Flavia Penetta 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.
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66 Facts About Flavia Penetta
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Flavia Penetta 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.
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Flavia Penetta was a mainstay in the Fed Cup team competition, helping Italy win four titles in 2006,2009,2010, and 2013.
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Flavia Penetta was unsuccessful in her several attempts to qualify for WTA Tour main draws in 2000.
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Flavia Penetta played her first WTA Tour main-draw match at the Cellular South Cup in 2002, when she lost in the first round.
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Flavia Penetta lost in the first round in Palermo, but reached the second round of the Idea Prokom Open in Sopot.
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Flavia Penetta's ranking reached the top 100 for the first time on 23 September 2002, when she reached No 100.
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Flavia Penetta debuted in the main draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
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Flavia Penetta played both of the Tier I springtime hardcourt tournaments in the United States.
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Flavia Penetta beat Ludmila Cervanova in the first round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells before losing to Maria Sharapova.
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Flavia Penetta then lost in the first round of qualifying for the NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne.
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Flavia Penetta then defeated world No 6, Nadia Petrova, in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before falling to world No 21, Anna Smashnova, in the third round.
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Flavia Penetta then fell to Maria 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.
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Flavia Penetta then lost in the first rounds of the Australian Open and the Open Gaz de France.
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Flavia Penetta lost in the first round of the Estoril Open and the third rounds of the Miami Masters and the French Open.
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Flavia Penetta bounced back in the Wimbledon Championships by reaching the fourth round losing to Mary Pierce in straight sets and the semifinals of both the Internazionali di Modena and the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo which were held in Italy.
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Flavia Penetta followed it up with losses to Japanese players Akiko Morigami in San Diego Classic and Aiko Nakamura in LA Championships.
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Flavia Penetta lost early in the China Open in the first round and the Kremlin Cup in the second round to eventual champion Mary Pierce.
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Flavia Penetta had a good start to the 2006 season, finishing runner-up at Gold Coast against Lucie Safarova.
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Flavia Penetta managed to take a win from Arantxa Parra Santonja at Estoril before getting overpowered by Gisela Dulko.
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At Barcelona, Flavia Penetta made it to the semifinals, where she was beaten by Meghann Shaughnessy.
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Flavia Penetta was eliminated in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships.
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Flavia Penetta made it to the semifinals of Biella, falling to Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Flavia Penetta played one singles match versus Anabel Medina Garrigues and lost.
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Flavia Penetta then defeated Kaia Kanepi in the second round, but was defeated by fellow Italian Francesca Schiavone in the third round.
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Flavia Penetta fell to defending champion Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne in the third round.
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Flavia Penetta defeated Olga Savchuk in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome before losing to defending champion Jelena Jankovic in the second round.
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Flavia Penetta then withdrew from her quarterfinal match against Medina Garrigues at the Internationaux de Strasbourg.
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Flavia Penetta then defeated Julia Vakulenko in the first round of Wimbledon, before losing to Ai Sugiyama in the second round.
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Flavia Penetta then played at the Internazionali di Palermo and lost to eventual champion Sara Errani in the semifinals.
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Flavia Penetta was then the part of the Italian Olympic team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing; however, lost to Kaia Kanepi in the first round.
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Flavia Penetta defeated Shahar Pe'er in the first round and then fell to Magdalena Rybarikova in the second round.
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Flavia Penetta reached the final of the Mexican Open for the sixth straight year but lost to Venus Williams in two sets.
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Flavia Penetta 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.
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Flavia Penetta lost to fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the second round of the Barcelona Open.
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Flavia Penetta then played two matches for Italy's Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals versus reigning champion Russia.
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Flavia Penetta's run ended after a straight sets defeat against world No 1, Dinara Safina, in the semifinals.
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Flavia Penetta was defeated by Serena Williams in the quarterfinals in straight sets.
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Flavia Penetta was forced to withdrew from the Abierto Mexicano due to a hip injury.
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Flavia Penetta defeated Anne Keothavong, Roberta Vinci, and Polona Hercog in the first three rounds.
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Flavia Penetta was eliminated by third seed Caroline Wozniacki in the round of 16.
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Flavia Penetta went on to lose to Bojana Jovanovski in the quarterfinals.
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Flavia Penetta lost to Czech player Petra Kvitova in the fourth round.
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Flavia Penetta did capture her first career Grand Slam doubles title in the doubles competition, again partnering with Dulko and beating Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko in the final.
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Flavia Penetta then fell to Marion Bartoli in a close match with Bartoli edging the win in three sets.
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Flavia Penetta defeated Aravane Rezai, Romina Oprandi, third seed Maria Sharapova, and 13th seed Peng Shuai in straight sets, to reach the US Open quarterfinals for the third time, where she lost to Angelique Kerber.
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Flavia Penetta then reached the second round at Doha and Dubai, losing on both occasions to Kateryna Bondarenko and Jelena Jankovic, respectively.
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Flavia Penetta then lost to Francesca Schiavone in the first round at Indian Wells.
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Flavia Penetta defeated Elena Baltacha in her opening match before receiving a walkover from Victoria Azarenka in the second round.
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Flavia Penetta then went on to defeat Alize Cornet in three sets before losing to Flipkens again.
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Flavia Penetta reached the second round at Eastbourne where she lost to local girl Heather Watson.
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Flavia Penetta succumbed to Serena in the last eight despite having an early lead.
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Flavia Penetta received a wildcard to play in Sofia after the withdrawal of Jankovic.
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Flavia Penetta turned things around by reaching the final, her second of 2014.
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Flavia Penetta lost to Sabine Lisicki in three thrilling sets despite having three match points.
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Flavia Penetta made it to the quarterfinals in Marrakech, losing to eventual finalist Timea Babos in three sets.
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Flavia Penetta suffered early exits at both Madrid and Rome to Andrea Petkovic and Elina Svitolina, respectively.
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Flavia Penetta beat Carla Suarez Navarro for her second top 10 win before losing to Garbine Muguruza in straight sets.
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Flavia Penetta lost in Eastbourne to Svetlana Kuznetsova and at Wimbledon to Zarina Diyas.
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Flavia Penetta made it to the quarterfinals for the sixth time in the previous seven attempts by beating Jarmila Gajdosova, Monica Niculescu, Petra Cetkovska and 2011 champion, Samantha Stosur.
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Flavia Penetta then defeated second seed Simona Halep in straight sets to advance to her first Grand Slam final.
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Flavia Penetta Pennetta was born in Brindisi to Oronzo and Concetta Pennetta.
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Flavia Penetta was introduced to tennis at the age of five and has cited Monica Seles as her tennis idol.
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