Flavia Pennetta

At 42 years old, Flavia Pennetta has this physical status:

Flavia Pennetta (Italian pronunciation: [flavja pennetta]; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian professional tennis player. On August 17, 2009, she became Italy's first top-ten female singles player and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1. On the 28th of February 2011, there were 1 in doubles. She is a big winner, having won the 2011 Australian Open women's doubles championship with Gisela Dulko and the 2015 US Open singles title over childhood friend Roberta Vinci in the first all-Italian major final.

Pennetta also won ten other WTA singles titles, including the 2014 Indian Wells Open, in which she defeated the top two seeds in the top division. She was also a mainstay in the Fed Cup team competition, assisting Italy in winning four titles in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013. Her other achievements in doubles include winning the 2010 WTA Finals and finishing runner-up at the 2005 and 2014 US Opens, as well as Elena Dementieva and Martina Hingis.

Pennetta, who won the 2015 US Open, has announced that she would retire at the end of the season and would compete in her last tournament at her WTA Finals singles debut. She beat eventual champion Agnieszka Radwa in the round-robin stage and emerged with a top-ten singles ranking.

By Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, then President of Italy, Pennetta was appointed Knight of Merit of the Republic on January 24.

Personal life

Flavia Pennetta was born in Brindisi to Oronzo and Concetta Pennetta. She has an older sister. Monica Seles has been introduced to tennis at the age of five and has cited Monica Seles as her tennis hero. Carlos Moyá was dated by Pennetta before. In her book Dritto al cuore, she chronicled the pair's tragic breakup in 2007.

In early 2014, Pennetta began dating compatriot ATP tennis player Fabio Fognini. Pennetta and Fognini married in Ostuni in June 2016 and became engaged in 2015. In 2017, Pennetta gave birth to a baby boy. Their second child was born in 2019 and a daughter was born in 2021.

Pennetta is a Roman Catholic.

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Career

Pennetta's father introduced her to tennis at the age of five. She defeated the 1999 French Open in girls' doubles with fellow Italian Roberta Vinci at the age of 17.

Pennetta debuted on the ITF Women's Circuit in 1997. In the second round of her first qualifying tournament for a WTA Tour main draw, Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, she failed the following year. On the ITF Circuit, Pennetta won two singles and two doubles titles in 1999. In 2000, she was disqualified in her multiple attempts to qualify for WTA Tour main draws. She limited her participation in the ITF Circuit the following year.

She played in her first WTA Tour main-draw match at the Cellular South Cup in 2002, when she lost in the first round. She also failed in the first round of the Idea Prokom Open in Palermo, but she advanced to the second round of the Idea Prokom Open in Sopot. On September 23, 2002, she reached the top 100 for the first time. 100.

Pennetta lost in the semifinals of the Hyderabad Open in 2003 to eventual champion Tamarine Tanasugarn. She also reached the quarterfinals of the Canberra Women's Classic, Copa Colsanitas, and Abierto Mexicano Telcel. She debuted in the main draws of all four Grand Slam tournaments. She had her best result in the third round of the Roland Garros, where she defeated 21st-seeded American Lisa Raymond in the second round before losing to Hungary's Petra Mandula.

Pennetta began the year at the Tier V Canberra Classic, where she lost in the quarterfinals to Julia Vakkulenko. In the first round of the Australian Open, she lost in straight sets to Italian Antonella Serra Zanetti in the first round.

Pennetta then lost in the first round of both the Cellular South Cup and the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia. These setbacks were followed by her first WTA Tour final at Acapulco, where she was defeated by Iveta Beneová.

She competed in both of the Tier I springtime hardcourt tournaments in the United States. In the first round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, she defeated udmila Cervanová before losing to Maria Sharapova. She then failed in the first round of qualifying for the NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne.

Pennetta lost in the second round of two consecutive WTA tournaments, the Morocco Open in Casablanca and the Portugal Open in Estoril, returning to clay courts. Pennetta lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Jelena Jankovi in straight sets at the Budapest Grand Prix. She then defeated the world No. 1 in the world No. 102. In the second round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, 6, Nadia Petrova, before losing to world No. 6 and falling to world No. 6. In the third round, Anna Smashnova, 21, was ranked in the third round. Pennetta lost in the first round of the French Open, losing in straight sets to Smashnova once more.

