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Italy First Year Played: 1963 Years Played: 51 Ties Played: 124 (70-54) Most Total Wins: Francesca Schiavone (26-19) Best Performance: Champion 2006, 2009-10 Comebacks From 0-2 Down: 0 Longest Run of Wins: 9 Ties (Apr 97 - Jul 99) 2013 Squad Captain Name: Birth Place: Birth Date: Residence: Height: Playing Hand: 2013 Record Name: Birth Place: Birth Date: Residence: Height: Playing Hand: 2013 Record: Sara Errani Bologna, Italy 29 April 1987 Bologna, Italy 5'4"/1.64m Right-handed Singles: 2-2, Doubles: 1-0 Name: Birth Place: Birth Date: Residence: Height: Playing Hand: 2013 Record: Karin Knapp Brunico, Italy 28 June 1987 Lutago, Italy 5'11"/1.80m Right-handed Singles: 0-0, Doubles: 0-0 Name: Birth Place: Birth Date: Residence: Height: Playing Hand: 2013 Record: Flavia Pennetta Brindisi, Italy 25 February 1982 Verbier, Switzerland 5'7"/1.72m Right-handed Singles: 0-0, Doubles: 0-0 Name: Birth Place: Birth Date: Residence: Height: Playing Hand: 2013 Record: Francesca Schiavone Milan, Italy 23 June 1980 Milan, Italy 5'5"/1.66m Right-handed Singles: 0-0, Doubles: 0-0 Name: Birth Place: Birth Date: Residence: Height: Playing Hand: 2013 Record: Name: Corrado Barazzutti First Tie: 2002 Number of Ties: 29 Win-Loss record: 21-8 Titles and Finals: 3 titles, 1 final Nastassja Burnett Rome, Italy 20 February 1992 Rome, Italy 5'10"/1.78m Right-handed Singles: 0-0, Doubles: 0-0 Roberta Vinci Taranto, Italy 18 February 1983 Taranto, Italy 5'4"/1.63m Right-handed Singles 3-1, Doubles 1-0 2013 Results WG-1R WG-SF ITA d. USA 3-2 in ITA ITA d. CZE 3-1 in ITA Records Most Singles Wins: Francesca Schiavone (22-19) Most Doubles Wins: Roberta Vinci (18-0)** Best Doubles Team: Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (6-0) Most Ties Played: Sandra Cecchini (25) Most Years Played: Roberta Vinci (12) Most Final Appearances: Francesca Schiavone, Roberta Vinci (4) Fed Cup media contacts: Amanda Lanari +39 06 983 72115 a.lanari@federtennis.it Angelo Mancuso +39 06 983 72114 a.mancuso@federtennis.it **See Perfect Performances p57 Note: Italy is one of only four nations, along with Australia, France and Great Britain, to have participated in every Fed Cup competition. 2013 Fed Cup Final Media Guide | 2013 World Group Finalist Nations 14