Neus Ávila | |
Full Name: | Neus Ávila Bonastra |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1971 |
Careerprizemoney: | $106,264 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 105 (17 April 1995) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1995) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1995) |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 304 (11 October 1993) |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Neus Ávila Bonastra (born 26 July 1971), known as Neus Ávila, is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Ávila was a bronze medalist in the women's doubles at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens.
In 1993 she won ITF singles titles in Bilbao and Vigo, both $25,000 tournaments, with her ranking climbing over 100 places by the end of the year.
She competed in the main draw of several WTA Tour events in 1994, including a quarter-final appearance at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo.[1]
In 1995 her ranking peaked at 105 in the world, earning her direct entry into both the French Open and Wimbledon.
A member of Spain's Fed Cup winning campaign in 1995, Ávila featured in the quarter-final tie against Bulgaria. She partnered Virginia Ruano Pascual in a dead rubber doubles tie, which they lost to the Maleeva sisters, Katerina and Magdalena.[2]
She played her final professional tournament in 1997.
$25,000 tournaments | |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | width=20 | No. | width=110 | Date | width=140 | Tournament | width=50 | Surface | width=180 | Opponent | width=110 | Scorenal |
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Loss | 1. | August 14, 1989 | Gangi, Italy | Hard | Lorenza Jachia | 2–6, 1–6 | ||||||
Win | 2. | August 21, 1989 | Nicolosi, Italy | Hard | Araceli Montero | 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
Loss | 3. | November 25, 1991 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | Clay | María Luciana Reynares | 1–6, 3–6 | ||||||
Win | 4. | July 12, 1993 | Vigo, Spain | Clay | Ana Segura | 7–6(7), 6–7(3), 7–6(5) | ||||||
Win | 5. | July 19, 1993 | Bilbao, Spain | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | |||||||
Win | 6. | June 6, 1994 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | Anca Barna | 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
Win | 7. | February 20, 1995 | Valencia, Spain | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 |