2002 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.
2003 - Played first WTA qualifying at Palermo.
2004 - Fell in WTA qualifying once.
2005 - Fell in WTA qualifying twice; won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit.
2006 - Played first three WTA main draws, reaching QF at Budapest and reaching 2r once; fell 1r once and in qualifying seven times (incl.
Wimbledon,
US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
2007 - First Top 100 season; SF three times, at Acapulco (l. to Pennetta), Palermo (l. to Szavay) and Bali (l. to Davenport); made Top 100 debut on July 23 (after Palermo; rose from No.102 to No.91); reached 2r once (incl.
US Open); fell 1r twice and in qualifying eight times (incl.
Australian Open,
Roland Garros).
2008 - First Top 50 season; won first two WTA titles at Palermo (d. Koryttseva in final) and Portoroz (d. Medina Garrigues in final); QF three times, at Auckland, Bogotá and Barcelona; reached 3r twice and 2r eight times (incl.
US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other three majors and Olympics) and in qualifying twice; made Top 50 debut on July 28 (after Portoroz; rose from No.56 to No.43); won one WTA doubles title.
2009 - Another Top 50 season; runner-up twice, at Palermo (l. to Pennetta in final) and Portoroz (l. to Safina in final); SF at Brisbane (l. to Azarenka); QF twice, at Marbella and Linz; reached 3r twice (incl.
Australian Open,
US Open) and 2r nine times (incl.
Wimbledon); fell 1r 11 times (incl.
Roland Garros) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title; member of Fed Cup-winning Italian team (first personal Fed Cup title).
2010 - Another Top 50 season; SF twice, at Hobart (l. to Peer) and Marbella (l. to Pennetta); QF five times, at Bogotá, Warsaw, Birmingham, Palermo and Linz; reached 3r five times (incl.
Australian Open,
Wimbledon,
US Open) and 2r 10 times (incl. New Haven - l. to Stosur 61 36 76(4); held 4mp at 5-4 third set); fell 1r seven times (incl.
Roland Garros); won three WTA doubles titles.
2011 - Fourth straight Top 50 season; runner-up at Pattaya City (l. to Hantuchova); SF twice, at Marbella (l. to Azarenka) and Barcelona (l. to Hradecka); QF three times, at Hobart, Budapest and Palermo; reached 3r three times and 2r nine times (incl.
Roland Garros,
Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors); held match points in four losses, in Budapest QF (ret. vs. Medina Garrigues w/cramping at 46 75 30; held mp at 64 54), Palermo QF (l. to Cetkovska 57 63 76(4); held 2mp at 5-4 third set), Carlsbad 3r (l. to Peng 46 62 76(7); held 2mp at 6-4 in third set tie-break) and Beijing (l. to Cetkovska 46 76(5) 64; held 2mp in second set, 1mp at 5-4 and 1mp at 6-5); won three WTA doubles titles (all w/Vinci); withdrew from Strasbourg w/shoulder injury, from Stanford w/shoulder & leg injury and from Tokyo w/personal reasons.