Flavia Pennetta - Biography

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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. Pennetta is dating Spanish tennis player Carlos Moyá. 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) 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