Lourdes Domínguez Lino


Lourdes Domínguez Lino is a retired female tennis player from Spain. In September 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 40.

Tennis career

In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final.
In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March.
In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles.
She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles.
In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogotá and the quarterfinals at Estoril, Palermo, and Bad Gastein. She ended at No. 72 in the world in singles.
In 2011, she won her second WTA Tour title, defeating Mathilde Johansson at Bogotá in the final. After this, she reached the quarterfinals at Acapulco.
In 2016, she announced her retirement from professional tennis in November.

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.20 February 2005Copa Colsanitas, BogotáClay Flavia Pennetta6–7, 4–6
Winner1.23 February 2006Copa Colsanitas, BogotáClay Flavia Pennetta7–6, 6–4
Runner-up2.30 July 2006Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryClay Anna Smashnova1–6, 3–6
Winner2.20 February 2011Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay Mathilde Johansson2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up3.28 April 2013Marrakech Grand Prix, MoroccoClay Francesca Schiavone1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (6–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.8 May 2005Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, RabatClay Nuria Llagostera Vives Émilie Loit
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up2.31 August 2005Budapest Grand Prix, HungaryClay Marta Marrero Émilie Loit
Katarina Srebotnik
1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner1.22 February 2007Copa Colsanitas, BogotáClay Paola Suárez Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta
1–6, 6–3,
Winner2.3 March 2007Abierto Mexicano Telcel, AcapulcoClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Nicole Pratt
Émilie Loit
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up3.30 April 2007Portugal Open, EstorilClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Anastasia Rodionova
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.14 June 2007Barcelona Ladies Open, SpainClay Flavia Pennetta Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–7, 6–2,
Winner3.14 June 2008Barcelona Ladies Open, SpainClay Arantxa Parra Santonja María José Martínez Sánchez
Nuria Llagostera Vives
4–6, 7–5,
Runner-up5.3 March 2009Abierto Mexicano Telcel, AcapulcoClay Arantxa Parra Santonja María José Martínez Sánchez
Nuria Llagostera Vives
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up6.26 February 2011Abierto Mexicano Telcel, AcapulcoClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Mariya Koryttseva
Ioana Raluca Olaru
5–7, 7–5,
Winner4.9 July 2011Swedish Open, BåstadClay María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nuria Llagostera Vives
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up7.4 March 2012Abierto Mexicano Telcel, AcapulcoClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
2–6, 1–6
Winner5.2 March 2013Abierto Mexicano Telcel, AcapulcoClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Catalina Castaño
Mariana Duque Mariño
6–4, 7–6
Winner6.14 April 2013BNP Paribas Katowice Open, PolandClay Lara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru
Valeria Solovyeva
6–4, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles