| Country | Italy |
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| Residence | Bologna, Italy |
| Born | April 29, 1987 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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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.
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.
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| 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 |
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| 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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