Flavia Pennetta Net Worth
Former Italian tennis player Flavia Pennetta was on the list of top ten female singles player in 2009 and the world number one in doubles in 2011. Flavia became a Grand Slam singles champion after winning the 2015 US Open. As of 2016, Flavia’s net worth is approximately 13 million dollars. Her total prize money during her career surpassed $14 million.
Flavia was born on February 25th, 1982, in Brindisi, Italy. She started playing tennis when she was just five years old. In 1999, Flavia won French Open in girls’ doubles with Roberta Vinci, two years after she began to play on the International Tennis Federation circuit.
In 2012, Pennetta suffered a wrist injury, which messed up her success for a while and she didn’t play the US Open because of it. Then she underwent a surgical cleaning of the right wrist and made her comeback in next year. Her biggest success in her career was winning 2011 Australian Open in doubles and 2015 US Open in singles. She retired after 2015 season. Flavia was honored as the Knight of Order of Merit of the Republic in 2007.
Besides of her tennis successes, Pennetta has also income from several endorsements. Her clothing and shoes were provided by Adidas and she played with Wilson BLX Blade 98 16/19 racket. She was dating a former Spanish world no. 1 tennis player Carlos Moyá, but the couple broke up in 2007. As of 2016, Flavia is in a happy relationship with tennis colleague Fabio Fognini.
