Lara Arruabarrena

Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlaɾa arwaβaˈrena βeˈθino];[lower-alpha 1] born 20 March 1992) is a professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52, and her best doubles ranking is No. 28, set on 22 February 2016.[1]

Lara Arruabarrena

Arruabarrena at the 2018 French Open
Full name	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	20 March 1992 Tolosa, Spain
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andoni Vivanco
Prize money	US$3,148,327
Singles
Career record	349–274 (56.0%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 52 (3 July 2017)
Current ranking	No. 165 (28 December 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2015, 2016, 2018)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	2R (2015, 2016, 2018)
US Open	2R (2012, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	202–157 (56.3%)
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 28 (22 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 83 (28 December 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	QF (2018)
Wimbledon	2R (2015, 2017, 2018)
US Open	QF (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–5 (37.5%)
Last updated on: 28 December 2020.

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 of eight when 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. Her favourite city is birthtown of San Sebastián, Spain.[2]

Career highlights

2007: Debut on the ITF Circuit

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.[3]

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.[4]

2012: First WTA title, Grand Slam main-draw debut

Arruabarrena won her first WTA title at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, beating Alexandra Panova in the final.[5] She then qualified for the main draw of the 2012 French Open, but lost in the first round to former champion Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.[6]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

Singles

Current after the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Q3	Q1	0 / 7	3–7	30%
French Open	A	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	Q1		0 / 5	1–5	17%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	Q1	2R	2R	1R	2R	A	NH		0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	2R	1R	Q3	1R	1R	1R	2R	Q2	A		0 / 6	2–6	25%
Win–Loss	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–4	2–4	0–4	4–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 23	9–23	28%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	4R	Q1	2R	A	1R	2R	Q1	NH		0 / 4	5–4	56%
Miami Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q2	4R	1R	Q1	NH		0 / 2	3–2	60%
Madrid Open	A	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	NH		0 / 7	4–7	36%
China Open	A	2R	A	A	2R	1R	2R	Q2	A	NH		0 / 4	3–4	43%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	A	1R	A	A	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	8	11	11	17	17	19	19	12	1	0	Career total: 117
Titles	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 2
Finals	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	Career total: 4
Overall Win–Loss	3–2	8–7	8–11	10–11	15–17	16–16	14–21	13–21	8–12	0–1	0–0	2 / 117	95–119	44%
Year-end ranking	167	77	100	88	86	69	84	84	157			$3,148,327

Doubles

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R		0 / 7	4–7	36%
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	QF	A	1R		0 / 5	4–5	44%
Wimbledon	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	NH		0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	1R	A		0 / 5	5–5	50%
Win–Loss	0–2	0–0	6–4	1–4	2–4	5–4	0–2	2–2		0 / 22	16–22	42%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	1R	A	QF	QF	1R	NH		0 / 4	4–4	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	NH		0 / 4	3–4	43%
Madrid Open	A	A	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	NH		0 / 4	4–4	50%
China Open	A	A	2R	QF	A	2R	A	NH		0 / 3	4–3	57%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A		0 / 1	3–1	75%
Italian Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A		0 / 3	0–3	0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	NH		0 / 7	3–7	30%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	106	64	31	61	78	39	52

Notes

• Source[7]

WTA career finals

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

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2012	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Alexandra Panova	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Sep 2016	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Monica Niculescu	6–0, 2–6, 6–0
Loss	2–1	Apr 2017	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Francesca Schiavone	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–2	Apr 2018	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	2–6, 4–6

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

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (8–6)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (4–3) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2013	Katowice Open, Poland	International	Clay (i)	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Raluca Olaru Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	Apr 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia	International	Clay	Caroline Garcia	Vania King Chanelle Scheepers	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	3–0	Sep 2014	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Irina-Camelia Begu	Mona Barthel Mandy Minella	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Oct 2014	Japan Women's Open, Japan	International	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–1	Feb 2015	Mexican Open, Mexico	International	Hard	María Teresa Torró Flor	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, [13–11]
Loss	4–2	May 2015	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Raluca Olaru	Chan Hao-ching Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	4–3	Jul 2015	Gastein Ladies, Austria	International	Clay	Lucie Hradecká	Danka Kovinić Stephanie Vogt	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	4–4	Aug 2015	Citi Open, United States	International	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Belinda Bencic Kristina Mladenovic	5–7, 6–7^(7–9)
Win	5–4	Sep 2015	Korea Open, South Korea (2)	International	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson	2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	5–5	Oct 2015	Hong Kong Open, China S.A.R.	International	Hard	Andreja Klepač	Alizé Cornet Yaroslava Shvedova	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–5	Apr 2016	Copa Colsanitas, Colombia (2)	International	Clay	Tatjana Maria	Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	7–5	Jul 2016	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	7–6	Jul 2018	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Timea Bacsinszky	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	8–6	Sep 2019	Korea Open, South Korea (3)	International	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Hayley Carter Laura Pigossi	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, [10–7]

