Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci ( born February 18, 1983 in Taranto ) is an Italian tennis player.

  • 3.1 Individual
  • 3.2 double

Career

At the age of six years, Roberta Vinci began playing tennis. In 1997 she played in her home country for the first ITF tournaments. In 1998 she had her debut in Palermo on the WTA Tour and won in the first two ITF doubles titles.

In 2004, she reached with her ​​former doubles partner Sandrine Testud the semifinals of the French Open. In 2005, she defeated qualifier as in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne Russian Anastasia Myskina and reached the semi-finals.

A significant achievement was the first time winning the Fed Cup in 2006 for Italy. The team, which also includes Mara Santangelo, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone belonged managed a 3-2 win over Belgium ( Justine Henin had in the fifth and decisive game due to injury to give up ). 2009 and 2010 (in each case against the United States, 4:0 and 3:1) could Vinci repeat this success with the Italian team. It is worth noting that Roberta Vinci has never lost a double in Fed Cup inserts ( balance sheet: 18:0 - as of March 2013).

2011 she succeeded with three WTA tournament victories within a few months (Barcelona, 's- Hertogenbosch, Budapest) for the first time to make it into the top 25 in the world rankings. At the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada, she continued her winning streak. In round two, they eliminated the world number one Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-5, after it had looked like that in the second set, as the top-seeded Dane could still turn the tide, as they had lain with two breaks 5-1 lead. Thus Vinci managed for the first time into the top 20 in the world rankings.

In 2012 she reached with her doubles partner Sara Errani initially the final of the Australian Open, she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Swonarjowa with 7:5, 4:6 and 3:6. Your title number nine and ten were the two then celebrate at the clay court tournaments in Madrid and at home tournament in Rome. On June 8, 2012, she won in Paris her first Grand Slam doubles title with a final victory over Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova pairing. A week later won Errani and Vinci in 's- Hertogenbosch already their seventh title in 2012.

At the U.S. Open Vinci made ​​in individual for a surprise when she first moved there with a smooth two- set victory ( 6-1, 6-4 ) over the number 2 in the world, Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals. In doubles, she won along with her ​​compatriot Errani against Czech duo Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final with 6:4 and 6:2. 2013 won the two at the Australian Open their third joint Grand Slam title. In the 2013 season, they also celebrated victories in Paris and Doha.

Meanwhile Vinci comes on the tour to nine singles and 20 doubles titles, including 17 on the side of Sara Errani. Due to their good results in the seasons 2012 and 2013, she also reached new career - highs in the WTA ranking. In a double to put it to the top of world rankings in individual she climbed in eleventh place.

In 2013 she won her fourth with Italy Fed Cup final against Russia. They cashed their single games. On the double and single second they renounced because the game was already decided.

Tournament Win

Singles

Doubles

Performance in Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA Tour Championships

Singles

Doubles

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