Flavia Pennetta

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Flavia Pennetta
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.[1]

Pennetta won ten other

Italy win four titles in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013. Her other highlights in doubles include winning the 2010 WTA Finals 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.[2]

Career

Early years

Pennetta was introduced to tennis at the age of five by her father.[3] At age 17, she won the 1999 French Open in girls' doubles with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci.[3]

Pennetta began to play on the

Internazionali Femminili di Palermo. In 1999, Pennetta won two singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[3]
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 WTA Tour main-draw match at the

Cellular South Cup in 2002, when 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.[3] Her ranking reached the top 100 for the first time on 23 September 2002, when she reached No. 100.[3]

2003

In 2003, Pennetta lost in the semifinals of the

Abierto Mexicano Telcel. She debuted in the main draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments. Her best result was the third round of the Roland Garros, where she defeated 21st-seeded American Lisa Raymond in the second round, before losing to Hungary's Petra Mandula.[3]

2004: First WTA title

Pennetta started the year at the Tier V Canberra Classic, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Julia Vakulenko. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Italian Antonella Serra Zanetti in straight sets.[3]

Pennetta then lost in the first round of both the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee and the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. These losses were followed by her first WTA Tour final at the Mexicano Open in Acapulco, where she was defeated by Iveta Benešová.

She played both of the

NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne.[3]

Returning to clay courts, Pennetta lost in the second round of two consecutive WTA tournaments, the

Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before falling to world No. 21, Anna Smashnova, in the third round. At the French Open
, Pennetta lost in the first round, once more to Smashnova in straight sets.

In the first grass-court tournament of her career, she defeated

Ordina Open, falling to world No. 85, Barbara Schett. At Wimbledon
, she was beaten by Petrova in the first round, in three sets.

In July, she played yet another clay-court tournament, where she was beaten in the final of the Internazionali di Palermo by

Cincinnati Open, and to world No. 25, Magdalena Maleeva, in the first round of the US Open
, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6.

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 María Vento-Kabchi in the first round of the China Open in Beijing and to Tamarine Tanasugarn in the second round of the Guangzhou International Open. In her final event of the year, she lost to world No. 14, Ai Sugiyama, in the second round of the Zurich Open, in two sets.[3]

2005: Top-30 appearance, first Grand Slam final in doubles

In Pennetta's first event of the year, she reached the quarterfinals of the

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and the Zurich Open
. She ended the year ranked No. 23 in the world.

2006

Flavia had a good start to the 2006 season, finishing runner-up at

Sydney, she was defeated by Li Na in the first round. Going into the Australian Open, Pennetta defeated Cara Black and Martina Suchá, before falling to Nicole Vaidišová in the third round. At Paris, she was upset by rising star Sania Mirza
in two sets.

Pennetta started to pick up her pace as the season went on, with two runner-up showings at

Acapulco, losing to Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Anna-Lena Grönefeld
, respectively.

2007

Pennetta begun 2007 with three first-round loses at

Hobart and the Australian Open, falling to Maria Kirilenko, Aiko Nakamura and Kaia Kanepi
, respectively.

Her next two tournaments went well, as she has a semifinal showing at

Rome
, and the French Open.

At

Tatjana Malek to make it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Dinara Safina
. She was eliminated in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships.

She made it to the semifinals of Biella, falling to Agnieszka Radwańska.

2008: First Grand Slam quarterfinal, top-20 appearance

Pennetta started the year by losing in the second round of the

Klára Zakopalová in the final.[3] 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.

