Sara Errani

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Sara Errani

Country	Italy
Residence	Bologna, Italy
Date of birth	April 29, 1987 (1987-04-29) (age 22)
Place of birth	Bologna, Italy
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right (Two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$776,639
Singles
Career record	202-149
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (February 23, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 47 (December 14, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2009)
French Open	1r (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	2r (2009)
US Open	3r (2009)
Doubles
Career record	83–80
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 74 (October 19, 2009)
Last updated on: October 19, 2009.

Sara Errani (born April 29, 1987 in Bologna, Italy) nicknamed "Poco Gigante"^{[citation needed]}, 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.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early life and Junior career 1.2 WTA 2 WTA Tour titles (4) 2.1 Singles (2) 2.2 Doubles (2) 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Early life and Junior career

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[edit] WTA

Her first WTA title of her career was in the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, where she defeated Maria Korettseyva. On July 27, 2008, she captured her second career title in two weeks defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–3.

In 2009, Errani was the runner-up at two WTA tournaments: in Palermo and Slovenia.

[edit] WTA Tour titles (4)

[edit] Singles (2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV (2)	International (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 13, 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	6–2, 6–3
2.	July 27, 2008	Portoroz, Slovenia	Hard	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–3, 6–3

[edit] Doubles (2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Olympic Gold (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV (1)	International (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 13, 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6(1), [10–4]
2.	June 19, 2009	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Flavia Pennetta	Michaella Krajicek Yanina Wickmayer	6–4, 5–7, [13–11]

[edit] External links

• Sara Errani profile on the WTA Tour's official website