1997 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Italy.
1998 - Played first WTA qualifying at Palermo; won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
1999 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice; won two singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
2000 - Fell in WTA qualifying five times (incl.
Wimbledon).
2001 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.
2002 - First Top 100 season; played first three WTA main draws, falling 1r twice but reaching 2r at Sopot; fell in qualifying twice (
Wimbledon,
US Open); 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; reached 3r twice (incl.
Roland Garros) and 2r five times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r nine times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying three times.
2004 - First Top 50 season; won first WTA 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; reached 3r once and 2r eight times; fell 1r eight times (incl. all four majors) and in qualifying twice; 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; won second and third WTA 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 and Zürich; reached 4r once (
Wimbledon), 3r twice (incl.
Roland Garros) and 2r five times; fell 1r six times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title.
2006 - Another Top 30 season; 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; reached 4r once (
Wimbledon), 3r four times (incl.
Australian Open,
Roland Garros) and 2r three times; fell 1r five times; made Top 20 debut on Janauary 9 (after Gold Coast; rose from No.23 to No.20); won one WTA doubles title; missed most of second half of season w/left wrist injury suffered in Montréal (ret. there then withdrew from all other events except Fed Cup final - went 0-1 in 3-2 win over Belgium, l. to Henin).
2007 - On injury comeback trail, nearly fell out of Top 100 but finished No.40; best results in first 22 events were runner-up at Acapulco (l. to Loit in final), two SF at Bogotá (l. to Vinci) and Barcelona (l. to Shaughnessy) and two QF at 's-Hertogenbosch and Palermo; after 1r loss at
Wimbledon dipped to No.92 and after 2r loss at
US Open (to Vaidisova) was 23-23 on year; went 13-4 in last five events with QF at Kolkata (l. to Kirilenko), SF at Seoul (l. to V.Williams), SF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Razzano) and fourth WTA title at Bangkok (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 - First Top 20 season; won fifth and sixth WTA titles at Viña del Mar (won when Zakopalova ret. in final w/left ankle injury) and Acapulco (d. Cornet in final); runner-up twice, at Los Angeles (l. to Safina in final) and Zürich (l. to V.Williams in final); SF twice, at Hobart (l. to Daniilidou) and Palermo (l. to Errani); QF five times, at Strasbourg (withdrew w/thigh strain),
US Open (l. to Safina; first Grand Slam QF), Bali, Moscow and Linz; reached 4r once (
Roland Garros), 3r twice (incl. Miami - l. to S.Williams 67(6) 63 62; led 76(6) 30) and 2r eight times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r four times (incl. Olympics); won one WTA doubles title.
2009 - Second Top 20 season; went on 15-match win streak in summer for seventh and eighth WTA titles at Palermo (d. Errani in final) and Los Angeles (d. Stosur in final) and SF at Cincinnati (l. to Safina); made Top 10 debut afterwards on August 17 (rose from No.12 to No.10; first Italian ever in Top 10); QF or better seven more times, finishing runner-up at Acapulco (l. to V.Williams in final; was sixth straight final there), four more SF at Stuttgart (l. to Safina), Bastad, New Haven (l. to Wozniacki at both) and Linz (l. to Wickmayer) and two more QF at 's-Hertogenbosch and
US Open (l. to S.Williams; second Grand Slam QF); reached 4r once, 3r five times (incl.
Australian Open,
Wimbledon) and 2r four times; fell 1r five times (incl.
Roland Garros); won three WTA doubles titles; member of Fed Cup-winning Italian team (her second Fed Cup title).
2010 - Near-Top 20 season (finishing No.24); won ninth WTA title at Marbella (d. Suárez Navarro in final); runner-up twice, at Auckland (l. to Wickmayer in final) and Palermo (l. to Kanepi in final); SF three times, at Paris [Indoors] (l. to Safarova), Bastad (l. to Dulko) and San Diego (l. to Kuznetsova); QF three times, at Sydney, Cincinnati and New Haven (withdrew w/right foot injury); reached 4r once (
Roland Garros), 3r six times (incl.
Wimbledon,
US Open) and 2r five times (incl.
Australian Open); fell 1r four times; stellar doubles season, winning seventh through 13th WTA doubles titles w/Dulko (incl. WTA Championships); made doubles Top 10 debut on June 7 (after
Roland Garros; rose from No.12 to No.10) and set new doubles career-high No.2 on November 1 (after WTA Championships); member of Fed Cup-winning Italian team (third personal Fed Cup title); withdrew from Acapulco w/left hip injury.
2011 - Third Top 20 season (finishing No.20); SF three times, at Dubai (l. to Kuznetsova), Palermo (l. to Hercog) and Beijing (d. Wozniacki en route for second win over a reigning No.1; l. to A.Radwanska); QF four times, most notably
US Open (l. to Kerber; third Grand Slam QF) but also Sydney, Doha and Bastad; reached 4r once (
Australian Open), 3r twice (incl.
Wimbledon) and 2r five times; fell 1r seven times (incl.
Roland Garros); won first Grand Slam doubles title at
Australian Open w/Dulko, also qualifying for WTA Championships in doubles (l. to Peschke/Srebotnik in SF); rose to No.1 in doubles on February 28 (co-No.1s w/Dulko - first Italian, male or female, to reach No.1 in either singles or doubles); withdrew from Brisbane w/illness, from Marbella and Stuttgart w/right shoulder injury and from Linz 2r w/left thigh injury.
