Beginning her clay-court season seeded sixth at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Vinci lost to fellow Italian Karin Knapp in the second round, 7–6, 2–6, 2–6. She then posted good results at the Madrid Open. She reached the fourth round for the second year in a row beating Monica Puig and Alizé Cornet. She ended up losing in the fourth round to 13th seed Lucie Šafářová, 4–6, 7–6, 0–6. Ranked 44 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Vinci was defeated in the first round by world No. 41, Heather Watson, 6–3, 6–1. Seeded fourth at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, she reached her first final of the season but came up short in the final losing to sixth seed and compatriot Karin Knapp in three sets. Ranked 38 at the French Open, Vinci lost in the first round to 29th seed Alizé Cornet 6–4, 4–6, 1–6.