Flavia Pennetta
Tennis player and US Open champion
Born
February 25th, 1982
43 years ago
Category
Athletes & Sports Figures
Country
Italy
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A professional tennis player from Italy, her career spanned from 2000 to 2015. She achieved significant success on the WTA Tour, both in singles and doubles. Pennetta reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 and won ten singles titles, including the prestigious US Open in 2015. This victory marked the first time an Italian woman won a Grand Slam singles title. In doubles, she claimed 17 titles and reached a World No. 1 ranking. After retiring, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2022.
Winning the 2015 US Open singles title
Achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 6
Winning 17 WTA doubles titles
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