She defeated Marion Bartoli in the first grass-court tournament of her career before losing to world No. 1. In the second round, Alicia Molik, 32, was in the second round. Pennetta had the same result at the Ordina Open, dropping to world No. 1. Barbara Schett, 85. In the first round of Wimbledon, she was defeated by Petrova in three sets.

She participated in her second clay-court tournament in July, where she was defeated by Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final of the Internazionali di Palermo. In the first round of the Nordic Light Open in Stockholm, she lost to Henrieta Nagyová for the first time since April. Pennetta captured her first WTA Tour title in Sopot, Poland, defeating Klára Koukalová in the final. Pennetta then dropped to former world No. 1. Lindsay Davenport, 1, appeared in the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals and went to world No. 1 for the first time. Magdalena Maleeva, 25, in the first round of the US Open, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6.

The remainder of the year, Pennetta appeared in four tournaments. Pennetta lost in the second round to Gisela Dulko, the current quarterfinalist at the Wismilak International in Bali. In the second round of the Guangzhou International Open, she then lost to Mara Vento-Kabchi in Beijing and to Tamarine Tanasugarn. She fell to world No. 1 in her last event of the year. In the second round of the Zurich Open, Ai Sugiyama defeated Ai Sugiyama in two sets.

She reached the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International losing in three sets to Tatiana Golovin in Pennetta's first event of the year. She then failed in the first round of the Australian Open and the Open Gaz de France. She won two titles in a row in the first two weeks, defeating Lourdes Domnguez Lino in the finals, 7–6, 6–4, and the second one in the Mexican Open, defeating udmila Cervanová in three sets. Pennetta qualified early in her next tournaments. The second rounds of the Pacific Life Open, the German Open, and the Rome Masters are in the second round. In both the first round of the Estoril Open and the third rounds of the Miami Masters and the French Open, she also lost in the first round of the Estoril Open and third rounds. She bounced back in the Wimbledon Championships by defeating Mary Pierce in straight sets and the semifinals of both the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo and Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, both Italian championships. In the San Diego Classic and Aiko Nakamura in the Los Angeles Championships, she carried it up with defeats to Japanese players Akiko Morigami. Kim Clijsters, the eventual champion of the Rogers Cup, was defeated 6–0, 6–1. Julia Schruff, a German girl, was upset by her upset in the first round of the US Open. In the second round, she also failed early in the China Open and the Kremlin Cup in the first round and the Kremlin Cup. She finished the year off with quarterfinal appearances in the Wismilak International, Porsche Grand Prix, and the Zurich Open. She finished the year as No. 1 in the United States. The world's highest-ranked 23nd Century.

Flavia got off to a promising start in the 2006 season by finishing runner-up against Lucie afová. Li Na defeated her in the first round at Sydney. Pennetta won over Cara Black and Martina Suchá before falling to Nicole Vaidiová in the third round, just over a year ago. She was evicted by Sania Mirza, a rising star, in two sets at two sets at Paris.

Pennetta started to get up to speed as the season progressed, with two runner-up appearances at Bogotá and Acapulco, and Anna-Lena Grönefeld losing respectively to Lourdes Domno and Anna-Lena Grönefeld.

Pennetta began losing in the first round of Gold Coast, Hobart, and the Australian Open in 2007, losing to Maria Kirilenko, Aiko Nakamura, and Kaia Kanepi respectively.

Her next two tournaments went well, with her semifinal appearance at Bogotá (falling to Roberta Vinci) and making it all the way to the final of Acapulco, where she lost to Émilie Loit. At Indian Wells, Miami, Amelia Island, and Charleston, she won four straight matches. At Estoril, she managed to win over Arantxa Parra Santonja before being defeated by Gisela Dulko. At Berlin, Rome, and the French Open, then began a string of first-round defeats.

Flavia made it to the semifinals in Barcelona, where Meghann Shaughnessy defeated her by a narrow margin. Karin Knapp and Tatjana Malek advanced to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Dinara Safina. In the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, she was disqualified.

