Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional

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player from Spain.

Career

Pous Tió won the gold medal at the

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by defeating compatriot

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in straight sets. She won 20 ITF titles in singles and nine in doubles. At the WTA level, she was a singles runner-up at the

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in Fés, losing the final in two sets to

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. In

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, she played a doubles match for the Spanish Fed Cup team against Russia. Pous Tió reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 72 on 30 January 2012. Laura Pous-Tio (19518987826)

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF finals

Singles: 31 (20–11)

Doubles: 14 (9–5)

References

External links

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