Roberta Vinci

Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci 2014 at Wimbledon
Nation:	Italy
Birthday:	February 18, 1983
Size:	163 cm
Weight:	60 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	May 14, 2018
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Francesco Cinà
Prize money:	$ 11,808,215
singles
Career record:	565: 412
Career title:	10 WTA , 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	7 (May 9, 2016)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	415: 205
Career title:	25 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (October 15, 2012)
Weeks as No. 1:	110
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Record world number one in women's doubles

rank	Tennis player	Weeks
1.	Martina Navratilova	237
2.	Liezel Huber	199
3.	Cara Black	163
4th	Lisa Raymond	137
5.	Natallja Sverava	124
6th	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	111
7th	Roberta Vinci	110
As of October 9, 2017

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

Career

Roberta Vinci

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

In 2004 she reached the semi-finals of the French Open with her then doubles partner Sandrine Testud . In 2005 she moved into the semi-finals of Eastbourne as a qualifier with a victory over Anastassija Myskina .

A major success was Italy's first time winning the Fed Cup in 2006. The team, which also Mara Santangelo , Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone belonged scored a 3: 2 win over Belgium ( Justine Henin had in the fifth and decisive game due to injury to give up). In 2009 and 2010 (4-0 and 3-1 each against the USA) Vinci was able to repeat this success with the Italian team. Noteworthy: she only lost her first double in the Fed Cup in February 2015 (balance: 18: 1).

In 2011, with three WTA tournament victories within a few months (Barcelona, ​​'s-Hertogenbosch, Budapest), she made it among the 25 best in the world for the first time. At the Rogers Cup in Toronto, she continued her winning streak. In round two she eliminated world number one Caroline Wozniacki 6: 4 and 7: 5, after in the second set it looked as if the top seeded Dane could turn the tide after two breaks with a 5: 1 lead. This was the first time Vinci was in the top 20 of the WTA world rankings .

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

At the US Open , Vinci caused a surprise in singles when she made it to the quarter-finals for the first time with a straight two-set win (6: 1, 6: 4) over number 2 in the world, Agnieszka Radwańska . In doubles, she won the final together with her compatriot Errani against Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6: 4 and 6: 2. During the season, the two won their third joint Grand Slam title at the Australian Open and they also celebrated victories in Paris and Doha . Because of her good results, Vinci also achieved new career records in the WTA ranking. In doubles she was at the top of the world rankings, in singles she climbed to 11th place in June 2013, which she improved to 10th on February 22, 2016.

In 2013 she won the team competition for the fourth time with a final victory over Russia with the Italian Fed Cup team. She renounced the doubles and her second singles because the match was already decided.

In 2014 she was able to repeat the win at the side of Errani at the Australian Open . They also won the final of the doubles competition together at Wimbledon (6: 1, 6: 3) and thus their fifth Grand Slam title. Both of them achieved a so-called career grand slam ; that is, they have won each of the four Grand Slam tournaments at least once.

Vinci now has ten singles and 25 doubles titles, including 22 victories alongside Errani. Since the 2: 3 Fed Cup defeat against France in February 2015 (Vinci / Errani lost their doubles game against Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic clearly with 1: 6.2: 6), they no longer play as a duo.

In September 2015, however, Vinci achieved her greatest sporting success. In the semifinals of the US Open, she eliminated the defending champion and huge favorite Serena Williams (they spoke of a betting rate of 300: 1) and was thus for the first time in her career in the final of a Grand Slam tournament, and also in a historic one , the first purely Italian final. In this, however, she had to admit defeat to her long-time companion Flavia Pennetta 6: 7, ⁴ , 2: 6.

At the first ever tournament in St. Petersburg, she qualified for a premier final in 2016 for the first time, in which she defeated the Swiss Belinda Bencic in straight sets. Shortly before her 33rd birthday, she achieved her tenth and most important tournament victory in the individual. In addition, she was able to break the limit of ten million US dollars in prize money, which her compatriots Schiavone, Pennetta and Errani had already achieved before her. On February 22, 2016, she was 10th in the world rankings for the first time.