Agnieszka Radwaska made it to the semifinals of Biella, defeating Agnieszka Radwadska.

Pennetta began the year by losing in the second round of the Australian Hardcourts in Gold Coast to Dinara Safina. Pennetta then advanced to the semifinals of the Hobart International, where she lost to eventual champion Eleni Daniilidou. She beat Dominika Cibulková in the first round of the Australian Open, but she lost to Virginie Razzano in the second round. Pennetta continued to play for Italy's Fed Cup team against Spain. She lost in a singles match against Anabel Medina Garrigues. Pennetta claimed the Cachantn Cup in Via del Mar, Chile, beating Klára Zakopalová in the final for her first title of the year. However, she lost in the first round of the Copa Colsanitas to Betina Jozami. Pennetta claimed her second title of the year at the Acapulco Open in the final, defeating Alizé Cornet in the final.

Pennetta received a bye in the first round of the Pacific Life Open as the 30th seed. She defeated Kaia Kanepi in the second round, but she was then defeated by compatriot Francesca Schiavone in the third round. Serena Williams, the reigning champion of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, also lost in the third round to her opponent Serena Williams. In the second round of the Estoril Open to Iveta Beneová, Pennetta then lost in the second round of the Estoril Open to Iveta Benevá. In the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, she defeated Olga Savchuk before losing to defending champion Jelena Jankovi in the second round. She then was disqualified from her quarterfinal match against Medina Garrigues at the Internationaux de Strasbourg. Pennetta defeated eighth-seeded Venus Williams in the third round of the French Open before losing to Carla Suárez Navarro in the fourth round.

In the first round of her first tournament on grass at the Ordina Open, Pennetta lost to Sania Mirza. Julia Vaclavenko defeated Julia Vasilienko in the first round of Wimbledon, but she lost to Ai Sugiyama in the second round. She then competed at Internazionali di Palermo and lost to eventual champion Sara Errani in the semifinals. In the final of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles to Dinara Safina, Pennetta then lost. Michelle Larcher de Brito, a qualifier, was disqualified in the second round of the Rogers Cup. She was then a member of the Italian Olympic team at the Summer Olympics in Beijing; however, she lost to Kaia Kanepi in the first round. Pennetta also qualified in the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven. Peng Shuai and former World No. 1 triumphed her over Stefanie Vögele in the first round of the US Open. 3 Nadia Petrova in the second and third round of the second and third round, as well as the former world No. Amélie Mauresmo, a fourth-round player, before losing to Safina in the quarterfinals. It was Pennetta's best singles appearance at a Grand Slam tournament back then.

Pennetta then progressed to the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, losing to eventual runner Tamira Paszek. She lost in the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo to former world No. 3. Jelena Jankovi, 1, is a single lady in Ukraine. In the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix, Pennetta lost to Kateryna Bondarenko; the world No. 1 has since been ranked No. 2. In the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, 1 Jankovi defeats Venus Williams, who flocked to Venus Williams in the final of the Zurich Open. Pennetta defeated gnes Szávay and Dominika Cibulková in the first round and Dominika Cibulková in the second round of the Linz Open, her last tournament of the year, before losing to former World No. Jacques Cocháy. Ana Ivanovic, the current champion and eventual champion of the quarterfinals, qualified the first.

Pennetta competed in her first tournament of the year (actually at the Hopman Cup), where she was the top seed. She defeated Shahar Pe'er in the first round and then fell to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round. Pennetta was the thirteenth seed at the Australian Open, where she lost in the third round to Anabel Medina Garrigues. Pennetta then competed against France in the Fed Cup World Group competition. Italy defeated 5–0. Pennetta won both her singles matches against Amélie Mauresmo and Alizé Cornet. Pennetta lost to Ma Zec Pekiri in the first round of the year's first tournament on clay. For the sixth year in a row, she reached the final of the Mexican Open, but she lost in two sets to Venus Williams. Pennetta lost in the second round to Barbora Záhlavová-Strucová. She was the 15th seed in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the year's first Premier Mandatory event, and she lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Ana Ivanovic in a three-set match. Pennetta was disqualified in the third round of the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, another Premier Mandatory event in the region, to Mauresmo.

