Lourdes Domínguez Lino

Lourdes Domínguez Lino (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈluɾðez ðoˈmiŋɡeθ ˈlino];[lower-alpha 1] born 31 March 1981) is a retired female tennis player from Spain. In September 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 40.

Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1981-03-31) 31 March 1981
Pontevedra, Spain
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,434,215
Singles
Career record568–411
Career titles2 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 40 (11 September 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2007, 2009, 2011)
French Open3R (2009)
Wimbledon2R (2011, 2012, 2014)
US Open3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record377–215
Career titles6 WTA, 36 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 45 (6 March 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2006)
French Open3R (2005)
Wimbledon2R (2006, 2007, 2012)
US Open1R (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007)
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Domínguez and the second or maternal family name is Lino.

Tennis career

In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final.

In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March.[1]

In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles.[2]

She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles.[3]

In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogotá and the quarterfinals at Estoril, Palermo, and Bad Gastein. She ended at No. 72 in the world in singles.[4]

In 2011, she won her second WTA Tour title, defeating Mathilde Johansson at Bogotá in the final. After this, she reached the quarterfinals at Acapulco.

In 2016, she announced her retirement from professional tennis in November.[5]

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)
Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV and V / International (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 20 February 2005 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay Flavia Pennetta 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 1. 23 February 2006 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay Flavia Pennetta 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Runner-up 2. 30 July 2006 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Anna Smashnova 1–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 20 February 2011 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá (2) Clay Mathilde Johansson 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 28 April 2013 Marrakech Grand Prix, Morocco Clay Francesca Schiavone 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (6–7)
Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (6–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (6–7)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 8 May 2005 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Rabat Clay Nuria Llagostera Vives Émilie Loit
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová		 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 5–7
Runner-up 2. 31 August 2005 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Marta Marrero Émilie Loit
Katarina Srebotnik		 1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 1. 22 February 2007 Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá Clay Paola Suárez Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta		 1–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Winner 2. 3 March 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Nicole Pratt
Émilie Loit		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 30 April 2007 Portugal Open, Estoril Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Anastasia Rodionova
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc		 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 14 June 2007 Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain Clay Flavia Pennetta Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nuria Llagostera Vives		 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–12]
Winner 3. 14 June 2008 Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja María José Martínez Sánchez
Nuria Llagostera Vives		 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up 5. 3 March 2009 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja María José Martínez Sánchez
Nuria Llagostera Vives		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 26 February 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Mariya Koryttseva
Ioana Raluca Olaru		 5–7, 7–5, [10–6]
Winner 4. 9 July 2011 Swedish Open, Båstad Clay María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja
Nuria Llagostera Vives		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 4 March 2012 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci		 2–6, 1–6
Winner 5. 2 March 2013 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Clay Arantxa Parra Santonja Catalina Castaño
Mariana Duque Mariño		 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 6. 14 April 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open, Poland Clay (i) Lara Arruabarrena Raluca Olaru
Valeria Solovyeva		 6–4, 7–5

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–L
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 1R 2R 1R 2R Q3 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 1R 3–9
French Open A A Q3 A A Q3 1R 1R Q1 3R Q3 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 4–9
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R 1R Q2 1R A 2R 2R 1R 2R Q2 Q1 3–7
US Open Q1 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R A 2R 1R Q1 1R Q1 4–8
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 2–4 0–2 3–4 2–1 2–3 3–4 0–4 1–3 1–2 0–2 14–33

Doubles
Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W-L
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1–7
French Open A A 2R A A 3R 2R 2R A 2R A 2R 1R 1R A 7–8
Wimbledon A A A A A A 2R 2R A 1R A 1R 2R 1R A 3–6
US Open 1R 1R A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A A A 1R A 0–6
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–4 2–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–3 0–4 0–1 11–27

See also
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

Notes
  1. In isolation, Lourdes and Domínguez are pronounced [ˈluɾðes] and [doˈmiŋɡeθ] respectively.

References
  1. "Tennis; Lino Suspended for Three Months". The New York Times. 25 August 2002.
  5. "Former Top 40 Player Lourdes Dominguez Lino Retires from Tennis". www.tennisworldusa.org.
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