Pennetta reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 US Open, her first at a Grand Slam

As the 30th seed, Pennetta received a bye in the first round of the

Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before losing to defending champion Jelena Janković in the second round. She then withdrew from her quarterfinal match against 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.[3]

Pennetta lost in the first round of her first tournament on

Rogers Cup, she was defeated by a qualifier, Michelle Larcher de Brito, in the second round. She was then the part of the Italian Olympic team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing; however, lost to Kaia Kanepi in the first round.[3] Pennetta also reached the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven. At the US Open, she defeated Stefanie Vögele in the first round, Peng Shuai and former world No. 3 Nadia Petrova in the second and the third round, and former world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo, in the fourth round, before losing to Safina in the quarterfinals. It was Pennetta's best singles performance at a Grand Slam tournament then.[3]

Pennetta then reached the quarterfinals of

Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round of the Porsche 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 Zurich Open. At her last tournament of the year, the 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 Ivanovic, in the quarterfinals.[3]

2009: Continued success

Pennetta played her first tournament of the year at the

France. Italy won 5–0. Pennetta won both her singles matches over Amélie Mauresmo and Alizé Cornet.[3] At her first tournament of the year on clay, the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas in Bogotá, Pennetta fell to Maša Zec Peškirič in the first round. She reached the final of the Mexican Open for the sixth straight year but lost to Venus Williams in two sets.[3]
Returning to hard courts at the
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second round. She was the 15th seed at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the first Premier Mandatory event of the year, and lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Ana Ivanovic in a three-set match. Pennetta lost in the third round of the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, another Premier Mandatory event, to Mauresmo.[3]

Pennetta at the 2009 US Open

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

Cincinnati
, a Premier-5 event, she extended her winning streak to 15 matches, maintaining an impressive record against Venus Williams, whom she beat in two sets. By virtue of her defeat over Daniela Hantuchová in the quarterfinals, she rose into the top ten for the first time in her career, the first Italian woman ever to do so. Her run ended after a straight sets defeat against world No. 1, Dinara Safina, in the semifinals.

Pennetta was seeded 12th at

Edina Gallovits in two sets. In the second round, she double-bageled Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–0. She advanced to the fourth round after a straight-sets victory against Aleksandra Wozniak. 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 winning the final set to love.[5] She was defeated by Serena Williams in the quarterfinals in straight sets. After the US Open, Pennetta lost again to Roberta Vinci in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. At the China Open, she made the quarterfinal, losing to Zvonareva, 5–7 in the third set. As the top seed at Generali Ladies Linz tournament, Pennetta lost in the semifinals to third seed Yanina Wickmayer
in straight sets. In the following week, she was forced to retire at with a knee injury in the opening round.

2010: Doubles success

Pennetta at the US Open in 2010

Pennetta started her season at the

Ukraine. She won both her singles matches in straight sets against the Bondarenko sisters to set up a 4–1 away victory in the tie. Pennetta received a wildcard into Open GDF Suez in Paris where she was the 2nd seed. After receiving a first-round bye she defeated Alisa Kleybanova
and Tathiana Garbin to reach the semifinals, where she fell in three sets to Lucie Šafářová.

At the Dubai Championships, Pennetta advanced to the third round, losing to seventh seed Agnieszka Radwańska. She was forced to withdraw from the Abierto Mexicano due to a hip injury. Pennetta suffered two early upset defeats at the two Premier events, Indian Wells Open and Miami Open. After receiving first-round byes, Pennetta lost in the third round of Indian Wells to Shahar Pe'er and in the second round of Miami to Andrea Petkovic. Despite her poor singles result in Miami, Pennetta was able to win the doubles title in Miami partnering with Gisela Dulko and defeating Sam Stosur and Nadia Petrova in the final. At the Andalucia Tennis Experience, Pennetta won her first title of the year advancing to the finals without dropping a set and defeating Carla Suárez Navarro in the final.

At the French Open, Pennetta was seeded 14th. She defeated Anne Keothavong, Roberta Vinci, and Polona Hercog in the first three rounds. She was eliminated by third seed Caroline Wozniacki in the round of 16.[6] However, her performance moved her ranking back into the top 10, matching her career-high of world No. 10. This, in combination with countrywoman's Francesca Schiavone winning the French Open, meant that in the week of 7 June 2010, two Italian woman were in the top ten (Schiavone at world No. 6) at the same time for the first time. Pennetta was seeded 10th at Wimbledon where she advanced to the third round and fell to Klára Zakopalová. She was seeded fifth at the San Diego Open. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Sam Stosur before she fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

2011: Australian Open doubles title, No. 1 ranking

Pennetta began her year at the

Bojana Jovanovski
in the quarterfinals.

