Nuria Llagostera Vives

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	16 May 1980 (1980-05-16) (age 29)
Place of birth	Majorca, Spain
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right (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. 99 (14 September 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2001)
French Open	4r (2005)
Wimbledon	2r (2004)
US Open	1r (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	186–136
Career titles	11 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (2 November 2009)
Current ranking	No. 5 (2 November 2009)
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	QF (2008)
Wimbledon	QF (2008)
US Open	2R (2008)
Last updated on: 31 August 2009.

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 Tio.

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.

Career titles

Singles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	8 May 2005	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
2.	24 February 2008	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

Doubles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	14 August 2004	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Marta Marrero	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
2.	25 September 2005	Beijing, China	Clay	Maria Vento-Kabchi	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
3.	16 June 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Dominguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6(3), 2–6, [12–10]
4.	1 March 2008	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Iveta Benesova Petra Cetkovska	6–2, 6–4
5.	13 July 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	Alla Kudryavtseva A Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6(1), [10–4]
6.	21 February 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
7.	28 February 2009	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Lourdes Dominguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
8.	19 April 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Sorana Cirstea Andreja Klepac	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
9.	13 July 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
10.	23 August 2009	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
11.	29 August 2009	New Haven, USA	Hard	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
12.	1 November 2009	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7]

Grand Slam performance timeline

• 'A' stands for any tournament the player did not participate in.
• "Q" followed by a number 1-3 denotes which round of the qualifying tournament was reached.

External links

• Nuria Llagostera Vives profile on the WTA Tour's official website

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