Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Palermo, Italy
Born	(1983-02-18) February 18, 1983 Taranto, Italy
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,922,001
Singles
Career record	338–231
Career titles	5 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (20 June 2011)
Current ranking	No. 29 (20 June 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006, 2010)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2005, 2009, 2011)
US Open	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	228–134
Career titles	7 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 12 (8 July 2002)
Current ranking	No. 37 (7 February 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2004)
French Open	SF (2004)
Wimbledon	3R (2002, 2004, 2010)
US Open	SF (2001)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (2001)
Last updated on: 7 February 2011.

Roberta Vinci (born 18 February 1983 in Taranto) is an Italian tennis player. As of January 10, 2011 she is ranked World No. 39 at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Rankings. Vinci has won twelve WTA Tour titles, five in singles and seven in doubles.

Her first title came in the 2007 Copa Colsanitas, over Tathiana Garbin. She won her second title at the 2009 Barcelona Ladies Open, over Maria Kirilenko. Her third title was at the 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open, over Julia Görges. Her fourth title was for her second victory after 2009 at the 2011 Barcelona Ladies Open, over Lucie Hradecká.

She and her Italian team mates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone 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. With the Italian team she won also the Fed-Cup in 2009 and 2010.

Private life

Roberta Vinci was born to Angelo, an accountant, and Luisa, a homemaker; she has an older brother, Francesco, who is a student. Vinci was introduced to tennis at the age of six. She currently resides in Palermo, and is coached by her boyfriend Francesco Palpacelli.

Career

Vinci won the 1999 French Open in girls' doubles with fellow Italian Flavia Pennetta. She qualified to her first Grand Slam at the 2001 US Open but lost to Martina Suchá in the first round.

One of the biggest victories of her career came in 2005 was when she beat former World No. 2 and 2004 French Open champion Anastasia Myskina in the quartefinals at the Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne; as a qualifier she reached the semifinals against another qualifier, Russian Vera Douchevina. Alongside Sandrine Testud, Vinci reached the semifinals of 2004 French Open in women's doubles. On 25 February 2007 at Bogotá, Roberta Vinci won her first WTA title, against the top seed Tathiana Garbin, also of Italy, in 3 sets after falling behind 0–3 in the final set. She won the title after Garbin had to retire.

2009

Vinci qualified for Brisbane International and defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round, before losing to the first seed Ana Ivanović in the second. She then fell to fellow Italian Corinna Dentoni in the qualifications for Moorilla Hobart International. Vinci lost to eventual quarterfinalist Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round of 2009 Australian Open. Vinci also played for Italy's Fed Cup team in the Fed Cup World Group stage versus France. Italy won 5–0.

At her first clay event, Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Vinci defeated the sixth seed Lucie Šafářová in the first round and then fell to Ágnes Szávay of Hungary. Vinci then lost in the second rounds of both Monterrey Open (defeated by Iveta Benešová) and Paribas Open in Indian Wells (defeated by Sybille Bammer), and fell in the qualifications for Miami Sony Ericsson Open to Anastasia Rodionova. Vinci then fell to eventual champion and former World No. 1 Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals of Andalucía Tennis Experience in Marbella. At the Barcelona Ladies Open, Vinci reached her second career title, defeating Pauline Parmentier in the first round, fellow Flavia Pennetta in the second, Anastasiya Yakimova in the quarterfinals, fellow Francesca Schiavone in the semifinals and defending champion Maria Kirilenko in the final. That was Vinci's first title after 2007 Copa Colsanitas, and the second overall.

Vinci reached the second round of Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, held in Fes. After she defeated Mariana Duque Marino in the first round, she lost to qualifier Polona Hercog in the second. At the Premier Mandatory event Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Vinci lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko. She then beat María José Martínez Sánchez in the first round of Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, and then was beaten by Vera Dushevina in the second.

Vinci beat #31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round to set up a third round matchup with #2 Serena Williams.

2010

Vinci lost to eventual champion Ana Ivanović in the 2010 Generali Ladies Linz semifinals, 6–3, 7–5. She won her third WTA-title in the BGL PNB Paribas Luxembourg Open against Julia Görges 6–3, 6–4.

WTA Tour singles finals

Singles 6 (5–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	25 February 2007	Bogotá	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	6–7(5), 6–4, 0–3 ret.
Winner	2.	19 April 2009	Barcelona	Clay	Maria Kirilenko	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	17 April 2010	Barcelona	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	24 October 2010	Luxembourg City	Hard (i)	Julia Görges	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	30 April 2011	Barcelona2	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	June 18, 2011	's-Hertogenbosch	Grass	Jelena Dokić	6(7)–7, 6–3, 7–5

WTA Tour doubles finals

Wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Paetener	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	12 February 2001	Doha	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	7–5, 7–6(4)
2.	19 September 2005	Portorož	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Jelena Kostanić Tošić Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
3.	13 January 2006	Canberra	Hard	Marta Domachowska	Claire Curran Liga Dekmeijere	7–6(5), 6–3
4.	11 April 2010	Marbella	Clay	Sara Errani	Maria Kondratieva Yaroslava Shvedova	6–4, 6–2
5.	17 April 2010	Barcelona	Clay	Sara Errani	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
6.	15 January 2011	Hobart	Hard	Sara Errani	Kateryna Bondarenko Līga Dekmeijere	6–3, 7–5
7.	13 February 2011	Pattaya City	Hard	Sara Errani	Sun Shengnan Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Runner-ups (9)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (4)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (1)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (3)

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	18 October 2001	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2.	31 January 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Els Callens	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 6–1
3.	21 February 2002	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Barbara Rittner María Vento-Kabchi	6–3, 6–2
4.	22 February 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Paola Suárez	1–6, 6–3, 11–9
5.	10 May 2007	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 6–4
6.	17 May 2007	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–1
7.	22 February 2010	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Sara Errani	Polona Hercog Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	2–6, 6–1, [10–2]
8.	10 April 2011	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Sara Errani	Nuria Llagostera Vives Arantxa Parra Santonja	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
9.	June 12, 2011	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Sara Errani	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	1–6, 6–1, [10–5]

Career Singles Statistics

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	LQ	A	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R
French Open	A	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	3R
Wimbledon	LQ	1R	A	A	3R	A	2R	A	3R	2R	3R
US Open	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R
year end ranking	172	182	116	115	41	102	63	83	64	38

Team competition

• 2006, 2009 and 2010 Fed Cup

See also

• Italy Fed Cup team
• Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Roberta Vinci at the Women's Tennis Association
• Roberta Vinci at the Billie Jean King Cup