Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Llagostera and the second or maternal family name is
Vives .
Nuria Llagostera Vives Llagostera at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country (sports) Spain Residence Barcelona , SpainBorn (1980-05-16 ) 16 May 1980 (age 44) Palma de Mallorca , SpainHeight 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) Turned pro 1996 Retired 2013 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$ 2,636,375 Career record 364–282 Career titles 2 Highest ranking No. 35 (6 June 2005) Australian Open 3R (2001) French Open 4R (2005) Wimbledon 2R (2004) US Open 1R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Career record 298–200 Career titles 16 Highest ranking No. 5 (2 November 2009) Australian Open QF (2009, 2013) French Open SF (2010, 2012) Wimbledon QF (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) US Open SF (2012 ) Tour Finals W (2009 )Olympic Games 2R (2012 ) Australian Open QF (2013 ) US Open QF (2012 ) Fed Cup 13–10
Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnuɾja ʎaɣosˈteɾa ˈβiβes] ;[ a] born 16 May 1980) is a Spanish former tennis player. In June 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Professional career [ edit ]
Llagostera was born in Palma, Majorca on the Balearic Islands . In her career, she won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour . She also won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games , losing the final to compatriot Laura Pous Tió .
She was the doubles champion at the 2009 WTA Tour Championships , playing with María José Martínez Sánchez . They defeated Serena and Venus Williams en route to a three-set victory over top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber .
On 11 November 2013, it was announced that she would be suspended until 7 September 2015 after testing positive for Dextroamphetamine at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.[ 1] [ 2] She subsequently announced her retirement from professional tennis on 20 November, as a result of the ban ending her hopes to play at the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Tour Championships (1–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 (2–4)
Premier (4–0)
International (9–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (10–6)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1.
Aug 2004
Warsaw Open , Poland
Clay
Marta Marrero
Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
6–4, 6–3
Loss
1.
Oct 2004
Gaz de France Stars , Belgium
Hard (i)
Marta Marrero
Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell
6–3, 7–5
Loss
2.
May 2005
Marrakech Grand Prix , Morocco
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
3–6, 7–6(8–6) , 7–5
Loss
3.
Jun 2005
Rosmalen Championships , Netherlands
Grass
Iveta Benešová
Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13–11)
Win
2.
Sep 2005
China Open
Clay
María Vento-Kabchi
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
6–2, 6–4
Win
3.
Jun 2007
Barcelona Ladies Open , Spain
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta
7–6(7–3) , 2–6, [12–10]
Win
4.
Mar 2008
Mexican Open
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská
6–2, 6–4
Loss
4.
May 2008
German Open
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Cara Black Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Loss
5.
Jun 2008
Barcelona Open , Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino
4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win
5.
Jul 2008
Palermo Ladies Open , Italy
Clay
Sara Errani
Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2–6, 7–6(7–1) , [10–4]
Loss
6.
Jan 2009
Auckland Open , New Zealand
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo
4–6, 7–6, [12–10]
Win
6.
Feb 2009
Copa Colsanitas , Colombia
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Win
7.
Feb 2009
Mexican Open
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
Win
8.
Apr 2009
Barcelona Open, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač
3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss
7.
Jul 2009
Swedish Open
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko
6–2, 0–6, [10–5]
Win
9.
Jul 2009
Palermo Ladies Open, Italy
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova
6–1, 6–2
Loss
8.
Aug 2009
Cincinnati Open , United States
Hard
María José Martínez Sánchez
Cara Black Liezel Huber
6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Win
10.
Aug 2009
Canadian Open
Hard
María José Martínez Sánchez
Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win
11.
Aug 2009
Connecticut Open , United States
Hard
María José Martínez Sánchez
Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 7–5
Win
12.
Nov 2009
WTA Finals , Doha
Hard
María José Martínez Sánchez
Cara Black Liezel Huber
7–6(7–0) , 5–7, [10–7]
Win
13.
Feb 2010
Dubai Championships , UAE
Hard
María José Martínez Sánchez
Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik
7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Loss
9.
May 2010
Italian Open
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko
6–4, 6–2
Win
14.
Apr 2011
Marbella Experience , Spain
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Roberta Vinci Sara Errani
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss
10.
Jul 2011
Swedish Open
Clay
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
Win
15.
Jan 2012
Brisbane International , Australia
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2)
Win
16.
Jun 2012
Eastbourne International , UK
Grass
María José Martínez Sánchez
Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
6–4, ret.
Loss
11.
Oct 2012
China Open
Hard
Sania Mirza
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
5–7, 5–7
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome
No.
Date
Location
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
24 May 1999
Ceuta, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
Winner
2.
5 July 1999
Vigo, Spain
Clay
Paula García
7–5, 6–4
Winner
3.
10 October 1999
ITF Girona, Spain
Clay
Laura Pena
6–2, 6–3
Winner
4.
18 July 1999
Orbetello, Italy
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up
1.
30 June 2003
Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
Clay
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
3–6, 0–6
Winner
5.
7 June 2004
Grado, Italy
Clay
Paula García
5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Winner
6.
18 July 2004
Vittel, France
Clay
Lubomira Bacheva
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up
2.
17 August 2004
The Bronx, United States
Hard
Evgenia Linetskaya
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner
7.
26 September 2004
Jounieh, Lebanon
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
2–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner
8.
30 June 2007
Getxo, Spain
Hard
María Emilia Salerni
6–3, 6–3
Winner
9.
3 July 2007
Valladolid, Spain
Hard
Petra Cetkovská
7–6(3) , 1–6, 6–3
Winner
10.
22 October 2007
Sant Cugat, Spain
Clay
Kira Nagy
6–2, 6–4
Winner
11.
21 September 2008
Sofia, Bulgaria
Clay
Tsvetana Pironkova
6–2, 6–3
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
11 February 1996
ITF Mallorca, Spain
Clay
Laura Pena
Julia Abe Anke Roos
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up
2.
24 May 1999
ITF Ceuta, Spain
Clay
Oleksandra Kravets
Rocío González María José Martínez Sánchez
6–7(4) , 0–6
Winner
1.
23 October 2000
ITF Saint-Raphaël, France
Hard (i)
Ainhoa Goñi
Kildine Chevalier Susanne Trik
4–1, 5–4(5) , 3–1 ret.
Runner-up
3.
7 October 2001
ITF Girona, Spain
Clay
Maria Elena Camerin
Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino
2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up
4.
3 May 2003
ITF Maglie, Italy
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Delia Sescioreanu Edina Gallovits-Hall
4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner
2.
6 October 2003
ITF Juárez, Mexico
Clay
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Jana Hlaváčková Hana Šromová
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up
5.
26 September 2004
ITF Jounieh, Lebanon
Clay
Frederica Piedade
Petra Cetkovská Hana Šromová
4–6, 2–6
Winner
3.
30 June 2007
ITF Getxo, Spain
Clay
Laura Pous Tió
Conchita Martínez Granados María Emilia Salerni
6–2, 6–1
Winner
4.
6 July 2007
ITF Valladolid, Spain
Hard
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga
6–0, 6–2
Winner
5.
22 October 2007
ITF Sant Cugat, Spain
Clay
María José Martínez Sánchez
Kira Nagy Aurélie Védy
6–4, 6–1
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Doubles
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Overall
Played
3
5
5
11
13
5
7
11
13
2
0
6
1
82
Titles
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
5
Finals
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
3
0
10
Win
4–3
2–5
3–5
7–11
10–12
7–4
3–6
14–8
8–13
2–2
0–0
13–3
0–1
73–73
^ In isolation, Vives is pronounced [ˈbiβes] .