Nuria Llagostera Vives

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	16 May 1980 (1980-05-16) (age 31) Majorca, Spain
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1996
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,319,176
Singles
Career record	311–242
Career titles	2 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 35 (6 June 2005)
Current ranking	No. 88 (4 July 2011)
Grand Slam 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	186–136
Career titles	14 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (November 2, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 7 (April 17, 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	SF (2010)
Wimbledon	QF (2008, 2009, 2011)
US Open	QF (2009)
Last updated on: 31 August 2009.

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Llagostera and the second or maternal family name is Vives.

Nuria Llagostera Vives (born 16 May 1980, Majorca, Spain) is a Spanish female tennis player. On June 6, 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her career-high singles ranking, World No. 35.

During her career she has won 2 singles titles and 11 in doubles. She won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games by losing the final to compatriot Laura Pous Tió.

Llagostera Vives was the doubles champion at the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, playing with María José Martínez Sánchez. They beat Serena and Venus Williams en route to a 7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7] victory over top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

Career titles

Singles 3 (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	September 26, 2005	Guangzhou	Hard	Yan Zi	6–4, 4–0 retired
Winner	1.	8 May 2005	Rabat	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	24 February 2008	Bogotá	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

Doubles (14)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I	Premier Mandatory
Tier II (1)	Premier 5 (2)
Tier III (2)	Premier (1)
Tier IV & V (2)	International (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	14 August 2004	Sopot	Clay	Marta Marrero	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
2.	25 September 2005	Beijing	Clay	María Vento-Kabchi	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
3.	16 June 2007	Barcelona	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6(3), 2–6, [12–10]
4.	1 March 2008	Acapulco	Clay	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
5.	13 July 2008	Palermo	Clay	Sara Errani	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6(1), [10–4]
6.	21 February 2009	Bogotá	Clay	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
7.	28 February 2009	Acapulco	Clay	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
8.	19 April 2009	Barcelona	Clay	MJ Martínez Sánchez	S Cirstea A Klepac	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
9.	13 July 2009	Palermo	Clay	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
10.	23 August 2009	Toronto	Hard	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
11.	29 August 2009	New Haven	Hard	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
12.	1 November 2009	Doha	Hard	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6(0), 5–7, [10–7]
13.	20 February 2010	Dubai	Hard	MJ Martínez Sánchez	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(5), 6–4
9.	9 April 2011	Marbella	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	3–6 6–4 [10–5]

Runner-up (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	3 October 2004	Hasselt	Hard (I)	M Marrero	M Santangelo J Russell	6–3, 7–5
2.	May 8, 2005	Rabat	Clay	L Domínguez	E Loit B Strycova	3–6, 7–6(6), 7–5
3.	June 18, 2005	's-Hertogenbosch	Grass	I Benosova	A Medina D Safina	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(11)
4.	May 11, 2008	Berlin	Clay	M Martínez	C Black L Huber	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
5.	14 June 2008	Barcelona	Clay	M Martínez	A Parra L Domínguez	4–6, 7–5, 10–4
6.	January 5, 2009	Auckland	Hard	A Parra	N Dechy Santangelo	4–6, 7–6, 12–10
7.	11 July 2009	Båstad	Clay	M Martínez	F Pennetta G Dulko	6–2, 0–6, 10–5
8.	August 16, 2009	Cincinnati	Hard	M Martínez	C Black L Huber	6–3, 0–6, 10–2
9.	8 May 2010	Rome	Clay	M Martínez	F Pennetta G Dulko	6–4, 6–2
10.	9 July 2011	Båstad	Clay	A Parra Santonja	L Dominguez Lino M Martínez	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timeline

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	W–L
Australian Open	LQ	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	13–9
French Open	LQ	3R	1R	A	LQ	4R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	12–9
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	LQ	4–6
US Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R		4–10

External links

• Nuria Llagostera Vives' Official Site
• Nuria Llagostera Vives at the Women's Tennis Association

Persondata
Name	Vives, Nuria Llagostera
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Date of birth	16 May 1980
Place of birth	Majorca, Spain
Date of death
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