In preparations for the French Open, Pennetta then participated in a series of clay-court matches. In the second round of the Barcelona Open, she lost to fellow Italian Roberta Vinci. She then appeared in two games for Italy's Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals over reigning champion Russia. Anna Chakvetadze defeated Anna Chakvetadze and lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova, but Italy's final result was 4-1 in favor of Italy. Pennetta's second Fed Cup final will be decided. She reached the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart this week, defeating two top-ten players, Jelena Jankovi and Nadia Petrova, but she fell to world No. 301. In three sets, Dinara Safina, the 1 player, defeated him in three sets. In the third round of the Italian Open in Rome, a Premier-5 tournament, Pennetta lost by 0–6 to Kuznetsova, losing by 0–6. In the first round of the Madrid Open, the third Premier-Mandatory tournament of the year, she was stunned by gnes Szávay defeating in three sets in three sets. In the first round of the 2009 French Open, Pennetta Glatch, seeded 11th, lost to Alexa Glatch. She advanced to the third round at Wimbledon, where she was defeated by the No. 10 in the third round. In straight sets, Amélie Mauresmo defeated 17, Amélie Mauresmo. Pennetta then competed in the final in two sets over Sara Errani in Palermo on her home soil. In doubles, she and partner Vinci advanced to the semifinals. Pennetta defeated Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals, where she would be extending her game to three sets by Maria Sharapova. Samantha Stosur was defeated in two sets in her second straight appearance at the tournament. She extended her winning streak to 15 matches against Venus Williams, who defeated her in two sets at Cincinnati, a Premier-5 tournament. She soared into the top ten for the first Italian woman to do so, after losing to Daniela Hantuchová in the quarterfinals for the first time in her career. Her career came to an end after losing in straight sets to world No. 68. Dinara Safina, 1, is in the semifinals.

Pennetta was seeded 12th at Toronto, but in the second round, she was eliminated to Virginie Razzano. She lost in the semifinals to Caroline Wozniacki in New Haven's next tournament. Pennetta won in two sets over Edina Gallovits to open the US Open. She double-bageled Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–0 in the second round. She advanced to the fourth round after defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in straight sets. She faced Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round and saved four match points at her finish in the second set tie-break, before winning the final set to love. Serena Williams defeated her in straight sets in the quarterfinals. Pennetta lost in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo after the US Open. She reached the quarterfinals at the China Open, losing 5–7 in the third set to Zvonareva. Pennetta lost in the semifinals to third seed Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets as the top seed at the GE Linz tournament. In the ensuing week, she was forced to leave with a knee injury in the first round.

Pennetta debuted at the Auckland Open as the No. 1 in her season. In the semifinals, she defeated Jill Craybas, Carla Suárez Navarro, Dominika Cibulková, and Francesca Schiavone. Yanina Wickmayer, the third seed, was disqualified. She won two top-20 titles over Sam Stosur and Li Na before losing to unseeded Aravane Reza in the quarterfinals. Pennetta was the 12th seed in the first Grand Slam of the year. She defeated former top-ten player Anna Chakvetadze in the first round before falling in the second round to qualifier and world No. 10. Yanina Wickmayer, 16, is the 16th edition of the Yanina Wickmayer series. Wickmayer was her third straight set loss in a row. Pennetta was selected for Italy's first Fed Cup match against Ukraine. She won both her singles matches against the Bondarenko sisters in straight sets, resulting in a 4–1 away victory in the tie. In Paris, Pennetta was the 2nd seed in Open GDF Suez. She defeated Alisa Kleybanova and Tathiana Garbin to advance to the semifinals, where she defeated Lucie afává in three sets after being seeded in the first round bye.

