Laura Pous Tió

Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Career Pous Tió won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives in straight sets. She won a total of 20 singles and nine doubles ITF titles. At the WTA Tour-level, she was a singles runner-up at the Morocco Open in Fés, losing the final in straight sets to Kiki Bertens. In 2007, she played a doubles match for the Spanish Fed Cup team against Russia. Pous Tió reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 72 on 30 January 2012.

Pous Tió served a two-year ban from 2007 to 2009 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for banned diuretics at the 2007 Wimbledon qualifiers. The ban, imposed by the ITF, was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport despite her claim of unintentional use.

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Legend Grand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5Premier (0–0)International (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–1)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) Legend Grand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5Premier (0–0)International (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–1)Carpet (0–0)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF finals Singles: 31 (20–11) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (18–8)

Doubles: 14 (9–5) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 14 February 2004 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Ana Timotić Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 Loss 2. 30 April 2004 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Lourdes Domínguez Lino Soledad Esperón Flavia Mignola 0–6, 1–6Win 1. 23 October 2004 ITF Seville, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Kira Nagy Virág Németh 6–2, 6–3Win 2. 20 November 2004 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nina Bratchikova Ekaterina Kozhokina 6–2, 6–3Win 3. 30 June 2007 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Conchita Martínez Granados María Emilia Salerni 6–2, 6–1Win 4. 16 May 2009 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Yasmin Ebada Galina Fokina Anna Morgina 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]Win 5. 14 November 2009 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Romina Oprandi Leticia Costas Inés Ferrer Suárez 7–6(5), 6–2Win 6. 11 December 2009 ITF Benicarló, Spain Clay Romina Oprandi Alexandra Cadanțu Diana Enache 6–4, 6–3Loss 3. 12 February 2010 Copa Bionaire, Colombia Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela Edina Gallovits-Hall Polona Hercog 6–3, 3–6, [8–10]Loss 4. 24 September 2010 ITF Foggia, Italy Clay Estrella Cabeza Candela María Irigoyen Florencia Molinero 2–6, 2–6Loss 5. 23 October 2010 Open Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Estrella Cabeza Candela Sandra Klemenschits Tatjana Maria 2–6, 4–6Win 7. 10 July 2015 Bursa Cup, Turkey Clay Marina Melnikova Sofia Shapatava Anastasiya Vasylyeva 6–4, 6–4Win 8. 11 June 2016 Bredeney Ladies Open, Germany Clay Anne Schäfer Elyne Boeykens Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6–2, 6–3Win 9. 10 July 2016 Contrexéville Open, France Clay Cindy Burger Nicole Melichar Renata Voráčová 6–1, 6–3