Nuria Llagostera Vives

Nuria Llagostera Vives
	Llagostera at the 2008 Allianz Cup
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	16 May 1980; Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,636,375
Singles
Career record	364–282
Career titles	2
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
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

Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnuɾja ʎaɣosˈteɾa ˈβiβes];^[a] born 16 May 1980) is a Spanish former tennis player. In June 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Professional career

Llagostera was born in Palma, Majorca on the Balearic Islands. Overall, she won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also 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, partnering María José Martínez Sánchez. They defeated Serena and Venus Williams en route to a three-set victory over top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

In November 2013, Llagostera was issued with a 24-month competition ban for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for d-methamphetamine at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.^[1]^[2] Shortly after the ruling, she announced her retirement from professional tennis.^[3]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (2–1)

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

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	May 2005	Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Loss	Sep 2005	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Yan Zi	6–4, 4–0 ret.
Win	Feb 2008	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Tour Championships (1–0)
Premier M & 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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Aug 2004	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Marta Marrero	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1.	Oct 2004	Gaz de France Stars, Belgium	Hard (i)	Marta Marrero	Mara Santangelo Jennifer Russell	6–3, 7–5
Loss	2.	May 2005	Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Émilie Loit Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 7–5
Loss	3.	Jun 2005	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	Grass	Iveta Benešová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–4, 2–6, 7–6^(13–11)
Win	2.	Sep 2005	China Open	Clay	María Vento-Kabchi	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–4
Win	3.	Jun 2007	Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–3), 2–6, [12–10]
Win	4.	Mar 2008	Mexican Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Petra Cetkovská	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4.	May 2008	German Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Loss	5.	Jun 2008	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Arantxa Parra Santonja Lourdes Domínguez Lino	4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win	5.	Jul 2008	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 7–6^(7–1), [10–4]
Loss	6.	Jan 2009	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Nathalie Dechy Mara Santangelo	4–6, 7–6, [12–10]
Win	6.	Feb 2009	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	7.	Feb 2009	Mexican Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–2
Win	8.	Apr 2009	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Sorana Cîrstea Andreja Klepač	3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss	7.	Jul 2009	Swedish Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–2, 0–6, [10–5]
Win	9.	Jul 2009	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	6–1, 6–2
Loss	8.	Aug 2009	Cincinnati Open, United States	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
Win	10.	Aug 2009	Canadian Open	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win	11.	Aug 2009	Connecticut Open, United States	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Iveta Benešová Lucie Hradecká	6–2, 7–5
Win	12.	Nov 2009	WTA Finals, Doha	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Cara Black Liezel Huber	7–6^(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
Win	13.	Feb 2010	Dubai Championships, UAE	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Loss	9.	May 2010	Italian Open	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Flavia Pennetta Gisela Dulko	6–4, 6–2
Win	14.	Apr 2011	Marbella Experience, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Roberta Vinci Sara Errani	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	10.	Jul 2011	Swedish Open	Clay	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Lourdes Domínguez Lino María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
Win	15.	Jan 2012	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)
Win	16.	Jun 2012	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	María José Martínez Sánchez	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond	6–4, ret.
Loss	11.	Oct 2012	China Open	Hard	Sania Mirza	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	5–7, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (11–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	24 May 1999	Ceuta, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	5 July 1999	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Paula García	7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	10 October 1999	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	Laura Pena	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	18 July 1999	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	30 June 2003	Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	3–6, 0–6
Winner	5.	7 June 2004	Grado, Italy	Clay	Paula García	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	6.	18 July 2004	Vittel, France	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	17 August 2004	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Evgenia Linetskaya	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	26 September 2004	Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	2–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	8.	30 June 2007	Getxo, Spain	Hard	María Emilia Salerni	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	3 July 2007	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Petra Cetkovská	7–6⁽³⁾, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	10.	22 October 2007	Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	Kira Nagy	6–2, 6–4
Winner	11.	21 September 2008	Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Tsvetana Pironkova	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 February 1996	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Laura Pena	Julia Abe Anke Roos	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 May 1999	ITF Ceuta, Spain	Clay	Oleksandra Kravets	Rocío González María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 0–6
Winner	1.	23 October 2000	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Ainhoa Goñi	Kildine Chevalier Susanne Trik	4–1, 5–4⁽⁵⁾, 3–1 ret.
Runner-up	3.	7 October 2001	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	Eva Bes Lourdes Domínguez Lino	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	3 May 2003	ITF Maglie, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Delia Sescioreanu Edina Gallovits-Hall	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	2.	6 October 2003	ITF Juárez, Mexico	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Jana Hlaváčková Hana Šromová	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	26 September 2004	ITF Jounieh, Lebanon	Clay	Frederica Piedade	Petra Cetkovská Hana Šromová	4–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	30 June 2007	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Laura Pous Tió	Conchita Martínez Granados María Emilia Salerni	6–2, 6–1
Winner	4.	6 July 2007	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Ria Dörnemann Justine Ozga	6–0, 6–2
Winner	5.	22 October 2007	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	Kira Nagy Aurélie Védy	6–4, 6–1

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	LQ	3R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	A	A	3–6
French Open	LQ	3R	1R	A	LQ	4R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	A	8–8
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	LQ	A	A	1–6
US Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0–7
Overall win–loss	0–0	4–4	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–4	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–4	0–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	12–27

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 championships
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
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
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
Tournaments 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

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Overall
Doubles
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

^ In isolation, Vives is pronounced [ˈbiβes].

References

^ "Nuria Llagostera Vives suspended". ESPN. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Decision in the case of Nuria Llagostera Vives". International Tennis Federation. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ Gajaria, Vishal (20 November 2013). "Nuria Llagostera Vives quits tennis". Tennis World. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

External links

Nuria Llagostera Vives at the Women's Tennis Association
Nuria Llagostera Vives at the International Tennis Federation
Nuria Llagostera Vives at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
Official website

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

[2] "Nuria Llagostera Vives suspended". ESPN. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[3] "Decision in the case of Nuria Llagostera Vives". International Tennis Federation. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[4] Gajaria, Vishal (20 November 2013). "Nuria Llagostera Vives quits tennis". Tennis World. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

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