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Biography
- Father introduced her to tennis at age 5 ... Both parents and older sister, Giorgia, play recreational tennis ... Favorites include pasta and Al Pacino ... Other sports interest is horse racing ... Admires Monica Seles ... Most memorable experience was vacation with Tathiana Garbin and Rita Grande.
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Right-HandedCareer High
6Height
5' 7 3/4" (1.72 m)Birthday
Feb 25, 1982 February 25, 1982Birthplace
Brindisi, ItalyCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (11): 2015 - US Open; 2014 - Indian Wells; 2010 - Marbella; 2009 - Palermo, Los Angeles; 2008 - Viña del Mar, Acapulco; 2007 - Bangkok; 2005 - Bogotá, Acapulco; 2004 - Sopot.
Finalist (14): 2014 - Sofia; 2012 - Auckland, Acapulco; 2010 - Auckland, Palermo; 2009 - Acapulco; 2008 - Los Angeles, Zürich; 2007 - Acapulco; 2006 - Gold Coast, Bogotá, Acapulco; 2004 - Acapulco, Palermo.
DOUBLES
Winner (17): 2014 - Wuhan, Moscow (both w/Hingis); 2013 - Osaka (w/Mladenovic); 2011 - Australian Open (w/Dulko); 2010 - Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, Bastad, Montréal, Moscow, WTA Finals (all w/Dulko); 2009 - Hobart, Bastad (both w/Dulko), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Errani); 2008 - Estoril (w/Kirilenko); 2006 - Bogotá (w/Dulko); 2005 - Los Angeles (w/Dementieva).
Finalist (17): 2014 - Eastbourne, US Open (both w/Hingis); 2013 - Bastad (w/Dulgheru); 2012 - Auckland (w/Goerges), Barcelona (w/Schiavone); 2011 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Cibulkova), Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Beijing (both w/Dulko); 2010 - Madrid, Beijing (both w/Dulko); 2009 - Bogotá, Stuttgart (both w/Dulko); 2008 - Montréal (w/Kirilenko); 2007 - Bogotá (w/Vinci), Barcelona (w/Domínguez Lino); 2006 - Berlin (w/Dementieva); 2005 - US Open (w/Dementieva).
ADDITIONAL
Italian Fed Cup Team, 2003, 2005-13, 2015; Italian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012.