Pennetta reached the third round of the Dubai Championships, losing to seventh seed Agnieszka Radwaska. Due to a hip injury, she was forced to withdraw from the Abierto Mexicano. At the two premier events, Indian Wells Open and Miami Open, Pennetta suffered two early setbacks. Pennetta lost in the third round of Indian Wells to Shahar Pe'er and in the second round of Miami to Andrea Petkovic after being first round byes. Despite her poor singles result in Miami, Pennetta was able to win the doubles title in Miami, teaming with Gisela Dulko and defeating Sam Stosur and Nadia Petrova in the final. Pennetta won her first title of the year by reaching the finals without losing a set and defeating Carla Suárez Navarro in the final at the Andalucia Tennis Experience.

Pennetta was seeded 14th at the French Open. In the first three rounds, she defeated Anne Keothavong, Roberta Vinci, and Polona Hercog. In the round of 16, third seed Caroline Wozniacki was evicated. However, her results helped her climb to the top ten, bringing her career-best of world No. 1. 10. In addition to countrywoman Francesca Schiavone's success in the French Open, two Italian women were in the top ten in the week of June 2010 (Schiavone at world No. 10). For the first time, the 6) were both active at the same time. Pennetta was seeded tenth at Wimbledon, where she advanced to the third round and fell to Klára Zakopalová. At the San Diego Open, she was seeded fifth. She defeated Sam Stosur in the quarterfinals before falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Pennetta debuted her career at the Sydney International Cricket Festival, where she defeated qualifier Lucie Hradecká in her first match. Flavia defeated the world No. 2 in the second round of the world No. 1 in the second round. In a tough match, Vera Zvonareva took the lead. In the quarterfinals, she went on to lose to Bojana Jovanovski.

Pennetta defeated Anastasia Rodionova in their first-round match at the Australian Open. She defeated Lourdes Domnguez Lino in her second round match before Pennetta came up victorious over Shahar Pe'er in a three-set match in which she recovered from deficits several times. In the fourth round, she lost to Czech player Petra Kvitová. She did win her first Grand Slam doubles title in the doubles tournament, partnering with Dulko and beating Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko in the final. She helped two-time reigning champion Italy defeat Australia by victories in two singles rubbers over Sam Stosur and Jarmila Groth in the Fed Cup.

Pennetta was seeded 11th in the Dubai Championships. She defeated wildcard Jelena Doki in the first round. She advanced to the semifinal after beating Zakopalová, Azarenka, and Alisa Kleybanova, respectively. Despite this, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated her.

Pennetta advanced to the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in two sets over Chanelle Scheepers in two sets, before seeing off Evgeniya Rodina to advance to the third round. Marion Bartoli defeated her in three sets after she dropped in a close match, with Bartoli winning in three sets.

Pennetta became the first Italian tennis player (male or female) to be ranked world No. 1 on February 28th. 1 in doubles.

Pennetta was seeded 26th in the US Open at the University of Southern California. For the third time, she defeated Aravane Reza, third seed Maria Sharapova, and 13th seed Peng Shuai in straight sets, losing in the US Open quarterfinals to Angelique Kerber in straight sets.

The Japan Open was Pennetta's next tournament, where she was eliminated in the first round by Kaia Kanepi after a three-set match. She advanced to the semifinals at Beijing, defeating the defending champion and world No. 1. Caroline Wozniacki lost in three sets to Agnieszka Radwa in straight sets before losing in straight sets to Agnieszka Radwa.

In the final of Auckland, Pennetta defeated Zheng Jie. In round one of the Australian Open, she lost to Nina Bratchikova. She then progressed to the second round at Doha and Dubai, losing both times to Kateryna Bondarenko and Jelena Jankovi, respectively. Pennetta then reached the final at Acapulco, where she lost to Sara Errani.

Pennetta reached the third round of the North American hardcourt competition at Indian Wells, losing to Agnieszka Radwaska. In the third round of the Miami Open, she lost to wildcard Garbie Muguruza in the third round. Pennetta, the fifth seed, lost to Ukrainian Yuliya Beygelzimer in the second round of the Barcelona Open. Pennetta defeated Maria Kirilenko, Sloane Stephens, and Petra Cetkovská, who were unseeded at the Rome Masters. Serena Williams was then defeated by her in a match. She advanced to the third round of the French Open, where she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Angelique Kerber.