Pennetta at the French Open in 2011

At the

Jarmila Groth.[7]

At the

Jelena Dokić. She advanced to the semifinal after defeating Zakopalová, Azarenka, and Alisa Kleybanova, respectively. However, there she was defeated by Svetlana Kuznetsova.[8]

As the 21st seed at the Wimbledon Championships, Pennetta eased past Chanelle Scheepers in two sets before seeing off Evgeniya Rodina to reach to the third round. She then fell to Marion Bartoli in a close match with Bartoli edging the win in three sets.

On 28 February, Pennetta became the first Italian tennis player (male or female) to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles.

Pennetta was the 26th seed at the US Open. She defeated Aravane Rezaï, Romina Oprandi, third seed Maria Sharapova,[9] and 13th seed Peng Shuai in straight sets, to reach the US Open quarterfinals for the third time, where she lost to Angelique Kerber.[citation needed]

Pennetta's next tournament was the Japan Open, where she was eliminated in the first round by Kaia Kanepi after a three-set match. At Beijing, she made it to the semifinals, beating the defending champion and world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, in three sets, before losing to Agnieszka Radwańska, in straight sets.

2012: Wrist injury and out of top 50

Pennetta at the 2012 Miami Open

Pennetta retired against

Kateryna Bondarenko and Jelena Janković, respectively. Pennetta then reached the final at Acapulco
, where she lost to Sara Errani.

During the North American hardcourt swing, Pennetta reached the third round at

Rome Masters, Pennetta reached the quarterfinals after defeating Maria Kirilenko, Sloane Stephens, and Petra Cetkovská. She then lost to Serena Williams. At the French Open
, she reached the third round, where she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Angelique Kerber.

Pennetta kicked off the grass-court season with a second-round appearance at the Rosmalen Open, losing to Urszula Radwańska. At Wimbledon, she fell to Camila Giorgi in round 1. At the Olympics, Pennetta defeated Sorana Cîrstea and Tsvetana Pironkova before losing to Petra Kvitová in round 3. At the Montreal, Pennetta lost to Chanelle Scheepers in the second round after receiving a first-round bye. Pennetta did not play the US Open due to injury. On 27 August 2012, Pennetta underwent surgical cleaning of her right wrist, performed by the doctor who has treated Rafael Nadal.[10]

2013: Comeback from injury, US Open semifinal

Pennetta returned to competition at the

Johanna Larsson
in round one before losing to world No. 1, Serena Williams.

Pennetta and Elena Baltacha at Wimbledon in 2013

Pennetta lost in the first round at

Rome to Kaia Kanepi and Sloane Stephens, respectively. The week before the French Open, Pennetta qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg and reached the semifinals where she lost to Lucie Hradecká. At the French Open, she lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. Pennetta had a breakthrough at Wimbledon where she advanced to the fourth round for the first time in more than five years. She defeated Elena Baltacha in her opening match before receiving a walkover from Victoria Azarenka in the second round. She then went on to defeat Alizé Cornet in three sets before losing to Flipkens again. Pennetta then reached the semifinals at Båstad
where she lost to Larsson.

During the US Open Series, Pennetta fell in the first round at the Southern California Open to Schiavone. At the Rogers Cup in Toronto, she defeated Urszula Radwańska in the first round. She then lost to the 16th seed Ana Ivanovic. The following week in Cincinnati, she lost to American Varvara Lepchenko in the first round. Pennetta was ranked 83rd entering the US Open and she reached her first Grand Slam singles semifinal, defeating higher-ranked opponents such as Errani, Kuznetsova, Halep and Vinci in early rounds before succumbing to world No. 2, Victoria Azarenka, in the semifinals.

