Nuria Llagostera Vives

Nuria Llagostera Vives (; 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.

In November 2013, Llagostera was handed a 24-month competition ban for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for d-methamphetamine at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. Shortly after the ruling, she announced her retirement from professional tennis.

WTA Tour finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsPremier M & Premier 5PremierInternational (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin May 2005 Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco Clay Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–2Loss 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) LegendTour Championships (1–0)Premier M & Premier 5 (2–4)Premier (4–0)International (9–7)Finals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (10–6)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Aug 2004 Warsaw Open, Poland Clay Marta Marrero Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 6–4, 6–3Loss 1. Oct 2004 Gaz de France Stars, Belgium Hard (i) Marta Marrero Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell 6–3, 7–5Loss 2. May 2005 Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–5Loss 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, 6–4Win 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, 6–4Loss 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, 6–2Win 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, 6–2Loss 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, 7–5Win 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), 6–4Loss 9. May 2010 Italian Open Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko 6–4, 6–2Win 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, 6–3Win 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) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 24 May 1999 Ceuta, Spain Clay María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–4Winner 2. 5 July 1999 Vigo, Spain Clay Paula García 7–5, 6–4Winner 3. 10 October 1999 ITF Girona, Spain Clay Laura Pena 6–2, 6–3Winner 4. 18 July 1999 Orbetello, Italy Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 6–2 Runner-up 1. 30 June 2003 Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić 3–6, 0–6Winner 5. 7 June 2004 Grado, Italy Clay Paula García 5–7, 6–2, 6–1Winner 6. 18 July 2004 Vittel, France Clay Lubomira Bacheva 6–2, 6–4Runner-up 2. 17 August 2004 The Bronx, United States Hard Evgenia Linetskaya 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Winner 7. 26 September 2004 Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino 2–6, 6–0, 6–4Winner 8. 30 June 2007 Getxo, Spain Hard María Emilia Salerni 6–3, 6–3Winner 9. 3 July 2007 Valladolid, Spain Hard Petra Cetkovská 7–6(3), 1–6, 6–3Winner 10. 22 October 2007 Sant Cugat, Spain Clay Kira Nagy 6–2, 6–4Winner 11. 21 September 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Tsvetana Pironkova 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 11 February 1996 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay Laura Pena Julia Abe Anke Roos 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. 24 May 1999 ITF Ceuta, Spain Clay Oleksandra Kravets Rocío González María José Martínez Sánchez 6–7(4), 0–6Winner 1. 23 October 2000 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i) Ainhoa Goñi 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, 1–6Runner-up 4. 3 May 2003 ITF Maglie, Italy Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Delia Sescioreanu Edina Gallovits-Hall 4–6, 6–4, 3–6Winner 2. 6 October 2003 ITF Juárez, Mexico Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Jana Hlaváčková Hana Šromová 4–6, 6–2, 6–3Runner-up 5. 26 September 2004 ITF Jounieh, Lebanon Clay Frederica Piedade Petra Cetkovská Hana Šromová 4–6, 2–6Winner 3. 30 June 2007 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Laura Pous Tió Conchita Martínez Granados María Emilia Salerni 6–2, 6–1Winner 4. 6 July 2007 ITF Valladolid, Spain Hard Arantxa Parra Santonja Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga 6–0, 6–2Winner 5. 22 October 2007 ITF Sant Cugat, Spain Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Kira Nagy Aurélie Védy 6–4, 6–1

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF levels