Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Hobart (as top seed, l. to Rybarikova); won fourth Tour doubles title at Hobart (w/Dulko); reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.12 seed, l. to No.21 seed Medina Garrigues).

FEBRUARY - Went 2-0 in Italy's 5-0 World Group 1r win over France; equalled national ranking record on February 9, becoming third Italian woman to rise to No.11 (rose from No.12 to No.11; Farina Elia, Schiavone also did it); fell 1r at Bogota (as top seed, l. to Zec Peskiric 76 third set); runner-up at Acapulco (as No.2 seed, l. to top seed V.Williams in final; was sixth straight final there).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Monterrey (as No.3 seed, l. to Zahlavova Strycova in 3s); reached 4r at Indian Wells (as No.12 seed, l. to No.5 seed Ivanovic in 3s); reached 3r at Miami (as No.15 seed, l. to No.20 seed Mauresmo in 3s).

APRIL - Reached 2r at Barcelona (as No.2 seed, l. to eventual champion Vinci); went 1-1 in Italy's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group SF win over Russia; reached SF at Stuttgart (d. No.6 seed Petrova and No.3 seed Jankovic en route, falling to top seed Safina in 3s; wins over world No.10 Petrova and world No.4 Jankovic were seventh and eighth Top 10 wins).

MAY - Reached 3r at Rome (as No.12 seed, l. to No.7 seed Kuznetsova in 3s); fell 1r at Madrid (as No.12 seed, l. to Szavay in 3s); fell 1r at Roland Garros (as No.14 seed, l. to Glatch).

JUNE - Reached QF at 's-Hertogenbosch (as No.3 seed, l. to eventual champion Tanasugarn in 3s); won fifth Tour doubles title at 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Errani); reached 3r at Wimbledon (as No.15 seed, l. to No.17 seed Mauresmo).

JULY - Reached SF at Bastad (as No.3 seed, l. to top seed Wozniacki in 3s); won sixth Tour doubles title at Bastad (w/Dulko); won seventh Tour singles title at Palermo (as top seed, d. No.5 seed Errani in final).

AUGUST - Won eighth Tour singles title at Los Angeles (as No.10 seed, d. No.5 seed Petrova and No.2 seed Zvonareva en route to final, then d. No.13 seed Stosur; wins over world No.10 Petrova and world No.7 Zvonareva were ninth and 10th Top 10 wins); reached SF at Cincinnati (as No.14 seed, d. No.3 seed V.Williams en route, falling to top seed Safina; win over world No.3 V.Williams was 11th Top 10 win); made Top 10 debut afterwards on August 17 (rose from No.12 to No.10; first Italian ever in Top 10); reached 2r at Toronto (as No.12 seed, l. to Razzano); reached SF at New Haven (as No.3 seed, l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki); reached QF at US Open (as No.10 seed, d. No.7 seed Zvonareva en route, falling to No.2 seed S.Williams; win over world No.7 Zvonareva was 12th Top 10 win; was also second Grand Slam QF, after 2008 US Open).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (as No.9 seed, l. to Vinci).

OCTOBER - Reached 3r at Beijing (as No.10 seed, l. to No.7 seed Zvonareva 75 third set); reached SF at Linz (as top seed, l. to No.3 seed and eventual champion Wickmayer); fell 1r at Moscow (as No.4 seed, ret. vs. Szavay w/left knee injury).

1997 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

1998 - Played first Tour qualifying at Palermo; won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

1999 - Fell in Tour qualifying twice; won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2000 - Fell in Tour qualifying five times (incl. Wimbledon); continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2001 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2002 - First Top 100 season; played first three Tour main draws, falling 1r at Memphis and Palermo but reaching 2r at Sopot; fell in Wimbledon and US Open qualifying; won four singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on September 23 (rose from No.113 to No.100).

2003 - Another Top 100 season; SF at Hyderabad (l. to Tanasugarn); QF three times, at Canberra, Bogotá and Acapulco; debuted at all four Grand Slams, best result being 3r at Roland Garros.

2004 - First Top 50 season; won first Tour singles title at Sopot (d. Zakopalova in final); runner-up twice, at Acapulco (l. to Benesova in final) and Palermo (l. to Medina Garrigues in final); SF at Budapest (l. to Jankovic); QF twice, at Canberra and Cincinnati; first Top 10 win came at Rome (d. No.6 Petrova); made Top 50 debut on August 16 (rose from No.68 to No.45); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - First Top 30 season; extended clay court win streak to 15 (including 5-0 mark from 2004 Sopot) with back-to-back titles at Bogotá (d. Domínguez Lino in final) and Acapulco (d. Cervanova in final); SF twice, at Modena (l. to Smashnova) and Palermo (l. to Zakopalova); QF five times, at Gold Coast, Toronto, Bali, Filderstadt (d. No.5 Henin en route for second Top 10 win) and Zürich; reached first Grand Slam 4r at Wimbledon (l. to Pierce); won one Tour doubles title.

2006 - Another Top 30 season; strong first half of season but cut short due to injury; runner-up three times, at Gold Coast (l. to Safarova in final), Bogotá (l. to Domínguez Lino in final) and Acapulco (l. to Groenefeld in final); SF at Estoril (l. to Zheng); QF at Rome; another 4r at Wimbledon (l. to Sharapova); spent first 37 weeks inside Top 20 between January 9 and September 24 (peaking at No.16 for three weeks); won one Tour doubles title; missed most of summer and fall w/left wrist injury suffered in Montréal (ret. there then withdrew from all events rest of season except Fed Cup final, where she went 0-1 in 3-2 win over Belgium, their first Fed Cup title - l. to Henin).

