Sara Errani

Sara Errani
Sara Errani
Country  Italy
Residence Bologna, Italy
Born April 29, 1987 (1987-04-29) (age 24)
Bologna, Italy
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2002
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 1,229,146
Singles
Career record 241–182
Career titles 2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 31 (February 23, 2009)
Current ranking No. 47 (October 10, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3R (2009, 2010)
French Open 2R (2011)
Wimbledon 3R (2010)
US Open 3R (2009, 2010)
Doubles
Career record 126–106
Career titles 8 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 31 (January 17, 2011)
Current ranking No. 32 (February 7, 2011)
Last updated on: February 7, 2011.

Sara Errani (born April 29, 1987 in Bologna, Italy), nicknamed "Poco Gigante", is a professional female tennis player from Italy. On February 23, 2009, she reached a new career high of No. 31 on the Tour rankings. She won her 2 WTA titles within two weeks, and also has 2 ITF Titles.

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Career

Early life and Junior career

Errani competed in her first event at the $10,000 Cagliari event in her native country of Italy where she lost to Sun Tiantian 6–1 6–0.

WTA

She is a Professional since 2002. Her first WTA title of her career was in the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, where she defeated Mariya Koryttseva. On July 27, 2008, she captured her second career title in two weeks defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3. She also won six doubles WTA titles.

In 2009, Errani was the runner-up at two WTA tournaments: in Palermo and Portoroz, as the defending champion in both.

With Italy she won the Fed Cup in 2009 and 2010.

In February 2011 she reached the final of the PTT Pattaya Open where she was defeated by Daniela Hantuchová.

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0) Premier (0/0)
Tier IV (2/0) International (0/3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. July 13, 2008 Italy Palermo, Italy Clay Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. July 27, 2008 Slovenia Portorož, Slovenia Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 1. July 19, 2009 Italy Palermo, Italy Clay Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 2. July 26, 2009 Slovenia Portorož, Slovenia Hard Russia Dinara Safina 6–7(5), 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 3. February 13, 2011 Thailand Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 6–0, 6–2

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0) Premier (0/2)
Tier IV (1/0) International (7/2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–2)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (5–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. July 13, 2008 Italy Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2–6, 7–6(1), [10–4]
Winner 2. June 19, 2009 Netherlands 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Italy Flavia Pennetta Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
6–4, 5–7, [13–11]
Runner-up 1. 22 February 2010 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Slovenia Polona Hercog
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
2–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Winner 3. April 11, 2010 Spain Marbella, Spain Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Russia Maria Kondratieva
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. April 17, 2010 Spain Barcelona, Spain Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Italy Tathiana Garbin
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Winner 5. July 17, 2010 Italy Palermo, Italy(2) Clay Italy Alberta Brianti United States Jill Craybas
Germany Julia Görges
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 23 October 2010 Russia Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Spain María José Martínez Sánchez Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 6. January 15, 2011 Australia Hobart, Australia Hard Italy Roberta Vinci Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
6–3, 7–5
Winner 7. February 13, 2011 Thailand Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Italy Roberta Vinci China Sun Shengnan
China Zheng Jie
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up 3. April 10, 2011 Spain Marbella, Spain Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up 4. June 12, 2011 United Kingdom Birmingham, Great Britain Grass Italy Roberta Vinci Belarus Olga Govortsova
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Winner 8. July 16, 2011 Italy Palermo, Italy(3) Clay Italy Roberta Vinci Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 27 August 2011 United States New Haven, United States Hard Italy Roberta Vinci Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Belarus Olga Govortsova
7–5, 6–2

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