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 Palermo, Italy Clay Mariya Koryttseva 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. July 27, 2008 Portorož, Slovenia Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 1. July 19, 2009 Palermo, Italy Clay Flavia Pennetta 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 2. July 26, 2009 Portorož, Slovenia Hard Dinara Safina 6–7(5), 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 3. February 13, 2011 Pattaya City, Thailand Hard 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 Palermo, Italy Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2–6, 7–6(1), [10–4]
Winner 2. June 19, 2009 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Flavia Pennetta Michaëlla Krajicek
Yanina Wickmayer
6–4, 5–7, [13–11]
Runner-up 1. 22 February 2010 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Roberta Vinci Polona Hercog
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
2–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Winner 3. April 11, 2010 Marbella, Spain Clay Roberta Vinci Maria Kondratieva
Yaroslava Shvedova
6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. April 17, 2010 Barcelona, Spain Clay Roberta Vinci Timea Bacsinszky
Tathiana Garbin
6–1, 3–6, [10–2]
Winner 5. July 17, 2010 Palermo, Italy(2) Clay Alberta Brianti Jill Craybas
Julia Görges
6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 23 October 2010 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) María José Martínez Sánchez Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Winner 6. January 15, 2011 Hobart, Australia Hard Roberta Vinci Kateryna Bondarenko
Līga Dekmeijere
6–3, 7–5
Winner 7. February 13, 2011 Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Roberta Vinci Sun Shengnan
Zheng Jie
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up 3. April 10, 2011 Marbella, Spain Clay Roberta Vinci Nuria Llagostera Vives
Arantxa Parra Santonja
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up 4. June 12, 2011 Birmingham, Great Britain Grass Roberta Vinci Olga Govortsova
Alla Kudryavtseva
1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Winner 8. July 16, 2011 Palermo, Italy(3) Clay Roberta Vinci Andrea Hlaváčková
Klára Zakopalová
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 27 August 2011 New Haven, United States Hard Roberta Vinci Chuang Chia-jung
Olga Govortsova
7–5, 6–2

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