WTA 125K series finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2013	Copa Bionaire, Colombia	Clay	Catalina Castaño	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2019	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Renata Voráčová	Han Xinyun Yuan Yue	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, [10–4]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (12 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2008	ITF Oviedo, Spain	10,000	Hard	Hermon Brhane	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 2008	ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	10,000	Clay	Eva Fernández Brugués	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–1	Apr 2009	ITF Torrent, Spain	10,000	Clay	Marta Marrero	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2009	ITF Lleida, Spain	10,000	Clay	Diana Enache	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Win	4–1	Oct 2009	ITF Seville, Spain	10,000	Clay	Neda Kozić	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	May 2010	ITF Badalona, Spain	10,000	Clay	Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–1	Nov 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Sandra Soler Sola	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–1	Nov 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Maria João Koehler	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Win	8–1	Nov 2010	ITF Vallduxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Nanuli Pipiya	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	9–1	Dec 2010	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	10,000	Clay	Cristina Dinu	6–2, 6–0
Win	10–1	Feb 2011	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Conny Perrin	6–1, 6–2
Win	11–1	Mar 2011	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Leticia Costas Moreira	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–1	Aug 2014	Open Bogotá, Colombia	100,000	Clay	Johanna Larsson	6–1, 6–3
Loss	12–2	Apr 2016	Osprey Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Madison Brengle	6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2009	ITF Torrent, Spain	10,000	Clay	Carla Roset Franco	Martina Caciotti Nicole Clerico	6–7, 6–0, [9–11]
Win	1–1	Sep 2009	ITF Mollerussa, Spain	10,000	Hard	Carla Roset Franco	Tatiana Búa Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	2–1	Nov 2009	ITF Vallduxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	Yera Campos Molina Sandra Soler Sola	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	3–1	Jul 2010	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	25,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Nadiia Kichenok Constance Sibille	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Aug 2010	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Nicole Clerico Justine Ozga	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	4–2	Oct 2010	Madrid International, Spain	50,000	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Irina-Camelia Begu Elena Bogdan	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–2	Nov 2010	ITF Mallorca, Spain	10,000	Clay	Inés Ferrer Suárez	Maria João Koehler Avgusta Tsybysheva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Nov 2010	ITF Vallduxo, Spain	10,000	Clay	Benedetta Davato	Amanda Carreras Andrea Gámiz	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Win	6–3	Sep 2011	ITF Biella, Italy	100,000	Clay	Ekaterina Lopes	Janette Husárová Renata Voráčová	6–3, 0–6, [10–3]
Win	7–3	Oct 2011	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	Leticia Costas Moreira Inés Ferrer Suárez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–4	Jul 2012	Open de Biarritz, France	100,000	Clay	Monica Puig	Séverine Beltrame Laura Thorpe	2–6, 3–6
Loss	7–5	Oct 2013	ITF Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain	25,000	Clay	Amanda Carreras	Tatiana Búa Andrea Gámiz	6–4, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss	7–6	May 2014	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Verónica Cepede Royg Stephanie Vogt	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–6	Aug 2014	Open Bogotá, Colombia	100,000	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Melanie Klaffner Patricia Mayr-Achleitner	6–2, 6–0
Win	9–6	Oct 2019	ITF Riba-roja de Túria, Spain	25,000	Clay	Sara Errani	Marie Benoît Ioana Loredana Roșca	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2010	French Open	Clay	María Teresa Torró Flor	Tímea Babos Sloane Stephens	2–6, 3–6

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2015
1.	Simona Halep	No. 2	China Open, China	Hard	1R	5–4 ret.
2017
2.	Madison Keys	No. 9	Miami Open, United States	Hard	3R	7–5, 7–5
3.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	No. 8	China Open, China	Hard	1R	6–7^(2–7), 7–5, 6–1

Notes

1. In isolation, Vecino is pronounced [beˈθino].

References

1. "Lara Arruabarrena Vecino's Biography". International Tennis Federation. 2010-12-20.
2. "Bio".
3. "$10,000 Les Francqueses del Valles".
4. "$10,000 Oviedo".
5. "Past Winners".
6. Ana Ivanovic devastates Lara Arruabarrena Vecino to clear the opening round - French Open 2012 | bettor.com Archived 2013-02-15 at Archive.today
7. "Lara Arruabarrena". Australian Open. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

External links

• Lara Arruabarrena at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lara Arruabarrena at the International Tennis Federation
• Lara Arruabarrena at the Billie Jean King Cup