Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives ( born May 16, 1980 in Palma, Mallorca) is a former Spanish tennis player.
- 3.1 Individual
Career
1996 Llagostera Vives elite player on the WTA Tour. Their debut at a Grand Slam tournament she gave in 2001 at the Australian Open. The former clay court player was from 2009 also on hard courts very successful. In individual she won in her career two WTA and ITF eleven tournaments.
Much more successful Llagostera Vives was in doubles. With her compatriot María José Martínez Sánchez won on the tour ten of her 16 doubles titles, plus five doubles titles came in ITF tournaments. In addition, she stood in a double in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and the Australian Open, at the French Open she reached even twice and the U.S. Open once the semifinals.
In July 2013 Llagostera Vives has been tested during the WTA tournament in Stanford positive for an amphetamine. She presented neither a medical certificate, nor stated reasons which can justify the use of banned substances. She stated that she could not explain how the banned substances had come into her body. She was locked from the September 8, 2013 for two years. The ITF has announced the verdict on November 11, on November 19, 2013 Llagostera Vives gave her career end known.
Between 2005 and 2013, it came with a total of 16 matches for the Spanish Fed Cup team to use. They won five of their eleven individual games as well as eight out of twelve matches in the doubles.