Pennetta opened the grass-court season with a second-round appearance at the Rosmalen Open, losing to Urszula Radwaska. She lost in round 1 at Wimbledon to Camila Giorgi. Pennetta defeated Sorana Cristorstea and Tsvetana Pironkova before losing to Petra Kvitová in round 3. After losing in the first round bye, Pennetta defeated Chanelle Scheepers in the second round at the Montreal. Pennetta did not participate in the US Open due to injuries. Pennetta's right wrist was cleaned surgically by the doctor who had been treating Rafael Nadal on August 27, 2012.

Pennetta was ranked 60th in the Copa Colsanitas, returning to action. In the second round, she lost to Lara Arruabarrena. She was eliminated from Lourdes Domno in the first round of the Abierto Mexicano, where she had been ranked in the first round the year before. In the first round at Indian Wells, she defeated Francesca Schiavone. Pennetta defeated Johanna Larsson in round one of the Miami Open before losing to world No. 1. Serena Williams, 1, Serena Williams.

In the first round of Madrid and Rome, Pennetta lost to Kaia Kanepi and Sloane Stephens, respectively. Pennetta qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg this week, defeating Lucie Hradecká in the semifinals. In the first round of the French Open, she lost to Kirsten Flipkens. Pennetta had a breakthrough at Wimbledon, where she advanced to the fourth round for the first time in more than five years. In her first match, she defeated Elena Baltacha before being granted a walkover from Victoria Azarenka in the second round. She then went on to defeat Alizé Cornet in three sets before losing to Flipkens again. Pennetta then advanced to the semifinals at Bstad, where she lost to Larsson.

Pennetta was disqualified in the first round of the Southern California Open to Schiavone in the US Open Series. She defeated Urszula Radwa in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Ana Ivanovic, the 16th seed, defeated her later. Varvara Lepchenko defeated her in the first round of the Cincinnati International Marathon the next week. Pennetta, the 83rd woman to qualify for the US Open, reached her first Grand Slam singles semifinal, defeating higher-ranked opponents like Errani, Kuznetsova, Halep and Vinci in early rounds before succumbing to world No. 83. Victoria Azarenka, 2, is in the semifinals.

After defeating Daniela Hantuchová in September, Pennetta reached the second round at Tokyo. Caroline Wozniacki was then disqualified. In the first round of the China Open, she defeated Ivanovic and lost in straight sets. She lost in the first round of the Osaka Open to Vania King. She won the doubles title with her partner Kristina Mladenovic, defeating Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai in the final.

Having defeated Angelique Kerber in the fourth round, Pennetta, the 28th seed, progressed to the quarterfinals at Australian Open. She lost to Li Na, who went on to win the tournament. In Doha, Pennetta was defeated by Hsieh Su-wei in the first round. She reached the main draw in Dubai and then defeated Kaia Kanepi and 2nd seed Agnieszka Radwa before losing the match against Venus Williams in the quarterfinals. Pennetta also won the final at Indian Wells, defeating Radwaska to win the title. En route to the final, she defeated top seed Li Na. Pennetta lost in the third round of the Miami Open to Ana Ivanovic. She lost her opener to Kimiko Date-Krumm in Montere the following week.

Pennetta reached the second round of Stuttgart, where she defeated Jelena Jankovi in the clay-court season. Pennetta fell in round one to Lucie afává' at the Mutua Madrid Open, according to the narrator. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, she performed in front of her home crowd after defeating Yvonne Meusburger and Belinda Bencic in the third round. She then lost to Jankovi again. Pennetta lost in the second round at Roland Garros to Johanna Larsson. She reached the second round of Eastbourne, where she lost to local girl Heather Watson. She competed in doubles with Martina Hingis and reached the final, losing to the Chan sisters. Pennetta lost in the second round at Wimbledon to Lauren Davis of the United States.

With a first round to Kazakh Yulia Putintseva at Montreal, Pennetta kicked off her US Open series venture. Serena Williams defeated her in the third round at Cincinnati the following week. After beating Casey Dellacqua in the fourth round, Pennetta progressed to her fifth US Open quarterfinal appearance. Despite having an early lead, she succumbed to Serena once more in the last eight. She partnered with Hingis in the final, losing to Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in three sets.

