Nuria Llagostera Vives

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	16 May 1980 (1980-05-16) Majorca, Spain
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	53 kg (120 lb; 8.3 st)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,319,176
Singles
Career record	311–242
Career titles	2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (6 June 2005)
Current ranking	No. 88 (4 July 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2001)
French Open	4R (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2004)
US Open	1R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	186–136
Career titles	14 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (November 2, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 7 (April 17, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	SF (2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2008, 2009, 2011)
US Open	QF (2009)
Last updated on: 31 August 2009.

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Llagostera and the second or maternal family name is Vives.

Nuria Llagostera Vives (born 16 May 1980, Majorca, Spain) is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.

During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles. She won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games by losing the final to compatriot Laura Pous Tió.

Llagostera Vives was the doubles champion at the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, playing with María José Martínez Sánchez. They beat Serena and Venus Williams en route to a 7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7] victory over top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

WTA Career Titles

Singles 3 (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	September 26, 2005	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Yan Zi	6–4, 4–0 retired
Winner	1.	8 May 2005	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	24 February 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 25 (15-10)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Championships (1/0)
Tier I (0/1)	Premier Mandatory
Tier II (1/0)	Premier 5 (2/2)
Tier III (2/2)	Premier (2/0)
Tier IV & V (2/2)	International (5/3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	14 August 2004	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Marta Marrero	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2004	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard (i)	Marta Marrero	Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	8 May 2005	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3–6, 7–6(6), 7–5
Runner-up	3.	18 June 2005	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Iveta Benešová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(11)
Winner	2.	25 September 2005	Beijing, China	Clay	María Vento-Kabchi	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	16 June 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6(3), 2–6, [12–10]
Winner	4.	1 March 2008	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	11 May 2008	Berlin, Germany	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Runner-up	5.	14 June 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4–6, 7–5, 10–4
Winner	5.	13 July 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6(1), [10–4]
Runner-up	6.	5 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	4–6, 7–6, 12–10
Winner	6.	21 February 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	28 February 2009	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	19 April 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Runner-up	7.	11 July 2009	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–2, 0–6, 10–5
Winner	9.	17 July 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	16 August 2009	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–3, 0–6, 10–2
Winner	10.	23 August 2009	Toronto, Canada	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Winner	11.	29 August 2009	New Haven, United States	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	1 November 2009	Doha, Qatar	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	13.	20 February 2010	Dubai, United Emirates	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up	9.	8 May 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–4, 6–2
Winner	14.	9 April 2011	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	3–6 6–4 [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	9 July 2011	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	7 January 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Australian Open	LQ	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	13–9
French Open	LQ	3R	1R	A	LQ	4R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	12–9
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	LQ	4–6
US Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	4–11

External links

• Nuria Llagostera Vives' Official Site
• Nuria Llagostera Vives at the Women's Tennis Association