Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a retired

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player. In June 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Professional career

Vives was born in

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. In her career, she won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the

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. She also won the silver medal at the

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, losing the final to compatriot

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. She was the doubles champion at the

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, playing with

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. They defeated Serena and

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en route to a three-set victory over top seeds

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and

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. On 11 November 2013, it was announced that she would be suspended until 7 September 2015 after testing positive for

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at the

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in Stanford. She subsequently announced her retirement from professional tennis on 20 November, as a result of the ban ending her hopes to play at the

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WTA career finals

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

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (11–2)

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Levels

Notes

References

External links

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