Nuria Llagostera Vives

Spanish tennis player

Nuria Llagostera Vives (ˈnuɾja ʎaɣosˈteɾa ˈβiβes; born 16 May 1980) is a retired Spanish 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.

Llagostera 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. 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.

OutcomeNo. DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 24 May 1999 ITF Ceuta, Spain Clay María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–4Winner 2. 5 July 1999 ITF 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

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