Sara Errani
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Sara Errani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsaːra erˈraːni]; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 and career Grand Slam Winner in doubles. With nine singles titles and 30 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championships and 6 Premier Mandatory/Premier 5/WTA 1000 doubles titles), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of WTA titles. She entered the top 10 in doubles on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks, and she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. Errani became the world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 10 September 2012. She was the year-end number-one doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks.
Country (sports) | Italy |
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Residence | Bologna, Italy |
Born | (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 (age 37) Bologna, Italy |
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Pablo Lozano Beamud (2004–2016, present) |
Prize money | US $14,694,167 [1] |
Official website | sara-errani.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 675–497 (57.6%) |
Career titles | 9 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (20 May 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 95 (20 May 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2012) |
French Open | F (2012) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2010, 2012) |
US Open | SF (2012) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (2012, 2013) |
Olympic Games | 3R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 400–231 (63.4%) |
Career titles | 30 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (10 September 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 28 (20 May 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2013, 2014) |
French Open | W (2012) |
Wimbledon | W (2014) |
US Open | W (2012) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2012, 2013) |
Olympic Games | QF (2012, 2016) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | W (2009, 2010, 2013) Record 21–12 |
Last updated on: 15 May 2024. |
Errani's breakthrough season occurred in 2012. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals in singles (the first time she advanced past the third round in a Grand Slam singles draw) and was a finalist in doubles. Known as a clay-court specialist,[2][3] Errani won three titles on clay going into the 2012 French Open, where she reached the finals in both the singles (becoming the second Italian woman to ever reach a Grand Slam singles final, with Francesca Schiavone being the first at the 2010 French Open) and doubles tournaments, winning the doubles title with her partner Roberta Vinci.[4] They also won the doubles titles at the 2012 US Open, and the 2013 and 2014 Australian Open. By winning the 2014 Wimbledon Women's Doubles title, Errani and Vinci became only the fifth pair in tennis history to complete a Career Grand Slam.[5]
Her achievement in reaching the 2012 US Open singles semifinals leaves Wimbledon as the only Grand Slam tournament in which Errani has yet to make the quarterfinals in singles. She also made the semifinals at the 2013 French Open, the quarterfinals at the 2014 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2015 French Open, and qualified to the WTA Finals twice in 2012 and 2013. In 2017, Errani was banned from playing for ten months due to a failed drug test.[6]