Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a former tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles.

Biography

Tennis career

In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first

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main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for

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that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá, she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to

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. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles. She won her first WTA Tour title in Bogotá by defeating then-world No. 18, Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogotá and the quarterfinals at Estoril, Palermo, and Bad Gastein. She ended at No. 72 in the world in singles. In 2011, she won her second WTA title, defeating Mathilde Johansson in the final at Bogotá. After this, she reached quarterfinals at Acapulco. In November 2016, she announced her retirement from professional tour.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 30 (17 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Doubles: 59 (36 titles, 23 runner-ups)

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