ranked World No. 14 in singles and World No. 21 in doubles.
Penetta has won six career WTA singles titles, all but one on clay courts, including back-to-back titles in Bogota 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.
Penetta has defeated former World No. 1s and multiple Grand Slam singles champions such as Justine Henin at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in 2005, Martina Hingis in Gold Coast, Australia at the beginning of the 2006 tour, Amelie Mauresmo at the 2008 US Open en-route to her first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal, Venus Williams, and former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic at the 2008 Zurich Open. Pennetta is also one of only seven women to beat Williams three consecutive times. In doubles, she reached the 2005 US Open final with her partner Elena Dementieva.
Player statistics, results and biography News
Career History
Singles
- Career record:
359-238
- Career titles:
6 WTA, 7 ITF
- Highest ranking:
No. 11 (9 February 2009)
Grand Slam results
- Australian Open:
3R (2006, 2009)
- French Open:
4R (2008)
- Wimbledon:
4R (2005, 2006)
- US Open:
QF (2008)
Doubles results
- Career record:
207-146
- Career titles:
4 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)
