Roberta Vinci

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**Roberta Vinci**

Country	Italy
Residence	Taranto, Italy
Date of birth	February 18, 1983
Place of birth	Taranto, Italy
Height	5' 4 (1.63 m)
Weight	132 lbs. (60 kg)
Turned Pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$936,802
Singles
Career record:	221-145
Career titles:	1 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 37 (March 6, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2006)
French Open	1r (2004-06)
Wimbledon	3r (2005)
U.S. Open	1r (2001, 2004-06)
Doubles
Career record:	159-86
Career titles:	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 12 (July 8, 2002)
Infobox last updated on: February 26, 2007.

Roberta Vinci (born 18 February 1983) is an Italian tennis player, who reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles competition with Sandrine Testud at the French Open in 2004.

One of the biggest victories of her career came in 2005 when she beat Russian Anastasia Myskina (2004 French Open champion) on the grass of Eastbourne in the quarterfinals. As a qualifier she reached the semi-finals against another qualifier: Russian Vera Douchevina. She and her Italian team mates Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone beat the Belgium team 3-2 in the 2006 Fed Cup final. Justine Henin-Hardenne had to retire in the fifth and final match due to an injury in her right knee, which let Italy win their first Fed Cup trophy.^[1]

On February 25, 2007 at Bogotá, Roberta Vinci won her first WTA title, against the top seed Tathiana Garbin, also of Italy, in 3 sets after falling behind 0-3 in the final set. She won the title after Garbin had to retire.^[2]

1 WTA Tour titles (1)
- 1.1 Singles (1)
2 References
3 External links

[edit] WTA Tour titles (1)

[edit] Singles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 25, 2007	Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Tathiana Garbin	6-7⁽⁵⁾, 6-4, 0-3 ret.