In September, Pennetta reached the second round at Tokyo after defeating Daniela Hantuchová. She then lost to Caroline Wozniacki. At the China Open, she drew Ivanovic in the first round, and lost in straight sets. At the Osaka Open, she lost to Vania King in the first round. Pairing with Kristina Mladenovic, she won the doubles title, defeating Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai in the final.

2014: Indian Wells champion, US Open doubles final

As the 28th seed Pennetta reached the quarterfinals at

Kimiko Date-Krumm
.

2014 Pennetta reached her fifth US Open quarterfinal

During the clay-court season, Pennetta reached the second round at

Yvonne Meusburger and Belinda Bencic. She subsequently lost to Janković again. At Roland Garros, Pennetta lost to Johanna Larsson in the second round. She reached the second round at Eastbourne where she lost to local girl Heather Watson. In doubles, she partnered with Martina Hingis and they reached the final, losing to the Chan sisters. At Wimbledon, Pennetta lost to American Lauren Davis
in the second round.

Pennetta kicked off her US Open series campaign with a first round to Kazakh Yulia Putintseva at Montreal. The following week, she reached the third round at Cincinnati where she lost to Serena Williams. Pennetta then reached her fifth US Open quarterfinal after defeating Casey Dellacqua in the fourth round. She succumbed to Serena once again in the last eight despite having an early lead. In doubles, she partnered with Hingis and they reached the final, losing to Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in three sets.

In October, Pennetta was seeded 15th at the

Jarmila Gajdošová in straight sets, but won the doubles tournament with Hingis. At the China Open, she defeated Christina McHale in the first round before succumbing to Carla Suárez Navarro in three sets. As the third seed in Moscow, Pennetta once again suffered an opening round loss to Camila Giorgi. She received a wildcard to play in Sofia after the withdrawal of Janković. She turned things around by reaching the final, her second of 2014. In the round-robin stage she overcame Alizé Cornet and Karolína Plíšková in straight sets. She also suffered a loss to Garbiñe Muguruza, despite winning the first set 6–0. Accumulating a record of 2–1, she advanced to the semifinal for the first time since Indian Wells in March where she avenged her loss to Suarez Navarro, claiming the victory in straight sets. She ran out of steam in the final, falling to Andrea Petkovic
in three sets, having won the first set 6–1.

2015: Grand Slam title, career-high ranking & retirement

The 2015 season started slowly for Pennetta. During the

Miami Open she continued this run, by defeating former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, before falling to Simona Halep in the round of 16 in straight sets in a high-class match despite leading 5–2 in the second set.[13]

Pennetta at Wimbledon in 2015

Pennetta had mixed results during the clay season. She made it to the quarterfinals in

Rome to Andrea Petkovic and Elina Svitolina, respectively. Pennetta equalled her best result at the French Open
by reaching the fourth round. She beat Carla Suárez Navarro for her second top 10 win before losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in straight sets.

Pennetta went winless during the grass season. She lost in Eastbourne to Svetlana Kuznetsova and at Wimbledon to Zarina Diyas.

In Toronto, Pennetta lost in the second round to Serena Williams in three sets. This was the first time since 2008 that Pennetta had won a set against Williams in an official match. At Cincinnati, Pennetta beat former top-ten player Dominika Cibulková before losing to newly crowned Toronto champion Belinda Bencic in straight sets. In New Haven, Pennetta lost in the first round to last year's finalist, Magdaléna Rybáriková, in three sets.

