Personal

Coached by Pablo Lozano
Father, Giorgio, sells fruits and vegetables; mother, Fulvia, is a pharmacist; brother, Davide, is a soccer player
Introduced to tennis at age 5 by father; favorite shot is forehand, favorite surface is clay and favorite tournament is Acapulco
Speaks Italian, Spanish and English
Enjoys reading, movies, music (especially pop), following soccer and basketball and playing Monopoly, cards and video games

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (9): 2016 - Dubai; 2015 - Rio de Janeiro; 2013 - Acapulco; 2012 - Acapulco, Barcelona, Budapest, Palermo; 2008 - Palermo, Portoroz.
Finalist (11): 2023 - Bucharest; 2015 - Bucharest; 2014 - Paris [Indoors], Rome; 2013 - Paris [Indoors], Dubai, Palermo; 2012 - Roland Garros; 2011 - Pattaya City; 2009 - Palermo, Portoroz.

DOUBLES
Winner (29): 2024 - Linz (w/Paolini); 2023 - Monastir (w/Paolini); 2018 - Auckland (w/Schoofs); 2017 - Tianjin (w/Begu); 2015 - Auckland (w/Vinci); 2014 - Australian Open, Stuttgart, Madrid, Wimbledon, Montréal (all w/Vinci); 2013 - Australian Open, Paris [Indoors], Doha (all w/Vinci); 2012 - Monterrey, Acapulco, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros, 's-Hertogenbosch, US Open (all w/Vinci); 2011 - Hobart, Pattaya City, Palermo (all w/Vinci); 2010 - Marbella, Barcelona (both w/Vinci), Palermo (w/Brianti); 2009 - 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Pennetta); 2008 - Palermo (w/Llagostera Vives).
Finalist (15): 2022 - Melbourne 1 (w/Paolini); 2016 - Doha (w/Suárez Navarro); 2014 - Sydney, Rome, Roland Garros (all w/Vinci); 2013 - Sydney, Rome, Roland Garros (all w/Vinci); 2012 - Australian Open, Miami (both w/Vinci); 2011 - Marbella, Birmingham, New Haven (all w/Vinci); 2010 - Acapulco (w/Vinci), Moscow (w/Martínez Sánchez).

ADDITIONAL
WTA 125 SERIES
SINGLES WINNER (2): 2022 - Contrexeville; 2018 - Indian Wells 125.

DOUBLES FINALIST (1): 2024 - Charleston (w/Mihalikova)

Italian Fed Cup Team, 2008-18; Italian Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016.

Career in Review

Produced best results of 2023 at WTA 125 series events with R-Up showing at San Luis Potosi (l. Cocciaretto) and Bucharest (l. Sharma); also reached SF at Florence (l. Townsend).

Finished the 2022 season ranked No.109, after achieving the title at WTA 125 Contrexeville (d. Galfi) and reaching the F at WTA 125 Gaiba (l. Van Uytvanck). Also reached SF at WTA 125 Bucharest (l. eventual champion, Begu)

Opened 2021 clay court season by advancing to QF at Bogota (l. Zidansek). Reached further QFs on the surface last year at Parma (l. Stephens) and Hamburg (l. Yastremska)

Played only three tour level main draw event in 2020; reached QF at Palermo while fell 2r at both Acapulco and Roland Garros

Finished 2019 season ranked No.110; campaign was highlighted by SF run at Hiroshima (l. Hibino)

Best result of 2019 was QF at Bogotá (l. Sharma); fell 1r four times and in qualifying on five occasions, and won one singles title on ITF Circuit

Ended 2018 just outside Top 100 (at No.108) after a campaign in which she reached QF at Rabat (l. Mertens); reached 3r at Charleston and captured won one WTA 125K Series singles title and 27th career doubles title -- at Auckland (w/Schoofs)

Ended 2017 season ranked No.143 (previous year-end finish outside the Top 100 came in 2006 at No.171). Missed around two months of 2017 season (August to October) due to an anti-doping violation; departed tour following 2017 Washington DC, returning with SF run at Tianjin in October (l. Sabalenka)

Following return to competition at end of 2017, won ITF $60k-Suzhou-CHN and reached SF at ITF $100k-Dubai-UAE (l. Bencic)

Posted ninth successive Top 50 season in 2016, highlighted by winning ninth (and biggest) WTA singles title of career at Premier-level Dubai (d. Strycova in F) - owns 9-10 record overall in finals, and reached at least one final every year between 2011-2016

Was previously 0-4 in Premier-level singles finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Rome, 2014 Paris [Indoors], 2013 Dubai and 2013 Paris [Indoors]

Represented Italy in doubles w/Vinci at 2016 Rio Olympics (l. Safarova/Strycova in QF); the team of Errani/Vinci reunited in Montréal for the first time since playing Fed Cup in February 2015

Won her eighth WTA singles title - and first in two years - at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (d. Schmiedlova in F) and finished runner-up at 2015 Bucharest (l. Schmiedlova in F)

Qualified for inaugural 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, but unable to progress past group stage

Owns three Top 5 wins in her career: No.4 A.Radwanska at 2013 Roland Garros, No.2 Li at 2014 Rome, No.4 Kvitova at 2015 Beijing

Dropped out of Top 10 after 2014 Miami for the first time since June 11, 2012 - rose as high as No.5 the week of May 20, 2013

Qualified for WTA Finals in singles in 2012 and 2013, going 2-4 in round robin matches

Owns 27 career doubles titles, including five majors (all w/VInci) at 2012 Roland Garros, 2012 US Open, 2013-14 Australian Open and 2014 Wimbledon

In total, spent 87 weeks as doubles World No.1

Breakthrough year on Tour came in 2012, reaching Roland Garros final (l. Sharapova), lifting four titles and compiling 55-22 record

Made Top 10 debut following run in Paris, rising from No.24 to No.10 on June 11, 2012

Member of victorious Italian Fed Cup teams in 2009-10 and 2013

In 2008 lifted first two WTA singles titles, first at Palermo (d. Koryttseva in F) and then Portoroz (d. Medina Garrigues in F)

Made Top 100 debut on July 23, 2007 and Top 50 debut on July 28, 2008

Came through qualifying to reach maiden WTA SF at 2007 Acapulco (l. Pennetta)

Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2006 Bogota (as qualifier, d. Uberoi, l. Dulko)

Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2002