Nuria Montero

Nuria Montero (born 8 October 1978) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Nuria Montero

Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1978-10-08) 8 October 1978
Prize money	$21,157
Singles
Career record	77–58 (57.0%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 297 (26 January 1998)
Doubles
Career record	74–32 (69.8%)
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 193 (30 September 1996)

Montero reached a career-best singles ranking of 297 and made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance as a qualifier at the 1998 Madrid Open. She was beaten in the first round by María Sánchez Lorenzo, after securing qualifying wins over Conchita Martínez Granados, Syna Schmidle and Alicia Ortuño, the latter in a walkover.

As a doubles player, Montero had a career-high ranking of 193, and won eleven titles on the ITF Circuit.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	11 May 1997	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Veronica Stele	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1.	13 July 1997	ITF Vigo, Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez Granados	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	14 September 1997	ITF Mollerussa, Spain	Clay	Kira Nagy	1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 May 1995	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Rosa María Pérez Maria Sánchez Lorenzo	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	14 May 1995	ITF Mollet, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Mariana Eberle Vanessa Menga	7–5, 6–4
Winner	3.	4 June 1995	ITF Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Hiroko Mochizuki Misumi Miyauchi	6–7(4), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	4.	17 September 1995	ITF Marseille, France	Clay	Marta Cano	Nathalie Callen Patricia Mongauzi	6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	17 March 1996	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Elisa Penalvo	Eva Bes Laura García-Pacual	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	12 May 1996	ITF Santander, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Joana Pedroso Ana Salas Lozano	6–4, 6–4
Winner	7.	2 June 1996	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Désirée Leupold Gisela Riera	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	21 July 1996	ITF Bilbao, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Alicia Ortuño Veronica Stele	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1 December 1996	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Michaela Hasanová Martina Nedelková	3–6, 5–7
Winner	8.	4 May 1997	ITF Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Celeste Contin Conchita Martínez Granados	0–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	9.	11 May 1997	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Miriam D'Agostini Veronica Stele	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	10.	13 July 1997	ITF Vigo, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Conchita Martínez Granados Gisela Riera	6–3, 6–0
Winner	11.	5 October 1997	ITF Lerida, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Carlijn Buis Noelia Serra	6–7(1), 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	12 October 1997	ITF Gerona, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Conchita Martínez Granados Gisela Riera	6–2, 3–6, 4–6

External links

• Nuria Montero at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nuria Montero at the International Tennis Federation