US Open’15: Women’s final – Flavia Pennetta vs Roberta Vinci

Saturday, September 12th, 2015 by Andras Ruszanov

Never happened before at the US Open that two Italian players advanced into the final…since 1881…for 134 years. And now, in 2015, Flavia Pennetta and her long-time friend and double partner, Roberta Vinci face each other to decide about this year’s championship. Pennetta leads Vinci 5-4 and this will be their third meeting at Grand Slam level. Pennetta is the oldest first-time Grand Slam finalist in the Open-era with 33 years and 6 months, followed by Vinci with 32 years and 6 months. The winner will  be the oldest first-time Grand Slam champion in the Open-era!

Pennetta and Vinci have the oldest combined age at 66 years 19 days, of any Grand Slam final match-up since 1968.

In the Open era, Marion Bartoli holds the record for most Grand Slam appearances before winning her first tile. Pennetta is contesting her 49th Grand Slam here in New York.

Stats – Singles

	Roberta Vinci					Flavia Pennetta
	Total	A	R	W	U	Total	A	R	W	U
GS Appearances	44	10	11	10	13	49	12	13	13	11
GS Matches	88	18	17	24	29	126	25	31	31	39
Years Between The First And Last GS Appearance	14	9	11	13	14	12	12	12	12	12
GS Final Appearances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GS Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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GS Performance Timeline

	Roberta Vinci				Flavia Pennetta
Tournament	AO	RG	W	US	AO	RG	W	US
2001	A	A	A	R128	A	A	A	A
2002	A	A	R128	A	A	A	A	A
2003	A	A	A	A	R128	R32	R64	R128
2004	A	R128	A	R128	R128	R128	R128	R128
2005	A	R128	R32	R128	R128	R32	R16	R128
2006	R32	R128	A	R128	R32	R32	R16	A
2007	R128	R128	R64	R128	R128	R128	R128	R64
2008	R128	A	A	R64	R64	R16	R64	QF
2009	R128	R128	R32	R128	R32	R128	R32	QF
2010	R32	R64	R64	R128	R64	R16	R32	R32
2011	R128	R32	R32	R64	R16	R128	R32	QF
2012	R64	R128	R16	QF	R128	R32	R128	A
2013	R32	R16	R16	QF	A	R128	R16	SF
2014	R128	R128	R128	R32	QF	R64	R64	QF
2015	R64	R128	R128	F	R128	R16	R128	F

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