On May 14, 2018, she ended her tennis career, previously she was eliminated in the first round against Aleksandra Krunić at the WTA tournament in Rome . She announced this plan during the break of the season in November 2017.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 25, 2007	Bogotá	WTA Tier IV	sand	Tathiana Garbin	6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 0: 3 task
2.	April 19, 2009	Barcelona	WTA International	sand	Maria Kirilenko	6-0, 6-4
3.	October 24, 2010	Luxembourg	WTA International	Hard court (hall)	Julia Goerges	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	April 30, 2011	Barcelona	WTA International	sand	Lucie Hradecká	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
5.	June 18, 2011	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA International	race	Jelena Dokic	6: 7 7 , 6: 3, 7: 5
6th	July 10, 2011	Budapest	WTA International	sand	Irina-Camelia Begu	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
7th	August 26, 2012	Dallas	WTA International	Hard court	Jelena Janković	7: 5, 6: 3
8th.	April 14, 2013	Katowice	WTA International	sand	Petra Kvitová	7: 6 2 , 6: 1
9.	July 14, 2013	Palermo	WTA International	sand	Sara Errani	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
10.	February 14, 2016	St. Petersburg	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Belinda Bencic	6: 4, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	February 18, 2001	Doha	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Sandrine Testud	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	7: 5, 7: 6 4
2.	September 25, 2005	Portorož	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Anabel Garrigues	Jelena Kostanić Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2
3.	January 13, 2006	Canberra	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Marta Domachowska	Claire Curran Līga Dekmeijere	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
4th	April 11, 2010	Marbella	WTA International	sand	Sara Errani	Marija Kondratjewa Jaroslawa Schwedowa	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	April 18, 2010	Barcelona	WTA International	sand	Sara Errani	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 2]
6th	January 15, 2011	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Sara Errani	Kateryna Bondarenko Līga Dekmeijere	6: 3, 7: 5
7th	February 13, 2011	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Sara Errani	Sun Shengnan Zheng Jie	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
8th.	July 16, 2011	Palermo	WTA International	sand	Sara Errani	Andrea Hlaváčková Klára Zakopalová	7: 5, 6: 1
9.	February 26, 2012	Monterrey	WTA International	Hard court	Sara Errani	Kimiko Date Krumm Zhang Shuai	6: 2, 7: 6 6
10.	March 4, 2012	Acapulco	WTA International	sand	Sara Errani	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 2, 6: 1
11.	April 15, 2012	Barcelona	WTA International	sand	Sara Errani	Flavia Pennetta Francesca Schiavone	6-0, 6-2
12.	May 12, 2012	Madrid	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Sara Errani	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 4]
13.	May 20, 2012	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Sara Errani	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 2, 7: 5
14th	June 8, 2012	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Sara Errani	Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
15th	June 23, 2012	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA International	race	Sara Errani	Marija Kirilenko Nadja Petrova	6: 4, 3: 6, [11: 9]
16.	September 9, 2012	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Sara Errani	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	January 25, 2013	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Sara Errani	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
18th	3rd February 2013	Paris	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Sara Errani	Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber	6: 1, 6: 1
19th	17th February 2013	Doha	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Sara Errani	Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik	2: 6, 6: 3 [11: 9]
20th	January 24, 2014	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Sara Errani	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5
21st	April 27, 2014	Stuttgart	WTA Premier	sand	Sara Errani	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6: 2, 6: 3
22nd	May 10, 2014	Madrid	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Sara Errani	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 4, 6: 3
23.	5th July 2014	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Sara Errani	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	6: 1, 6: 3
24.	August 10, 2014	Toronto	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Sara Errani	Cara Black Sania Mirza	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
25th	January 9, 2015	Auckland	WTA International	Hard court	Sara Errani	Shūko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	6: 2, 6: 1

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA Tour Championships

singles

competition	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	10:12	3
French Open	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	2	3	1	AF	1	1	1	1	6:13	AF
Wimbledon	-	1	-	-	3	-	2	-	3	2	3	AF	AF	1	1	3	1	16:12	AF
US Open	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	VF	VF	3	F.	VF	1	23:15	F.

Double

competition	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	AF	1	VF	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	F.	S.	S.	AF	AF	29:13	S.
French Open	VF	VF	1	HF	1	AF	1	1	1	2	AF	S.	F.	F.	AF	-	33:14	S.
Wimbledon	-	AF	1	AF	1	-	1	-	1	AF	AF	VF	AF	S.	AF	1	21:12	S.
US Open	HF	1	-	1	AF	2	1	-	1	1	VF	S.	VF	2	AF	-	19:11	S.
WTA Tour Championships	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	HF	HF	VF	-	-	0: 4	HF

Awards

• Referendum Gazzetta 2014 - "World Team of the Year" (together with Sara Errani )
• Gazzetta Sports Award 2015: "Achievement of the Year"

Web links

Commons : Roberta Vinci  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Roberta Vinci (English)
• ITF profile Roberta Vinci (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Roberta Vinci (English)
• Roberta Vinci in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vinci vanquished by Krunic in farewell match in Rome. In: wtatennis.com. May 14, 2018, accessed May 14, 2018 . 
2. ^ Vinci reveals intention to retire in Rome. In: wtatennis.com. November 30, 2017, accessed May 14, 2018 .