2007 - On comeback trail from injury, inconsistent results early on and nearly fell out of Top 100, but impressive fall helped her finish in Top 40 for fourth straight year; QF or better five times in first 22 events, finishing runner-up at Acapulco (l. to Loit in final), reaching SF at Bogotá (l. to Vinci) and Barcelona (l. to Shaughnessy) and QF at 's-Hertogenbosch and Palermo; after 1r loss at Wimbledon dipped to No.92 in rankings, and after 2r loss at US Open (to Vaidisova) was 23-23 on season; went 13-4 in last five events with QF at Kolkata (l. to Kirilenko), SF at Seoul (l. to V.Williams) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Razzano) and winning fourth Tour singles title at Bangkok (d. No.8 V.Williams in SF for third Top 10 win, then d. Chan in final); ended fall w/1r loss at Linz (l. to Vaidisova); went into fall ranked No.69 and left Bangkok No.39.

2008 - Best season to date, highlighted by two Tour singles titles, breaking back into Top 20 and first Grand Slam QF; won fifth and sixth Tour singles titles at Viña del Mar (as top seed, won when No.8 seed Zakopalova retired in final w/left ankle injury) and Acapulco (as top seed, d. No.2 seed Cornet in final); runner-up twice, at Los Angeles (as No.10 seed, l. to No.4 seed Safina in final) and Zürich (d. top seed Jankovic en route to final; l. to No.3 seed V.Williams); SF twice, at Hobart (d. No.4 seed A.Radwanska en route; l. to eventual champion Daniilidou) and Palermo (as top seed, l. to No.5 seed and eventual champion Errani 75 63; led 5-1 first set w/sp); QF five times, at Strasbourg (as No.4 seed, withdrew vs. No.6 seed and eventual champion Medina Garrigues w/thigh strain), US Open (as No.16 seed, l. to No.6 seed Safina; was first Grand Slam QF), Bali (as No.3 seed, l. to Paszek in 3s), Moscow (d. No.6 seed V.Williams en route; l. to top seed and eventual champion Jankovic) and Linz (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed and eventual champion Ivanovic); also 4r at Roland Garros (d. No.8 seed V.Williams en route; l. to qualifier Suárez Navarro); wins over No.7 V.Williams (Roland Garros), No.8 V.Williams (Moscow) and No.1 Jankovic (Zürich) were fourth through sixth career Top 10 wins (and win over Jankovic was first over a reigning No.1; third Italian woman to achieve that after Garbin, Schiavone); best results in 14 other events were two 3r finishes, at Indian Wells (as No.19 seed, l. to No.13 seed Schiavone) and Miami (as No.27 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual champion S.Williams 67(6) 63 62; led 76(6) 30); 2r eight times, incl. Australian Open (l. to No.30 seed Razzano in 3s) and Wimbledon (as No.22 seed, l. to Sugiyama in 3s); fell 1r four times, incl. Olympics (as No.14 seed, l. to Kanepi 62 76(6); held sp in tie-break); having spent first 37 weeks inside Top 20 during 2006 season and nearly falling out of Top 100 during 2007, returned to Top 20 on July 28, 2008 (after Los Angeles), staying inside the elite for rest of season and peaking at No.13 on November 10 year-end rankings; won third career Tour doubles title at Estoril (w/Kirilenko); went 0-1 in Italy's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to Spain (l. to Medina Garrigues); withdrew from Berlin w/left leg injury, Stuttgart w/plantar fasciitis and Québec City w/personal reasons.

SINGLES
Winner (8): 2009 - Palermo, Los Angeles; 2008 - Viña del Mar, Acapulco; 2007 - Bangkok; 2005 - Bogotá, Acapulco; 2004 - Sopot, ITF/Cuneo-ITA; 2002 - ITF/Ortisei-ITA, ITF/Rome Lanciani 1-ITA, ITF/Fano-ITA, ITF/Biella-ITA; 1999 - ITF/Cagliari-ITA, ITF/Grado-ITA.
Finalist (9): 2009 - Acapulco; 2008 - Los Angeles, Zürich; 2007 - Acapulco; 2006 - Gold Coast, Bogotá, Acapulco; 2004 - Acapulco, Palermo.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 2009 - Hobart, Bastad (both w/Dulko), 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Errani); 2008 - Estoril (w/Kirilenko); 2006 - Bogotá (w/Dulko); 2005 - Los Angeles (w/Dementieva); 2002 - ITF/Rome Lanciani 1-ITA (w/Ivone), ITF/Brindisi-ITA, ITF/Fano-ITA, ITF/Bordeaux-FRA (all w/Ehritt-Vanc), ITF/Bronx, NY-USA (w/Ani); 1999 - ITF/Cagliari-ITA, ITF/Alghero-ITA (both w/Vinci); 1998 - ITF/Brindisi-ITA, ITF/Quartu Sant'Elena-ITA (both w/Vinci).
Finalist (7): 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, 2005-09; Italian Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by Gabriel Urpi ... 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.

- First Italian ever to reach Top 10 in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings (had previously been tied for national record of No.11 with Farina Elia and Schiavone).
- Junior highlights include winning 1999 Roland Garros doubles title (w/Vinci).