Lara Arruabarrena
Lara Arruabarrena Vecino is a professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52, and her best doubles ranking is No. 28, set on 22 February 2016.
Personal life and background
Arruabarrena is coached by Andoni Vivanco. Her father, Juan, is a lithographer, and her mother, Blanca, is a nurse. She also has one younger sister. Arruabarrena started playing tennis at age of eight when took lessons with a friend for fun. She stated that her favourite surface is clay. When she was 15, she moved to Barcelona to train with Spanish Federation. Her tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin. Her favourite city is birthtown of San Sebastián, Spain.Career highlights
2007: Debut on the ITF Circuit
Arruabarrena made her debut appearance at the ITF Circuit at Les Francqueses del Valles, France, where she lost in first round against her compatriot Lucia Cervera-Vazquez, in straight-sets.2008: First ITF title
In July, she won her first ITF title on a $10k event in Oviedo. In the final, she defeated Hermon Brhane, in straight sets.2012: First WTA title, Grand Slam main-draw debut
Arruabarrena won her first WTA title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating Alexandra Panova in the final. She then qualified for the main draw of the 2012 French Open, but lost in the first round to former champion Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.Singles
Doubles
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 2012 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas – Singles| | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay |  Alexandra Panova | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | 2016 Korea Open – Singles| | Korea Open, South Korea | International | Hard |  Monica Niculescu | 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–1 | 2017 Copa Colsanitas – Singles| | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay |  Francesca Schiavone | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–2 | 2018 Copa Colsanitas – Singles| | Copa Colsanitas, Colombia | International | Clay |  Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 2–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
WTA 125K series finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2008 | ITF Oviedo, Spain | 10,000 | Hard |  Hermon Brhane | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2008 | ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Eva Fernández Brugués | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 2009 | ITF Torrent, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Marta Marrero | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2009 | ITF Lleida, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Diana Enache | 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | Oct 2009 | ITF Seville, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Neda Kozić | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–1 | May 2010 | ITF Badalona, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–1 | Nov 2010 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Sandra Soler Sola | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–1 | Nov 2010 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Maria João Koehler | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–1 | Nov 2010 | ITF Vallduxo, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Nanuli Pipiya | 7–5, 7–6 |
| Win | 9–1 | Dec 2010 | ITF Vinaròs, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Cristina Dinu | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 10–1 | Feb 2011 | ITF Mallorca, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Conny Perrin | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–1 | Mar 2011 | ITF Madrid, Spain | 10,000 | Clay | Leticia Costas Moreira | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–1 | Aug 2014 | ITF Bogotá, Colombia | 100,000 | Clay |  Johanna Larsson | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 12–2 | Apr 2016 | ITF Osprey, United States | 50,000 | Hard |  Madison Brengle | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |