Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Arruabarrena retired from professional tour in August 2022.

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 eight when she 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 Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in tenni ...

Career highlights

2007: ITF Circuit debut

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 Tour title, Grand Slam main-draw debut

Arruabarrena won her first WTA tournament at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating

Alexandra Panova Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...

in the final. She then qualified for the main draw of the

2012 French Open The 2012 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 116th edition of the French Open, and took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 27 May until 11 ...

, but lost in the first round to former champion

Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tenn ...

, in straight sets.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Australian Open.''

Doubles

WTA career finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Wins over top 10 players

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arruabarrena Vecino, Lara 1992 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Hopman Cup competitors People from Tolosa, Spain Tennis players from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa Female tennis players playing padel