Spanish tennis player

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llagostera and the second or maternal family name is Vives.

Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spanish pronunciation::; 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.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 WTA career finals
  • 2.1 Singles: 3 (2 *les, 1 runner-up)
  • 2.2 Doubles: 27 (16 *les, 11 runner-ups)
• 3 ITF Circuit finals
  • 3.1 Singles: 13 (11–2)
  • 3.2 Doubles: 10 (5–5)
• 4 Grand Slam performance timelines
  • 4.1 Singles
  • 4.2 Doubles
  • 4.3 ITF Levels
• 5 Notes
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Professional career

Vives was born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands. In her career, she won two singles and 16 doubles *les 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 Cl*ic 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.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (2 *les, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 27 (16 *les, 11 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (11–2)

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Grand Slam performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Doubles

ITF Levels

Notes

References

External links

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