Nuria Llagostera Vives


Nuria Llagostera Vives 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.

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, 5–7, 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. 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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.26 September 2005Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, ChinaHard Yan Zi6–4, 4–0, ret.
Winner1.8 May 2005Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat, MoroccoClay Zheng Jie6–4, 6–2
Winner2.24 February 2008Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, ColombiaClay María Emilia Salerni6–0, 6–4

Doubles (16–11)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.14 August 2004Sopot, PolandClay Marta Marrero Klaudia Jans
Alicja Rosolska
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up1.3 October 2004Hasselt, BelgiumHard Marta Marrero Mara Santangelo
Jennifer Russell
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up2.8 May 2005Rabat, MoroccoClay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Émilie Loit
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
3–6, 7–6, 7–5
Runner-up3.18 June 2005's-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrass Iveta Benešová Anabel Medina Garrigues
Dinara Safina
6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Winner2.25 September 2005Beijing, ChinaClay María Vento-Kabchi Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
6–2, 6–4
Winner3.16 June 2007Barcelona, SpainClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Flavia Pennetta
7–6, 2–6,
Winner4.1 March 2008Acapulco, MexicoClay María José Martínez Sánchez Iveta Benešová
Petra Cetkovská
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up4.11 May 2008Berlin, GermanyClay María José Martínez Sánchez Cara Black
Liezel Huber
3–6, 6–2,
Runner-up5.14 June 2008Barcelona, SpainClay María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
4–6, 7–5,
Winner5.13 July 2008Palermo, ItalyClay Sara Errani Alla Kudryavtseva
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2–6, 7–6,
Runner-up6.5 January 2009Auckland, New ZealandHard Arantxa Parra Santonja Nathalie Dechy
Mara Santangelo
4–6, 7–6,
Winner6.21 February 2009Bogotá, ColombiaClay María José Martínez Sánchez Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
7–5, 3–6,
Winner7.28 February 2009Acapulco, MexicoClay María José Martínez Sánchez Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 6–2
Winner8.19 April 2009Barcelona, SpainClay María José Martínez Sánchez Sorana Cîrstea
Andreja Klepač
3–6, 6–2,
Runner-up7.11 July 2009Båstad, SwedenClay María José Martínez Sánchez Flavia Pennetta
Gisela Dulko
6–2, 0–6,
Winner9.17 July 2009Palermo, ItalyClay María José Martínez Sánchez Mariya Koryttseva
Darya Kustova
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up8.16 August 2009Cincinnati, United StatesHard María José Martínez Sánchez Cara Black
Liezel Huber
6–3, 0–6,
Winner10.23 August 2009Toronto, CanadaHard María José Martínez Sánchez Samantha Stosur
Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 7–5,
Winner11.29 August 2009New Haven, United StatesHard María José Martínez Sánchez Iveta Benešová
Lucie Hradecká
6–2, 7–5
Winner12.1 November 2009Doha, QatarHard María José Martínez Sánchez Cara Black
Liezel Huber
7–6, 5–7,
Winner13.20 February 2010Dubai, United EmiratesHard María José Martínez Sánchez Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up9.8 May 2010Rome, ItalyClay María José Martínez Sánchez Flavia Pennetta
Gisela Dulko
6–4, 6–2
Winner14.9 April 2011Marbella, SpainClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Roberta Vinci
Sara Errani
3–6, 6–4,
Runner-up10.9 July 2011Båstad, SwedenClay Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
Winner15.7 January 2012Brisbane, AustraliaHard Arantxa Parra Santonja Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
7–6, 7–6
Winner16.23 June 2012Eastbourne, United KingdomGrass María José Martínez Sánchez Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
6–4, ret.
Runner-up11.6 October 2012Beijing, ChinaHard Sania Mirza Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
5–7, 5–7

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Levels