Laura Pous Tió

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

Laura Pous Tió

Pous Tió at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Granollers, Spain
Born	(1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 (age 40) Granollers
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$827,965
Singles
Career record	435–264
Career titles	20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 72 (30 January 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2011)
French Open	1R (2006, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2006, 2011, 2012)
US Open	2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	123–130
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 112 (25 July 2011)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Women's singles 2009 Almería Women's doubles 2009 Pescara Women's doubles 2009 Pescara Women's singles

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pous and the second or maternal family name is Tió.

Career

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 straight 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

Pous Tió served a two year ban from 2007 to 2009 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for banned diuretics at the 2007 Wimbledon qualifiers. The ban, imposed by the ITF, was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport despite her claim of unintentional use.^[2]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 Premier (0–0) 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, Fez	Clay	Kiki Bertens	5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 Premier (0–0) 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

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

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L
Australian Open	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	Q1	0–4
French Open	A	Q2	1R	Q3	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	Q3	Q1	0–3
Wimbledon	A	Q2	1R	Q1	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	Q1	A	0–3
US Open	Q3	1R	Q3	A	A	A	Q1	2R	Q1	A	A	Q2	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

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

Singles: 31 (20–11)

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)

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)

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