Nuria Llagostera Vives

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

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

Nuria Llagostera Vives

Llagostera in-action at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1980-05-16) 16 May 1980 Palma, Spain
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,636,375
Singles
Career record	364–282
Career titles	2 WTA, 11 ITF
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
Career titles	16 WTA, 5 ITF
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. During her career, she won two WTA singles and 16 doubles titles. She 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 7–6⁽⁰⁾, 5–7, [10–7] 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 2013 Bank of the West Classic.[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 finals

Singles (2–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (2–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2005	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Yan Zi	6–4, 4–0, ret.
Winner	1.	8 May 2005	Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	24 February 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

Doubles (16–11)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (1–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (2–4) Premier (4–0) International (9–7)

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (10–6) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	14 August 2004	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Marta Marrero	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2004	Hasselt, Belgium	Hard (i)	Marta Marrero	Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	8 May 2005	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 7–5
Runner-up	3.	18 June 2005	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Iveta Benešová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–4, 2–6, 7–6^(13–11)
Winner	2.	25 September 2005	Beijing, China	Clay	María Vento-Kabchi	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	16 June 2007	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]
Winner	4.	1 March 2008	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	11 May 2008	Berlin, Germany	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Runner-up	5.	14 June 2008	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner	5.	13 July 2008	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6^(7–1), [10–4]
Runner-up	6.	5 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	4–6, 7–6, [12–10]
Winner	6.	21 February 2009	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	28 February 2009	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	19 April 2009	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Runner-up	7.	11 July 2009	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–2, 0–6, [10–5]
Winner	9.	17 July 2009	Palermo, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	16 August 2009	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Winner	10.	23 August 2009	Toronto, Canada	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Winner	11.	29 August 2009	New Haven, United States	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
Winner	12.	1 November 2009	Doha, Qatar	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6^(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	13.	20 February 2010	Dubai, United Emirates	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	9.	8 May 2010	Rome, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–4, 6–2
Winner	14.	9 April 2011	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	9 July 2011	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
Winner	15.	7 January 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	16.	23 June 2012	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	María José Martínez Sánchez	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, ret.
Runner-up	11.	6 October 2012	Beijing, China	Hard	Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	5–7, 5–7

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	LQ	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	A	A	13–9
French Open	LQ	3R	1R	A	LQ	4R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	12–9
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	LQ	A	A	4–6
US Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	4–11
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	4–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	3–4	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	33–35

Doubles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	QF	3R	2R	2R	QF	0 / 7	10–7
French Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	3R	QF	1R	SF	2R	SF	A	0 / 7	16–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	QF	A	QF	QF	A	0 / 5	12–5
US Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	SF	3R	0 / 8	11–8
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–4	0–1	2–1	7–3	8–4	6–3	6–4	12–4	5–2	0 / 27	49–27
Year-End Championship
Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	1 / 1	2–0
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			2R	NH	0 / 2	1–2
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	1R	2R	QF	0 / 5	8–5
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	QF	2R	QF	2R	A	0 / 5	6–5
Madrid	Not Held								QF	SF	2R	SF	A	0 / 4	7–4
Beijing	Tier IV		Tier II						QF	QF	1R	F	A	0 / 4	7–4
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Tier II								A	W	1R	Premier		1 / 2	4–1
Doha	Tier III			Tier II				A	Not Held		P	SF	QF	0 / 2	3–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	4–4
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	W	1R	SF	1R	2R	1 / 7	10–6
Cincinnati	Not Held			Tier III					F	1R	1R	SF	QF	0 / 5	9–5
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
Career statistics
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
WTA Levels & GS
Tournament Played	3	4	1	4	16	4	9	15	22	14	18	22	12
Titles	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	7	1	1	2	0	16
Finals	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	4	10	2	2	3	0	27
Overall Win–Loss	0–3	3–4	1–1	8–2	16–15	2–4	9–8	23–13	55–14	22–13	24–15	39–20	17–12	219–124
Year-end ranking
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Career Best
Ranking	235	219	179	108	55	370	97	29	5	19	32	10	40

ITF Levels

Doubles
Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Overall
Played	3	5	5	11	13	5	7	11	13	2	0	6	1	82
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	5
Finals	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	10
Win	4–3	2–5	3–5	7–11	10–12	7–4	3–6	14–8	8–13	2–2	0–0	13–3	0–1	73–73

Notes

1. In isolation, Vives is pronounced [ˈbiβes].

References

1. "Nuria Llagostera Vives suspended". ESPN.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
2. "Decision in the case of Nuria Llagostera Vives". International Tennis Federation. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

External links

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