HOW THE US OPEN WOMEN’S FINALISTS SHAPE UP AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S TITLE MATCH:
26-FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA) leads 43-ROBERTA VINCI (ITA) 5-4
2013 US Open, hard, QF Pennetta 6-4 6-1
2010 French Open, clay, R64, Pennetta 6-1 6-1
2009 Tokyo, hard, R64, Vinci 6-1 6-2
2009 Palermo, clay, R16, Pennetta 7-5 6-1
2009 Barcelona, clay, R16, Vinci 6-1 6-2
2007 Acapulco, clay, R16, Pennetta 6-0 6-2
2007 Bogota, clay, SF, Vinci 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
2005 Palermo, clay, QF, Pennetta 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7-3)
2003 Ortisei, carpet, R32, Vinci 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-3
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Age: 33
Born: Brindisi, Italy
Lives: Brindisi, Italy
Height: 172cm
Weight: 58kg
Ranking: 26
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US10,504,313 ($A14.84 million)
Career titles: 10
Grand slam titles: 0
Career win-loss record: 577-361
US Open win-loss record: 30-10
Best US Open performance: finalist 2015
ROAD TO FINAL
1st rd: bt Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 6-1 3-6 6-1
2nd rd: bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 6-1 6-4
3rd rd: bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 1-6 6-1 6-4
4th rd: bt 22-Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-4 6-4
QF: bt 5-Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4-6 6-4 6-2
SF: bt 2-Simona Halep (ROM) 6-1 6-3
ROBERTA VINCI
Age: 32
Born: Taranto, Italy
Lives: Taranto, Italy
Height: 163cm
Weight: 60kg
Ranking: 43
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US8,220,238 ($A11.61 million)
Career titles: 9
Grand slam titles: 0
Career win-loss record: 514-353
US Open win-loss record: 19-12
Best US Open performance: finalist 2015
ROAD TO FINAL
1st rd: bt Vania King (USA) 6-4 6-4
2nd rd: bt Denisa Allertova (CZE) 2-6 6-3 6-1
3rd rd: bt Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) 6-1 5-7 6-2
4th rd: bt 25-Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) walkover
QF: bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-3 5-7 6-4
SF: bt 1-Serena Williams (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-4
