Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnuɾja ʎaɣosˈteɾa ˈβiβes];[lower-alpha 1] born 16 May 1980) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In June 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Llagostera in-action at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1980-05-16) 16 May 1980 (age 42) Palma, Majorca, Spain
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,636,375
Singles
Career record	364–282 (56.3%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 35 (6 June 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2001)
French Open	4R (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2004)
US Open	1R (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	298–200 (59.8%)
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 5 (2 November 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009, 2013)
French Open	SF (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	QF (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
US Open	SF (2012)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2009)
Olympic Games	2R (2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013)
US Open	QF (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–10

Professional career

Vives was born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands. In her career, 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, playing with 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 career finals

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	May 2005	Morocco Open, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	Sep 2005	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Yan Zi	6–4, 4–0 ret.
Win	2.	Feb 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

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

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	Morocco Open, 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, China	Clay	María Vento-Kabchi	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
Win	3.	Jun 2007	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]
Win	4.	Mar 2008	Mexico Open, Mexico	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4.	May 2008	Berlin Open, Germany	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 International, 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	Mexico Open, Mexico	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, Sweden	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–2, 0–6, [10–5]
Win	9.	Jul 2009	Palermo International, 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, Canada	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, Qatar	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, Italy	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, Sweden	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, China	Hard	Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	5–7, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (11–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 May 1999	ITF Ceuta, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	5 July 1999	ITF 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
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	Laura Pena	Julia Abe Anke Roos	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 May 1999	ITF Ceuta, Spain	Clay	Oleksandra Kravets	Rocío González María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7(4), 0–6
Winner	1.	23 October 2000	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	Girona, Spain	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	3 May 2003	Maglie, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Delia Sescioreanu Edina Gallovits-Hall	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	2.	6 October 2003	Ciudad Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Jana Hlaváčková Hana Šromová	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	26 September 2004	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Petra Cetkovská Hana Šromová	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	30 June 2007	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Conchita Martínez Granados María Emilia Salerni	6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	6 July 2007	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga	6–0, 6–2
Winner	5.	22 October 2007	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Kira Nagy Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–1

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Levels

Notes

References

External links

• Nuria Llagostera Vives at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nuria Llagostera Vives at the International Tennis Federation
• Nuria Llagostera Vives at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Official website

На других языках

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