Pennetta then played at the US Open as the 26th seed. She made it to the quarterfinals for the sixth time in the previous seven attempts by beating Jarmila Gajdošová, Monica Niculescu, Petra Cetkovská and 2011 champion, Samantha Stosur. In the quarterfinals, she came up against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová. Pennetta won the match in three sets, after having trailed 1–3 in the second set, to advance to her second US Open semifinal. She then defeated second seed Simona Halep in straight sets to advance to her first Grand Slam final. Pennetta faced Roberta Vinci in the first-ever all-Italian Grand Slam final in the Open Era. Pennetta won the match in straight sets, claiming her first ever US Open title and her first Grand Slam title. During her acceptance speech she announced her retirement. In an interview with Eurosport after the match, Pennetta clarified that she would play out the rest of the season. By virtue of winning the US Open, Pennetta returned to the top 10 for the first time since September 2009. In the weeks following the US Open, she attained a new career-high ranking of No. 6.[14] She qualified for the WTA Finals in Singapore, where she was defeated in the round robin, losing against Halep and defeating Agnieszka Radwańska before going down to Maria Sharapova in the last professional singles match of her career.

Pennetta retired having won 28 career titles in total, including the US Open in singles and Australian Open and WTA Finals in doubles, reaching No. 6 in the world in singles and No. 1 in doubles, and winning the Fed Cup four times between 2006 and 2013.

Personal life

Flavia Pennetta was born in Brindisi to Oronzo and Concetta Pennetta.[15] She has an older sister.[15] She was introduced to tennis at the age of five and has cited Monica Seles as her tennis idol.[3] Pennetta previously dated Carlos Moyá. The two split in 2007, and she wrote of the traumatic breakup in her memoir Dritto al cuore (Straight to the Heart).[16]

Pennetta began dating compatriot ATP tennis player Fabio Fognini in early 2014.[17] Pennetta and Fognini became engaged in 2015, and the two were married in Ostuni in June 2016.[18] Pennetta gave birth to a baby boy in 2017.[19] In 2019, their second child was born, and in 2021 a daughter was born.[20]

Pennetta is a Catholic.

Equipment

Honours

  • Knight of Order of Merit of the Republic (24 January 2007)[2]

Career statistics

Main article: Flavia Pennetta career statistics

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 2015 US Open Hard Italy Roberta Vinci 7–6(7–4), 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2005 US Open Hard Russia Elena Dementieva United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur 		2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 2011 Australian Open Hard Argentina Gisela Dulko Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Maria Kirilenko 		2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 2014 US Open Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina 		6–2, 3–6, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R 2R 4R 1R A QF 1R 0 / 12 13–12 52%
French Open A A A 3R 1R 3R 3R 1R 4R 1R 4R 1R 3R 1R 2R 4R 0 / 13 18–13 58%
Wimbledon
 Q2 A Q2 2R 1R 4R 4R 1R 2R 3R 3R 3R 1R 4R 2R 1R 0 / 13 18–13 58%
US Open A A Q1 1R 1R 1R A 2R QF QF 3R QF A SF QF W 1 / 11 31–10 76%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 0–4 5–4 7–3 1–4 9–4 8–4 8–4 9–4 2–3 7–3 10–4 10–3 1 / 49 80–48 63%

Doubles

Tournament 1999–02 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 SR W–L
Australian Open A 1R 1R 2R 3R 3R QF 3R QF W 3R A 2R 3R 1 / 12 24–11
French Open A 1R A 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R QF QF 3R 2R 3R QF 0 / 12 19–12
Wimbledon
 A 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R SF 1R SF 2R 3R QF 0 / 13 19–13
US Open A 1R 3R F A 2R 1R 1R QF 3R A 3R F SF 0 / 11 24–11
Win–loss 0–0 0–4 3–3 7–4 5–3 4–4 5–4 4–4 13–4 11–3 8–3 4–3 10–4 12–4 1 / 48 86–47

See also

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by WTA Doubles Team of the Year
(with Argentina Gisela Dulko)
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
United States Serena Williams &
United States Venus Williams
 ITF Doubles World Champion
(with Argentina Gisela Dulko)
2010 		Succeeded by
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik &
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Preceded by Gazzetta dello Sport
Sportswoman of the Year
2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Sportswoman of the Year
2015 		Succeeded by
Tania Cagnotto
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