Nuria Llagostera Vives Explained

Nuria Llagostera Vives
Residence:	Barcelona, Spain
Birth Date:	16 May 1980
Birth Place:	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Height:	1.55m (05.09feet)
Turnedpro:	1996
Retired:	2013
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 2,636,375
Singlestitles:	2
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 35 (6 June 2005)
Australianopenresult:	3R (2001)
Frenchopenresult:	4R (2005)
Wimbledonresult:	2R (2004)
Usopenresult:	1R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doublestitles:	16
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 5 (2 November 2009)
Australianopendoublesresult:	QF (2009, 2013)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	SF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	QF (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Usopendoublesresult:	SF (2012)
Othertournamentsdoubles:	yes
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult:	W (2009)
Olympicsdoublesresult:	2R (2012)
Australianopenmixedresult:	QF (2013)
Usopenmixedresult:	QF (2012)
Team:	yes
Fedcupresult:	13–10

Nuria Llagostera Vives (pronounced as /es/; 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

Llagostera was born in Palma, Majorca on the Balearic Islands. Overall, 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, partnering 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.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	May 2005	Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Loss	Sep 2005	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Yan Zi	6–4, 4–0 ret.
Win	Feb 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (11–2)

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
bgcolor=#FFA07A	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

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 February 1996	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay		Julia Abe Anke Roos	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 May 1999	ITF Ceuta, Spain	Clay		Rocío González María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 0–6
Winner	1.	23 October 2000	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)		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		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		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

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Grand Slam tournaments
bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left	Australian Open	LQ	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	A	A	13–9
bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left	French Open	LQ	3R	1R	A	LQ	4R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	12–9
bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left	Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	LQ	A	A	4–6
bgcolor=#EFEFEF align=left	US Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	4–11
Overall win–loss	0–0	4–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–4	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	33–35

Doubles

Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	0–1	2–1	7–3	8–4	6–3	6–4	12–4	5–2	0 / 27	49–27
width=140	Tournament!	width=35	2001!	width=35	2002!	width=35	2003!	width=35	2004!	width=35	2005!	width=35	2006!	width=35	2007!	width=35	2008!	width=35	2009!	width=35	2010!	width=35	2011!	width=35	2012!	width=35	2013!	width=60	SR!	width=60	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	QF	3R	2R	2R	QF	0 / 7	10–7
French Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	3R	QF	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	0 / 7	16–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	QF	A	QF	QF	A	0 / 5	12–5
US Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	0 / 8	11–8
Year-end championships
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=lime	W	A	A	A	A	1 / 1	2–0
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held	A	Not Held	1R	Not Held	2R	style=color:#767676	NH	0 / 2	1–2
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	QF	1R	2R	QF	0 / 5	8–5
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	QF	2R	A	0 / 5	6–5
Madrid	Not Held	QF	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	0 / 4	7–4
Beijing	Tier IV	Tier II	QF	QF	1R	bgcolor=thistle	F	A	0 / 4	7–4
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai	Tier II	A	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	Premier	1 / 2	4–1
Doha	Tier III	Tier II	A	Not Held	style=color:#767676	P	bgcolor=yellow	SF	QF	0 / 2	3–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	bgcolor=thistle	F	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	4–4
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	2R	1 / 7	10–6
Cincinnati	Not Held	Tier III	bgcolor=thistle	F	1R	1R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	QF	0 / 5	9–5
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
Career statistics
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
WTA Levels & GS
style=text-align:left	Tournaments played	3	4	1	4	16	4	9	15	22	14	18	22	12
style=text-align:left	Titles	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	7	1	1	2	0	16
style=text-align:left	Finals	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	4	10	2	2	3	0	27
Overall win–loss	0–3	3–4	1–1	8–2	16–15	2–4	9–8	23–13	55–14	22–13	24–15	39–20	17–12	219–124
Year-end ranking
style=text-align:left	Year!	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Career best
Ranking	235	219	179	108	55	370	97	29	5	19	32	10	40

ITF levels

Doubles
width=100	Year!	width=39	1996!	width=39	1997!	width=39	1998!	width=39	1999!	width=39	2000!	width=39	2001!	width=39	2002!	width=39	2003!	width=39	2004!	width=39	2005!	width=39	2006!	width=39	2007!	width=39	2008!	width=60	Overall
style=text-align:left	Played	3	5	5	11	13	5	7	11	13	2	0	6	1	82
style=text-align:left	Titles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	5
style=text-align:left	Finals	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	10
style=text-align:left	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

Notes and References

Web site: Nuria Llagostera Vives suspended. ESPN. 11 November 2013. 11 November 2013.
Web site: Decision in the case of Nuria Llagostera Vives. International Tennis Federation. 11 November 2013. 11 November 2013.