Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Laura Pous Tió
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceGranollers, Spain
Born (1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 (age 39)
Granollers
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$827,965
Singles
Career record435–264 (62.2%)
Career titles20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 72 (30 January 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2007, 2011)
French Open1R (2006, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2011, 2012)
US Open2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record123–130 (48.6%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 112 (25 July 2011)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Almería Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara Women's singles

Career edit

Pous Tió won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives in straight sets. She won a total of 20 ITF titles in singles and nine in doubles. At the WTA Tour-level, she was a singles runner-up at the Morocco Open in Fés, losing the final in two sets to Kiki Bertens.[1] In 2007, 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 Tió in 2015

WTA career finals edit

Singles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss Apr 2012 Morocco Open, Fes Clay   Kiki Bertens 5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Feb 2011 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay   Sharon Fichman   Edina Gallovits-Hall
  Anabel Medina Garrigues
6–2, 6–7(6), [9–11]

Grand Slam performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 W–L
Australian Open A LQ 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R A A A LQ 0–4
French Open A LQ 1R LQ A A LQ 1R 1R A A LQ LQ 0–3
Wimbledon A LQ 1R LQ A A LQ 1R 1R A A LQ A 0–3
US Open LQ 1R LQ A A A LQ 2R LQ A A LQ A 1–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–12

Doubles edit

Tournament 2005 2006 2011 W–L
Australian Open A 1R A 0–1
French Open A A 2R 1–1
Wimbledon LQ A 1R 0–1
US Open 1R A 1R 0–2
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–5

ITF finals edit

Singles: 31 (20–11) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (18–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 6 July 2003 ITF Camargo, Spain 10,000 Clay   Sabina Mediano-Alvarez 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 26 October 2003 ITF Seville, Spain 10,000 Clay   Adriana González Peñas 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 15 February 2004 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Ana Timotić 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win 3–1 28 February 2004 ITF Gran Canaria, Spain 10,000 Clay   Núria Roig 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(3)
Loss 3–2 18 April 2004 Open de Biarritz, France 25,000 Clay   Bahia Mouhtassine 4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 3–3 1 May 2004 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico 25,000 Hard   Jessica Kirkland 0–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 24 October 2004 ITF Seville, Spain 25,000 Clay   Kira Nagy 7–5, 6–1
Win 5–3 21 November 2004 ITF Barcelona, Spain 25,000 Clay   Tsvetana Pironkova 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 6–3 1 May 2005 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer,
France
75,000 Clay   Ekaterina Bychkova 7–6(4), 6–4
Win 7–3 10 July 2005 ITF Cuneo, Italy 50,000 Clay   Conchita Martínez Granados 6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–4 17 May 2009 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt 10,000 Clay   Galina Fokina 6–7(2), 5–7
Win 8–4 24 May 2009 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt 10,000 Clay   Zuzana Linhová 6–1, 6–2
Loss 8–5 15 November 2009 ITF Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Martina Di Giuseppe 3–6, 3–6
Win 9–5 13 December 2009 ITF Benicarló, Spain 10,000 Clay   Leticia Costas 6–1, 6–1
Loss 9–6 6 June 2010 Maribor Open, Slovenia 50,000 Clay   Zhang Shuai 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 10–6 25 September 2010 ITF Foggia, Italy 25,000 Clay   María Teresa Torró Flor 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 10–7 3 October 2010 ITF Athens, Greece 50,000 Hard   Eleni Daniilidou 4–6, 1–6
Loss 10–8 Feb 2011 Copa Bionaire, Colombia 100,000 Clay   Irina-Camelia Begu 3–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 10–9 Jul 2011 Bucharest Ladies Open,
Romania
100,000 Clay   Irina-Camelia Begu 3–6, 5–7
Win 11–9 11 November 2012 ITF Benicarló, Spain 25,000 Clay   Dinah Pfizenmaier 6–4, 6–1
Win 12–9 24 May 2013 ITF Casablanca, Morocco 25,000 Clay   Sandra Zaniewska 6–3, 6–0
Loss 12–10 26 January 2014 ITF Tinajo, Spain 10,000 Hard   Claudia Giovine 3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win 13–10 2 February 2014 ITF Tinajo, Spain 10,000 Hard   Natasha Fourouclas 6–0, 6–3
Win 14–10 9 February 2014 ITF Tinajo, Spain 10,000 Hard   Anna Remondina 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 15–10 13 July 2014 ITF Getxo, Spain 10,000 Clay   Olga Sáez Larra 6–7(4), 6–3, 7–5
Win 16–10 27 July 2014 ITF Valladolid, Spain 10,000 Clay   Océane Dodin 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 17–10 2 August 2014 ITF Rovereto, Italy 10,000 Clay   Lisa Sabino 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Win 18–10 9 August 2014 ITF Vienna, Austria 10,000 Clay   Gabriela Pantucková 6–7(6), 6–3, 6–1
Win 19–10 28 September 2014 ITF Juárez, Mexico 25,000 Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 6–1
Win 20–10 14 February 2015 ITF São Paulo, Brazil 25,000 Clay   Andreea Mitu 6–2, 6–2
Loss 20–11 2 July 2016 ITF Rome, Italy 50,000 Clay   Sílvia Soler Espinosa 6–2, 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 14 (9–5) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 14 February 2004 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Ana Timotić
  Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 30 April 2004 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard   Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Soledad Esperón
  Flavia Mignola
0–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 23 October 2004 ITF Seville, Spain Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Kira Nagy
  Virág Németh
6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. 20 November 2004 ITF Barcelona, Spain Clay   Lourdes Domínguez Lino   Nina Bratchikova
  Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–2, 6–3
Winner 3. 30 June 2007 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay   Nuria Llagostera Vives   Conchita Martínez Granados
  María Emilia Salerni
6–2, 6–1
Winner 4. 16 May 2009 ITF Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay   Yasmin Ebada   Galina Fokina
  Anna Morgina
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner 5. 14 November 2009 ITF Mallorca, Spain Clay   Romina Oprandi   Leticia Costas
  Inés Ferrer Suárez
7–6(5), 6–2
Winner 6. 11 December 2009 ITF Benicarló, Spain Clay   Romina Oprandi   Alexandra Cadanțu
  Diana Enache
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 12 February 2010 Copa Bionaire, Colombia Clay   Estrella Cabeza Candela   Edina Gallovits-Hall
  Polona Hercog
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 4. 24 September 2010 ITF Foggia, Italy Clay   Estrella Cabeza Candela   María Irigoyen
  Florencia Molinero
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 23 October 2010 Open Saint-Raphaël, France Hard (i)   Estrella Cabeza Candela   Sandra Klemenschits
  Tatjana Maria
2–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 10 July 2015 Bursa Cup, Turkey Clay   Marina Melnikova   Sofia Shapatava
  Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–4, 6–4
Winner 8. 11 June 2016 Bredeney Ladies Open,
Germany
Clay   Anne Schäfer   Elyne Boeykens
  Elena-Gabriela Ruse
6–2, 6–3
Winner 9. 10 July 2016 Contrexéville Open, France Clay   Cindy Burger   Nicole Melichar
  Renata Voráčová
6–1, 6–3

References edit

  1. ^ "Kiki Bertens wins at Fez for 1st title". ESPN. 28 April 2012.

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