Flavia Pennetta is a Professional Tennis player on the WTA Tour. She was born on February 25, 1982, and played in her first professional event on the ITF Tour at the age of 15 in 1997. Pennetta was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team in 2003 and from 2005 to 2009. She also represented Italy in the 2008 Summer Olympics.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/flavia-pennetta_2257889_6578

Flavia Pennetta has won six WTA singles titles and eight WTA doubles titles through September 21, 2009.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/flavia-pennetta_2257889_6578 Her best finish in a Grand Slam event is a fourth round loss to Carla Suarez-Navarro at the 2008 French Open.http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/scoreboard?year=2008&tournamentId=172&matchType=2 Pennetta also advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2005 and 2006. Flavia Pennetta holds the distinction of being the first Italian to reach the top ten in the WTA Tour world rankings.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/flavia-pennetta_2257889_6578

She played in the 2008 Summer Olympics and lost her only match. Pennetta was a member of team Itay in the Fed Cup, which won 4-0 over the United States. It was Italy's second Fed Cup victory.http://www.globalpost.com/webblog/sports/italy-wins-second-fed-cup-title-stomps-all-over-us-4-0

On November 18, 2009 Pennetta was confirmed at the number one seed at the ASB tennis Classic.http://www.radiosport.co.nz/SportsNews/spten/Detail.aspx?id=166544 On December 7, 2009 Pennetta lost to Justine Henin in the Women's Tennis Trophy.http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/henin-defeats-pennetta-to-take-trophy-20091207-kd4n.html

Flavia Pennetta was the number one seed at the ASB Classic but lost in the finals on January 9, 2010 to Yanina Wickmayer by a score of 6-3, 6-2.http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/story/?id=305330 Pennetta also lost to Wickmayer in the second round of the 2010 Australian Open. Flavia Pennetta next played in the Open GDF Suez in Paris, but lost to Lucie Safarova in the semifinals.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNhQXLs1T7vK7FYnrfLHyXdVwFkAD9DRC9E00

She lead Italy to the Fed Cup finals on April 25, 2010. Pennetta came into the Fed Cup as Itlay's number one player and ranked fifteenth in the world. She won matches on April 24 and April 25 to ensure team Italy a spot in the final matches in November.http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/tennis/04/25/tennis.fed.cup.italy.czechs/ On May 15, she reached the doubles final with Gisela Dulko at the Madrid Open but lost to Venus Williams and Serena Williams 2-6, 5-7.http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/doublesnews/20100515/venus-serena-win-madrid-doubles_2256567_2053244

Australian Open

Singles

• January 18: First round - defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• January 20: Second round- lost to Yanina Wickmayer 6-7, 1-6http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/cmatch/08ws.html
  
  

Doubles

• January 21: First round - with Gisela Dulko defeated Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
• January 22: Second round - with Giseal Dulko defeated Sarah Borwell and Raquel Kops-Jones 7-5, 6-2
• January 24: Third round - with Giseal Dulko defeated Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-2
• January 26: Quarterfinals - with Giseal Dulko lost to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 6-4, 2-6, 2-6http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/cmatch/14wd.html
  
  

French Open

Singles

• May 23: First round - defeated Anne Keothavong 6-2, 6-2
• May 26: Second round - defeated Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1
• May 28: Third round - defeated Polona Hercog 6-3, 6-0
• May 30: Fourth round - lost to Caroline Wozniacki 6-7, 7-6, 2-6http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/cmatch/13ws.html
  
  

Doubles

Played with Gisela Dulko

• May 25: First round - defeated Julie Coin and Marie-Eve Pelletier 6-1, 6-3
• May 29: Second round - defeated Alberta Brianti and Alexandra Dulgheru 7-5, 7-6
• May 31: Third round - lost to Liezel Huber and A. Medina Garrigues 6-1, 0-6, 6-7

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/cmatch/14wd.html

Wimbledon

Singles

• June 22: First round - defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4, 6-0
• June 24: Second round - defeated Monica Niculescu 6-1, 6-1
• June 26: Third round - lost to Klara Zakopalova 2-6, 2-6http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/scores/cmatch/13ws.html
  
  

Doubles

Played with Gisela Dulko

• June 23: First round - defeated Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodionova 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• June 25: Second round - defeated Elena Baltacha and Olga Savchuk 6-7, 7-3, 6-0
• June 28: Third round - defeated Jelena Jankovic and Chanelle Scheepers in a walkover

Singles

• US Open Tennis US Open: Lost in third round in 2009
• French Open: Lost in fourth round in 2008 and 2010
• Australian Open: Lost in third round in 2006 and 2009
• Wimbledon: Lost in fourth round in 2005 and 2006
  
  

Doubles

• US Open: Lost in finals in 2005
• French Open: Lost in third round in 2009 and 2010
• Australian Open: Lost in quarterfinals in 2008
• Wimbledon: Lost in third round in 2006

• 2004: Won the Orange Warsaw Openhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Warsaw_Open

• 2005: Won the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Colsanitas

• 2005, 2008: Won the Abierto Mexicano Telcelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abierto_Mexicano_Telcel

• 2007: Won the PTT Bangkok Openhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bangkok_Open

• 2008: Won the Internazionali Femminili di Palermohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internazionali_Femminili_di_Palermo

• 2009: Won the LA Women's Tennis Championshipshttp://www.latennischamps.com

Italy defeated Ukraine 4-1 in the World Group play first round on February 6 and February 7. Flavia Pennetta won two matches without a loss. Italy advanced to the semifinals against Czech Republic, which will take place on April 24 and April 25.http://www.fedcup.com/results/