Pennetta was seeded 15th at the Wuhan Open in October, losing in the first round to Jarmila Gajdová in straight sets but winning the doubles tournament with Hingis. She defeated Christina McHale in the first round of the China Open before losing in three sets to Carla Suárez Navarro. Pennetta lost in the first round to Camila Giorgi as the third seed in Moscow. After Jankovi's demobilization, she had a wildcard to play in Sofia. She turned it around by winning the final, her second of 2014. She defeated Alizé Cornet and Karolna Plková in straight sets in the round-robin tournament. Despite winning the first set 6–0, she suffered in addition to losing to Garbi Muguruza. Accumulating a record of 2–1, she advanced to the semifinals for the first time since Indian Wells in March, where she venged her loss to Suarez Navarro in straight sets. She ran out of steam in the final after defeating Andrea Petkovic in three sets, losing in three sets.

Pennetta's 2015 season began slowly. Serena Williams "bagelled" during the Hopman Cup before losing the match and eventually losing the match. She lost in the first round to compatriot Camila Giorgi, losing her quarterfinalist points from 2014. She qualified to the quarterfinals of the Dubai Premier Association, defeating Caroline Wozniacki. She reached the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, defeating Madison Brengle, Sam Stosur, and world No. 89. Maria Sharapova, 2, Maria Sharapova. Despite having three match points, she lost in three thrilling sets to Sabine Lisicki. The Miami Open continued her winning streak by defeating former world No. 2 Floyd Coveney. Victoria Azarenka, a first grade student, before losing in straight sets to Simona Halep in the second round of 16 in straight sets, despite leading 5–2 in the second round.

During the clay season, Pennetta had mixed success. She made it to the quarterfinals in Marrakech, losing in three sets to eventual finalist Tmea Babos. Andrea Petkovic and Elina Svitolina, respectively, had early departures from Madrid and Rome. Pennetta achieved her best result at the French Open by getting to the fourth round of the French Open. She defeated Carla Suárez Navarro for her second top-ten victory before losing in straight sets to Garbi Muguruza.

During the grass season, Pennetta went winless. She lost in Eastbourne to Svetlana Kuznetsova and in Wimbledon to Zarina Diyas.

Pennetta lost in the second round to Serena Williams in three sets in Toronto. This was the first time since 2008 that Pennetta had won a set against Williams in a formal match. Pennetta defeated former top-ten player Dominika Cibulková before losing in straight sets to newly crowned Toronto champion Belinda Bencic. In three sets, Pennetta lost in the first round to Magdaléna Rybáriková, last year's finalist.

Pennetta debuted as the 26th seed in the US Open in 1976. Samantha Stosur became the quarterfinals for the sixth time in seven attempts, beating Jarmila Gajdová, Monica Niculescu, Petra Cetkovská, and 2011 champion Samantha Stosur. She met Petra Kvitová, the two-time Wimbledon champions, in the quarterfinals. Pennetta won the match in three sets after losing 1–3 in the second set to advance to her second US Open semifinal appearance. She then advanced to her first Grand Slam final after defeating second seed Simona Halep in straight sets. In the first-ever all-Italian Grand Slam final in the Open Era, Pennetta met Roberta Vinci. Pennetta won the match in straight sets for her first ever US Open title and her first Grand Slam title. During her acceptance address, she announced her resignation. In an interview with Eurosport following the match, Pennetta said that she will continue to play out the remainder of the season. Pennetta made it back to the top ten for the first time since 2009, after winning the US Open. She achieved a new career-high ranking of No. 10 in the weeks leading up to the US Open. 6. She qualified for the WTA Finals in Singapore, where she was eliminated in the round robin after losing against Halep and beating Agnieszka Radwa before going down to Maria Sharapova in the final professional singles match of her career.

Pennetta retired after winning 28 titles in total, including the US Open singles and the Australian Open and WTA Finals in doubles, ranked No. 1. In singles and No. 6, the world's best in singles and No. From 2006 to 2013, 1 in doubles and four others have won the Fed Cup four times.

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