Sara Errani

Sara Errani
Sara Errani at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBologna, Italy
Born (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 (age 37)
Bologna
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachPablo Lozano Beamud (2004–2016, present)
Prize moneyUS$15,742,684[1]
Official websitesara-errani.com
Singles
Career record688–508 (57.5%)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 5 (20 May 2013)
Current rankingNo. 105 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2012)
French OpenF (2012)
Wimbledon3R (2010, 2012)
US OpenSF (2012)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2012, 2013)
Olympic Games3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record408–234
Career titles32
Highest rankingNo. 1 (10 September 2012)
Current rankingNo. 8 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2013, 2014)
French OpenW (2012)
WimbledonW (2014)
US OpenW (2012)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2012, 2013)
Olympic GamesW (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2025)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US OpenW (2024)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesQF (2024)
Team competitions
BJK CupW (2009, 2010, 2013, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Doubles
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

Sara Errani (Italian: [ˈsaːra erˈraːni]; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a career Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles world No. 1, achieved on 10 September 2012, major champion in mixed doubles and a runner-up in singles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. With nine singles titles and 31 doubles titles (including six majors, six WTA 1000 and Olympic titles), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of career titles.

In doubles, she entered the top 10 on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks and 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.

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] She became the seventh player in the Open era to become a Golden Slam achiever winning the Olympics with Jasmine Paolini. She won three times the WTA Awards as best doubles team with Vinci and once in 2024 with Paolini.

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]

  1. ^ "Career Prize Money Leaders" (PDF). WTATennis. 11 November 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ Nguyen, Courtney (7 June 2012). "Sara Errani makes improbable run into French Open final". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Quarterfinal Previews and Picks: Day 10". tennis.com. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Sara Errani". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Errani & Vinci Complete Grand Slam Set". Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Italy's Sara Errani suspended for just two months after blaming mum's tortellini for failed drugs test". The Telegraph. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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