1996 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Italy.
1997 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.
1998 - Played first WTA qualifying at Rome and Palermo; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
1999 - Played first WTA main draw at Rome, falling 1r (as qualifier); fell in qualifying twice (incl.
US Open).
2000 - First Top 100 season; runner-up at Tashkent (l. to Tulyaganova in final); reached 3r once (
US Open) and 2r once; fell 1r once and in qualifying 10 times (incl.
Roland Garros,
Wimbledon); made Top 100 debut afterwards on September 11 (rose from No.108 to No.76).
2001 - First Top 50 season; SF at Auckland (l. to Tu); QF six times (incl. first Grand Slam QF at
Roland Garros - l. to Hingis); reached 3r once and 2r six times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying twice; made Top 50 debut on June 11 (after
Roland Garros; rose from No.51 to No.35); won one WTA doubles title.
2002 - Another Top 50 season; QF twice; reached 4r once (
US Open), 3r three times (incl.
Australian Open,
Roland Garros) and 2r nine times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times and in qualifying once.
2003 - First Top 20 season; runner-up at Canberra (l. to Shaughnessy in final); SF twice, at Stanford and Los Angeles (l. to Clijsters both times); QF five times (incl.
US Open - l. to Capriati); reached 3r twice (incl.
Wimbledon) and 2r seven times (incl.
Roland Garros); fell 1r six times (incl.
Australian Open); made Top 20 debut on October 6 (rose from No.25 to No.20).
2004 - Another Top 20 season; SF twice, at Sydney (l. to Mauresmo) and Warsaw (l. to Kuznetsova); QF seven times (incl. Olympics - l. to Myskina); reached 4r three times (incl.
Roland Garros,
US Open), 3r once and 2r four times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r six times; won one WTA doubles title.
2005 - Another Top 20 season; runner-up three times, at Bali (l. to Davenport in final), Moscow (l. to Pierce in final) and Hasselt (l. to Clijsters in final); SF at Los Angeles (l. to Clijsters); QF five times; reached 4r once (
Roland Garros), 3r four times (incl.
Australian Open,
US Open) and 2r three times; fell 1r four times (incl.
Wimbledon); won one WTA doubles title.
2006 - Another Top 20 season; runner-up three times, at Sydney (l. to Henin 46 75 75 in final; led 4-1 second set and 5-3 third set), Amelia Island (l. to Petrova in final) and Luxembourg (l. to A.Bondarenko in final); QF five times; reached 4r twice (
Australian Open,
Roland Garros), 3r twice (incl.
US Open) and 2r seven times; fell 1r four times (incl.
Wimbledon); rose to career-high No.11 on January 29 (after
Australian Open - at the time, equalled Italian ranking record w/Farina Elia); won three WTA doubles titles w/Peschke and qualified for first WTA Championships in doubles (l. in SF to Raymond/Stosur); made doubles Top 10 debut on October 16 (after Moscow); member of Italian team that won Fed Cup title (went 2-1 in final).
2007 - Another Top 30 season; won first WTA title at Bad Gastein (d. Meusburger in final; had been 0-8 in finals previously); SF at Zürich (l. to Golovin); QF twice; reached 3r three times (incl.
Roland Garros) and 2r 11 times (incl. other three majors); fell 1r five times.
2008 - Another Top 30 season; SF at Dubai (l. to Dementieva); QF three times; reached 4r once, 3r three times (
Australian Open,
Roland Garros, Olympics) and 2r nine times (incl. other two majors - l. to Medina Garrigues at
Wimbledon 36 75 97 after holding 2mp at 63 54); fell 1r five times; reached first Grand Slam final in doubles at
Roland Garros (w/Dellacqua; l. to Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual).
2009 - Fifth Top 20 season; won second WTA title at Moscow (d. Govortsova in final); runner-up twice, at Prague (l. to Bammer in final) and Osaka (l. to Stosur in final); SF twice, at Barcelona (l. to Vinci) and 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Wickmayer); QF at
Wimbledon (l. to Dementieva); reached 4r once (
US Open), 3r twice and 2r six times; fell 1r 11 times (incl. other two majors) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title; member of Fed Cup-winning Italian team.
2010 - First Top 10 season (finishing No.7); won second and third WTA titles, at Barcelona (d. Vinci in final) and then first Grand Slam title at
Roland Garros (d. Stosur in final); was first Italian in Open Era to reach a Grand Slam semifinal and first Italian ever to reach a Grand Slam final or win a Grand Slam title; surged from No.17 to No.6 afterwards on June 7 (Top 10 debut and just second Italian ever in Top 10, after Pennetta; set new Italian national ranking record of No.6); SF twice, at Auckland (l. to Pennetta) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to Dementieva); QF three times (incl.
US Open - l. to V.Williams); reached 4r once (
Australian Open), 3r three times and 2r five times; fell 1r six times (incl.
Wimbledon); qualified for first WTA Championships in singles (went 1-2 in RR and did not qualify for SF); member of Fed Cup-winning Italian team.
2011 - Second-best season to date (finishing No.11), highlighted by second Grand Slam final at
Roland Garros (extended
Roland Garros win streak to 13 to reach second straight final there; l. to Li); SF twice, at Brussels and New Haven (l. to Wozniacki both times); QF twice, at
Australian Open (saved 6mp to beat Kuznetsova 64 16 1614 in 4r in 4h44min, second-longest match in Open Era; l. to Wozniacki) and Rome (l. to Stosur); reached 4r three times (incl.
US Open), 3r five times (incl.
Wimbledon) and 2r five times; fell 1r three times; made Top 5 debut on January 31 (after
Australian Open; rose from No.7 to No.4, setting new Italian national ranking record); withdrew from Tokyo [Pan Pacific] w/personal reasons.
